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Aurora Central Catholic girls soccer comes out aggressive, tops Mendota for regional title · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Aurora Central Catholic Girls soccer comes out aggressive, tops Mendota
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  for regional title. Written by Brad Martin, this article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  The number three seeded Aurora Central Catholic Girls soccer team
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  came out aggressive against the No. Two seed and host
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  Mendota during the Class One A Mendota Regional Championship Friday
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  in Mendota and never let up as the Chargers cruise
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  to a five zero victory to advance to the Hinckley
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  Big Rock Sectional on Tuesday against top seed Byron. Just
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  ninety seconds into the game, the Chargers nearly capitalized on
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  a cornerkick as Viviana Luhano just missed, putting ACC on
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  the board. Their aggressiveness continued with the Chargers controlling the
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  ball throughout. With thirty three twenty three left in the
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  first half, Caylin damars found a loose ball in front
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  of the net and put the Chargers ahead one zero.
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  We are starting to click at the right time. ACC
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  coach Enrique and Iya said, we came out aggressive with
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  Maddy Barry and Kaylin Damarz and it paid off as
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  Kaylan was able to find the back of the net.
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  About two minutes later, the Chargers nearly made it too
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  zero as a shot by Bella Maddy just missed the net.
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  Almost three and a half minutes later, Maddy had a
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  point blank look, but Hailey Diaz made a tremendous save
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  to keep it a one goal game. With ACC attacking again,
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  Mendota's riley Erlenborn made a steal to halt the scoring opportunity,
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  but Mendota was unable to get the offensive side of
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  things going. With eighteen oh eight remaining in the half,
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  Alexa Xavier made the most of her corner kick as
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  she got the ball to Luhano, who put the Chargers
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  ahead to zero. Then less than a minute later, Maddie
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  was able to get her first goal as she got
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  into open space to put ACC ahead three zero. Diaz
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  made two more saves, but with five twenty eight remaining
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  in the half, Maddie again stole the ball, which led
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  to her second goal of the night and a commanding
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  four zero lead. We knew we had momentum coming in
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  from the game earlier in the week, Maddy said, I
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  have to give the forwards the credit. We practice a
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  lot playing through the ball, and when we see an
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  open shot, we're going to take it, regardless if it
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  goes in or not. Mendoda came out more aggressive in
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  the second half and limited the Chargers scoring opportunities, but
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  the acc defense was equally up to the task. As
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  the score remained four zero. Late into the game, with
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  fourteen to twenty remaining, Luzano dribbled the ball down the
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  sideline and then as she turned the corner, centered the
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  ball where Barry capped off the scoring with a shot
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  over the head of Diaz for the five zero lead.
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  I thought we came out with some nerves to start
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  the game like we did the other night. Mendota coach
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  Nick Myers said. The difference was we were able to
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  calm down and get some goals Monday, unlike tonight. But
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  the effort was great from a roster with young players
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  and some seniors without a lot of experience. But I
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  think the standard for Mendota Soccer is to get a
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  chance at a regional championship each year, which we've done
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  three of the past four years.