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  As we go east's historic boys soccer season ends in sectional semifinals.
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  Written by Skylar Casellus. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlet. It was a tough scene Tuesday
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  evening at Aurora East Roy E. Davis Field. As we go East
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  senior captain Jacob McPhee sat on the Wolves bench, his hands buried
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  in his face. Another captain Carter Lucas tossed his gloves at the
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  bench, while multiple teammates lay on their backs on the field, distraught.
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  That was the emotional aftermath to a one zero loss that ended
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  arguably the most magical magical season in program history, which saw the
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  Wolves june first, eighteen, capture their second regional title and set the
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  school record for wins eighteen and shutouts eleven. Aurora East, june
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  third, twelve, scored The match's lone goal in the sixty-eighth minute, when
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  Miguel Diaz fed a pass to Kenneth Montana for the tap in.
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  Despite the defeat, Lucas, who totaled eight saves in Saturday's regional championship,
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  once again looked like the best player on the pitch. The senior
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  racked up ten saves while the Tomcats applied consistent pressure. We played
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  a good game, Lucas said. It was just one mistake, and that'll
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  do it, especially in a game so close. Aurora East asserted its
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  dominance from the get-go, spending much of the match in Oswego
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  East territory. The Tomcats took 17 shots on goal, while the Wolves
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  managed just three. They're a super high skilled team, and we knew
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  that, as We Go East coach Steve Szymanski said, their touch is
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  great, their passing is great, then move the ball really well. We
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  just weren't able to get many opportunities. The Tomcats took eight shots
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  in the first half, while Azwego East had mustered one by halftime.
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  After the long stalemate, Aurora East broke through with twelve fifty remaining.
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  I don't blame anyone, Lucas said. In those big moments it's stressful.
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  Me and two other people went up for the same ball, and
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  then it just ended up being chaos. And the kid kudos to
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  him. He had a good top right, so not much I could
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  do there’s The Wolves upped their aggression in final minutes, pushing for
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  an equalizer, but after a controversial no call near the Tomcat's goal
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  they held on, sending Oswego East home for the year. Though the
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  season didn't end the way the Wolves had hoped, their goalkeeper felt
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  there was plenty to be proud of. I know we could have
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  gone much further, but I also know that ending it now, there's
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  nothing to hang our heads about, Lucas said. We really did a
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  great think here, and I was just so proud of these boys.
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  Though the Wolves are set to graduate 16 seniors in the offseason,
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  Shimanski said they've created the foundation that can help sustain the program's
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  success. They really set the tone for us as far as a
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  program, Shimansky said. You know, no one really talks about as we
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  go east for soccer for most sports. We want to try to
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  start ramping that up, and I think these guys are hopefully a
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  start of that culture. As far for the future, Azwego East has
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  talent waiting in the wings on its JV squad that went undefeated
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  this fall, finishing 16-02.