Superior dominates Rice Lake on a special night

 

On Monday night the Spartans hosted the Rice Lake Warriors with plans to celebrate the 2025 Lake Superior Conference Championship after the game.  But first, it was business and the Spartans came to play!  After a little back and forth, Superior took control of the game and finally scored at the 17:20 mark of the first half when junior Spencer Kidd assisted senior Peyton Franta to give the Spartans the 1-0 lead.  That must have woke the boys up as Superior would then score three goals in a six minute span.  First, it was Kidd scoring a long hard shot on the assist from junior Aiden Pagnucci to make it 2-0.  Just four minutes later it was sophomore Marc Pagnucci scoring an unassisted goal on a quick turnaround shot.  And just less than two minutes later it was Pagnucci again, unassisted again, with a beautiful soaring shot over the goalie for a 4-0 lead that Superior took into halftime.

The second half was more of the same.  The bench was emptied and several reserve players received minutes as the rout was on.  Senior Evan Strauch cleaned up a cross that the Rice Lake goalie failed to control for an easy unassisted goal to make it 5-0.  Sophomore Henry Haugen wrapped up the scoring on a nice touch and shot after an assist from Kidd.  Freshman Keagan Shannon finished with three saves on a fairly uneventful night in goal.  Spencer Kidd and Marc Pagnucci were named "Man of the Match" by the captains.  The final score was 6-0.  Superior improves to 9-3-1 on the season.

After the game, the captains were presented with the 2025 Lake Superior Conference Championship trophy by Activities Director Ella Olson.  The players and coaches celebrated on the field with team and group photos.  It is only the second time Superior has won the LSC in boys soccer, and the first in 24 years!  Congrats boys!  You earned it, you deserve it!

Superior JV team lost to Rice Lake 2-0 to drop their season record to 8-4-4.  JV season will end on Saturday with a match against Chippewa Falls.  Varsity is back in action on Tuesday night for "SENIOR NIGHT" against Hayward at 5:00pm at the NBC Spartan Sports Complex.  Let's keep it going Spartans!