JV Boys Soccer

Griffins and Jaguars Tie 1-1   

Story by Fernando Monasterio, SCCS

Photo by Jonatan Muñoz.

        The International and Cooperative junior varsity boys soccer teams deadlocked 1-1 in an intensely fought game on the Cooperative field Thursday

Photo by Jonatan Muñoz.

        The first half was scoreless, though both teams gave their opponents plenty to worry about, and the big crowd with fans from both schools had plenty to yell about. Everyone could see that Jaguar goalie Luis Peredo was feeling stressed after Mateo Suarez of International narrowly missed on a free kick.

        The Griffins were able to score first on a sequence of events that started with a corner kick by Simon Moron. William Yeatts missed his effort to clear the ball for the Jaguars and Griffin Jose Luis Sciarone, coming in from behind, kicked the ball into the net.

        The teams played on gamely through a heavy rain, and finally the Jaguars got a penalty shot with seven minutes to go after Claudio Bedoya slipped the ball through to Gabriel Romero who was fouled in the penalty area. Richard Salvatierra took the penalty shot and scored, triggering a celebration by the Jaguar fans  as the game was tied 1-1, and it stayed tied until the end.

        The cheers of the Jaguars were deflated in the penalty shootout, however, as Salvatierra missed and allowed the Griffins to get the extra point in the standings for winning the shootout, 4-3.      

Knights Beat Eagles 5-0
Story by Jonah Vanderzwaag, SCCLC

Photo by Julia Boldt.

The Cambridge JV Knights defeated the Christian Learning Center Eagles 5-0 in a soccer game played at the International School on Thursday.

The Knights had a definite size advantage and scored their first goal only a few seconds into the game. After this goal, the Eagles improved and were able to keep possession of the ball for awhile. However, the Knights were relentless and they continued to attack. Mauricio Soto(who scored the first goal) scored another goal in the first half as did Knight Percy Vidal.

Photo by Julia Boldt.

In the second half, the Eagles still could not get back into the game, despite good playing by Eagles Hwapyung Lim and Luke Phillips. Knight Mauricio Soto was able to score once again to bring the score to 4-0 and earning a hat trick in the process. An own-goal by the Eagles brought the score to 5-0 by the time the game had finished.