By Luke Schrock, WKTV Intern
The back line for South Christian High School Sailors didn’t allow the Wyoming-Lee Legends a single shot-on-goal the entire match during a 1-0 win in a boys soccer District 34 semifinal, Thursday, Oct. 20, at South Christian.
“My favorite part about them (his defense) is that they gave up zero shots,” South Christian head coach Jason Boersma said to WKTV. “I think they (Lee) got a corner kick, maybe two and no shots came out of those.”
Defense was the strength of both teams, in fact, as the only goal scored was by Sailors senior Jeff Herrema, who had an unassisted goal in the 23rd minute after a goal kick by the Legends and a Saliors header back to Herrema.
“My favorite part of Jeff Herrema is his grit. He is a workhorse,” Boersma said. “When you look at the goal he scored, it was pure effort to get through two defenders.”
The Legends best scoring opportunity was a block in front of the box where senior Nik Schepers would meet the Lee striker with a sliding collision. Outside of that play, Lee set up a couple of opportunities for sophomore Ismael Galvin.
Lee finishes their season at 10-3-1, including a 7-0 win over Hopkins in the Legends’ district tournament opener last week.
South Christian (14-0-1) looks to keep a zero in the loss column as they meet Unity Christian in the District final at South Christian Thursday, Oct. 22, with a 6 p.m. kickoff.
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