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La Salle-Peru rallies past Streator in overtime, advances to 2A regional boys soccer final · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  LaSalle Peru rallies past straighter in overtime advances to two a Regional
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  boys soccer final. Written by Brian Hoxy. This article is
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  being read by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. With
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  just under 5 minutes remaining in overtime of Wednesday night's Class 2A
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  Orion Regional Semifinal, the La Salle Peru Boys soccer team's Jamie Gonzalez
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  made a huge play. The ball came to me, I trapped it
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  and looked up, and there wasn't anyone between me and the goal,
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  Gonzalez said. I had a lot of space. Our coaches are always
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  telling us to take the shot when we have the opportunity. I
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  really didn't think about where I wanted to shoot it, more of
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  just put the ball on the net. Gonzalez rocketed a right-footed shot
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  from 30 yards out that found its way past streeter keeper Colin
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  Byers and into the back of the net with 4 minutes 49
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  seconds left in overtime, and the number 4 seeded Cavaliers eventually scored
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  a 3-1 overtime victory over the number 5 seeded Bulldogs. It felt
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  good off my foot, but I really didn't know it had gone
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  in until my teammates started cheering, Gonzalez said. So far this is
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  the coolest goal I have ever scored in my life. I'm excited
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  I scored and also excited we won. It feels great. La Salle
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  Peru, March 2, 15 advances to Friday's 5 p.m. Championship match against
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  top-seeded Peoria Notre Dame, which defeated Ottawa 9-0 in the night's opening
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  contest. Streeter, which played to a one-all draw with LP six days
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  ago, ends the season 9-11-5. This is a special team, Cassal Peru
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  coach David Spoudik said. The tied the program's win record even with
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  having to cancel a few games in which I feel we would
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  have at least won one of those. This is also the third
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  time we've reached the regional championship, so this was a special night
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  all around. Streeter took a 1-0 lead midway through the first half
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  when Eric Mosqueda took a throw in. From Danny Archando Rios and
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  scored on a knuckleball shot from 35 yards out that eluded Cavaliers
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  keeper Logan Griziwa. That 1 0 advantage held through halftime. It was
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  a tale of two halves for sure, straighter coach J.T. Huey said.
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  I thought we came out really playing well in the first half
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  and were able to put one in. Last week Zach team kinda
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  took turns in each half holding they momentum and dominating the play,
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  but tonight we had it first and they they kinda took it
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  away and never gave it back. LaSalle Perou came out as they
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  aggressors in the second half and tied the match nine minutes in
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  on a fifteen yard strike, after a steal by Zack Picchetto. It's
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  all on the guys, and at half time they finally woke up
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  in their own heads, Spudix said. I think they remembered they are
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  all capable of doing great things and played that way after the
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  first half. The day they string that together for a full eighty
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  minutes is going to be great to watch. Hopefully that day will
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  be Friday. Both sides had a couple of chances for the winner
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  in regulation but weren't able to convert, so the match went to
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  two 10-minute overtime periods. Gonzalez's overtime tally was followed just thirty four
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  seconds later by a goal from Ismail Mejia, who worked around a
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  defender near the goal line before netting a shot from a tough
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  angle. The teams each finished with eighteen total shots, with Streeter holding
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  a slim 8 7 advantage in shots on target. Griziwa finished with
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  seven saves, while Byers made four stops. This was a battle and
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  a very fun match to coach and watch, Huey said. It wasn't
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  the outcome we wanted but my guys played a pretty solid match.
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  Both teams while playing pretty good defense still find a way to
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  create a bunch of chances. It just came down to the LaSalle-Peru
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  player making a play there in overtime, and it came with four
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  minutes left in overtime. It's tough, but we had an amazing season,
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  and I believe turned a corner heading into next season.