On Tuesday afternoon the Spartans traveled to Hayward to face off against the Hurricanes. Several players were unavailable due to injury, including junior captain Marc Pagnucci who will be out for the remainder of the season. Unfortunately, the injury bug continued to bite Superior. Just 12 minutes into the game, sophomore goalie Keagan Shannon took a kick to the head and went down. He did not return to the game. Senior Brady Bachand replaced him in net. After settling down, the Spartans finally started getting some shots and attack on goal. Eventually, it was senior captain Spencer Kidd scoring unassisted to give Superior the 1-0 lead. Just before halftime, Kidd sent in a low cross to junior forward Zack Monaghan who deflected the ball into the net for a 2-0 lead.
In the second half, the Spartans were quicker to get on the board. This time it was senior captain Aiden Pagnucci scoring from long range on an assist from Monaghan to give Superior a comfortable 3-0 lead. In the 58th minute, sophomore forward Titus Thompson won a ball and sent a nice cross into the goal area where Kidd headed it home for his second goal of the night and a 4-0 lead. There were multiple other chances but none were able to find the back of the net. Bachand finished with 4 saves on the night. The Spartans won the game 4-0 and improve to 16-2-1 on the season. This breaks the single season record for wins in the history of boys soccer at Superior. Congrats on a great accomplishment boys!
The JV team played a shortened game due to darkness. Hayward prevailed by a score of 3-1. Sophomore captain Everett Kliegle had the lone Superior goal on a penalty kick. Freshman Liam Perrault had 8 saves in net. The JV team drops to 8-11-1 on the season. JV plays on Tuesday at 4:30pm at Ordean Middle School against the Duluth East "B" team.
Both Varsity and JV will be playing the final game of the regular season on Friday, October 16th against New Richmond. JV at 5pm and varsity at 7pm.
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