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  La Salle Peru Boys Soccer denied in shootout with Rochelle. This
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  Everlett. The LaSalle Peru Boys soccer team was extended to a penalty
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  shootout for the second time in Interstate 8 Conference Play Monday, coming
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  out on they short end of a 4 3 count to visiting
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  Rochelle after the teams tied 1-1 in regulation at the LP Sports
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  Complex. They're a tough team when they get moving. LaSalle Peru coach
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  David Spoudik said. They're hustling to every ball. They're countering with speed.
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  The don't give you many opportunities when you get the ball to
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  have many touches on it. The game was hotly contested throughout a
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  scoreless first half, and even when the scoring opened in the second
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  half there was little separating the teams. The Cavaliers March 1, 11
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  5 2 Interstate 8 got on the board less than two minutes
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  after the halftime break. In the penalty box to The
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  left of goal, senior midfielder Ismael Mejia dribbled to his left to
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  shed a defender and directed a shot to the right corner of
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  the goal, just beyond the reach of Rochelle goalkeeper Danny J. Garcia
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  to take a 1-0 lead. The first half, we had chances and
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  we saw what we needed to do, Mejia said. We started off
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  strong the second half, we saw the opening, and I took the
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  shot. The hubs 8844 however responded just two minutes later to level
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  they scored Xavier Sapeda centered a ball to Giovanni Guzman Nambo from
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  the right side. They sophomore shot the ball directly at LaSalle-Pero goalkeeper
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  Logan Griziwa, but the attempt still found its way into the net.
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  I'll just say it out loud, the goal the scored was pure
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  luck, Grizzliwa said. We played well throughout the second half, but they
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  got the win. Noah Escobedo, Zack Pasquetto, Jacob Pantoa and Mejia got
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  shots away over the final 36 minutes, but the teams remained deadlocked
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  as time ran out. Rochelle's Alexis Nava took the first shot of
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  the shootout, striking the ball hard and low, but Grizzlywa stood fast
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  and made the save. The Cavaliers got successful attempts from Cal Franson
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  and Parker Abens, while Rochelle's Hazael Aragon and Saul Avila did the
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  same, to leave the count at 2 2. Pantoya took the third
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  shot for La Salle Peru and struck the left goalpost leaving an
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  opening for the visitors. The hub's Danny Garcia converted his attempt, though
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  Mejia delivered to not the count at 3-3. Yandel Mendez took Rochelle's
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  final shot, directing the ball to the top right corner. I think
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  overall it was two very well matched teams, Rochelle coach Brad Mayle
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  said. My hat's off to the the executed well, and it was
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  a tough game. We'll take the win. The final attempt of the
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  night was by La Salle Perou's Kasper Murofsky, but the shot was
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  saved by Danny J. Garcia to clinch the Hub's victory, as Rochelle
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  split its two regular season meetings with the Cavaliers for the second
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  straight season. At the end of the day, if you hit the
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  ball into the corner with 80 power, it's going to go in
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  at this level, Spoodic said. We had an unlucky one that hit
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  the post, but at the end of the day, it's almost the
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  luck of the draw. La Salle Peru hosts conference rival Kainaland, 5-11-1-6,
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  Wednesday taking on the Knights for the second time in five days.
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  The Cavaliers traveled to Canaland Saturday and won 2-1.