Prep notebook: Huskies defeat Summit boys soccer in overtime
Vail Christian volleyball off to a 2-0 start
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Coming off a season-opening loss to Denver East last week, the Battle Mountain boys soccer team brought the energy early in Tuesday night’s road battle against the 1-0 Summit Tigers. The Huskies dominated possession from the first whistle, scoring eight minutes into the first half on a goal from Arturo Aguilar.
Battle Mountain would surge to a 3-0 lead off of goals by Jack Ruiz and Alexis Dozal before Fabian Cuevas finally put the Tigers on the board with a score right before the first half. Cuevas’ goal lifted the spirits of the home team and led to a turnaround second half.
“We spotted them a couple of goals,” Summit head coach Jotwan Daniels told The Summit Daily’s Cody Jones.
“We made a few adjustments to change our formation to stop absorbing so much pressure and put it on them. We kind of made a semi-move at the end of the first half and that just carried into the second half. We were able to impose ourselves on them.”
Cuevas would score twice more — finishing with a hat trick — to tie the game 3-3 at the end of regulation. The Huskies, however, would have the last laugh. Dozal got the endline and had his shot deflected off a defender scrambling back for an attempted block — which went into the Summit net for the win six minutes into the sudden-death overtime.
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“Substantial win, away from home, against a quality opponent who will be challenging for the playoff places this year,” said Battle Mountain head coach Dave Cope.
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Battle Mountain (1-1) faces Palisade at home on Saturday at 11 a.m. Palisade is coming off a 9-0 loss to Eagle Valley on Wednesday afternoon. The Devils are 1-0 on the year and face Mitchell at home on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Volleyball notes
Vail Christian improved to 2-0 with a 3-0 win over De Beque Tuesday night in Vail. The Saints cruised, winning 25-16, 25-12 and 25-18 in consecutive sets in front of a packed house for the Kathy Alexander Court naming reveal. Tuesday’s game was the Saint’s first league contest.
“We didn’t play as disciplined as we wanted, but got the job done in three,” head coach Adina Petersmeyer stated.
Petersmeyer said the team’s serving “was on point last night,” which helped the Saints pull De Beque out of their system early and often. The coach was also impressed with the play of Aria Webster and Maya Telles, who picked up two dozen tips.
Perhaps the best sign, however, was the stellar chemistry between junior setter Logan Nobrega, who is replacing Gracie Allen — now a collegiate volleyball player at Hope College — and Hannah Leonard.
“Nobrega has tough shoes to fill,” Petersmeyer stated. “However, she is very talented and makes it look like she has been setting this offense all along.” Leonard racked up 12 kills in the match.
The Saints return to action Saturday at home against North Park, which is 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the 2A/1A Western Slope.
Eagle Valley opened its season with a 3-0 win in Basalt Wednesday evening. The Devils took down the Longhorns easily, winning in straight sets, 25-16, 25-11, 25-12. The Devils have another non-league matchup on Thursday at home against Grand Junction Central at 6:30 p.m.
Tennis notes
Vail Christian tennis swept the three singles matches but was swept in the four doubles matches last night in Golden, falling 4-3 in the dual. Kai Otsuki defeated Jack Robinson 6-0, 6-1 in No. 1 singles, Leo Yang took down Johnny Becker 6-1, 6-1 in No. 2 singles and No. 3 singles Daniel Blanch went 6-0, 6-0 over Greyson Belstock.
