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Crawfordsville High School sophomore Matt Mummert had a goal in the Athenians’ regional semifinal win. |
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IHSAA West Lafayette Regional
Semifinals
Game 1
West Lafayette Harrison 3, McCutcheon 0
Records: West Lafayette Harrison 12-6-1, McCutcheon 6-9-2
Game 2
Crawfordsville 3, Tipton 1
Crawfordsville 2 1 – 3
Tipton 1 0 – 1
Goals scored: Matt Mummert C; Austin Evans C; Tyler Whittington C; Weston Wood T
Assists: Klajdi Osmani C
Shots on goal: Crawfordsville 10, Tipton 5
Saves: Crawfordsville 2, Tipton 7
Records: Crawfordsville 13-5-1, Tipton 12-5-1
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Reprinted Courtesy of:
The Paper of Montgomery County
www.thepaper24-7.com
By John Groth
Sports Editor
WEST LAFAYETTE – Klajdi Osmani loves those corner kicks.
So does Austin Evans.
They’ve developed quite the postseason connection.
Whenever
the Crawfordsville High School boys soccer team has needed a
game-clinching goal, those two Athenians have hooked up for the scoring
combination.
And they did again Wednesday night – knocking out Tipton for the second consecutive year.
Sophomore
Matt Mummert and Evans each scored goals off corner kicks and senior
Tyler Whittington added a late second-half goal as Crawfordsville
ousted Tipton 3-1 in Wednesday’s Indiana High School Athletic
Association West Lafayette Regional second semifinal.
“We were
trying to whip [corner kicks] into the box some and get on it,” said
Osmani, who connected on an assist off a corner kick with Evans for the
second-straight postseason game. “Matt’s got size. Austin just crawls
in there. We try to put it in where their goalie can’t get it and we
can. Austin has been amazing.”
Crawfordsville (13-5-1) advances
to play West Lafayette Harrison (12-6-1) in Saturday’s 7 p.m. West
Lafayette Regional championship match.
It’s a rematch of last year’s West Lafayette Regional championship, which Crawfordsville won 2-1 (3-2 in penalty kicks).
West Lafayette Harrison defeated McCutcheon 3-0 in the first regional semifinal.
Despite
playing in the pouring rain, the Athenians didn’t let the wet weather
affect their game. Instead, they passed past the Blue Devils (12-5-1).
With the game tied at 1-1 and less than 15 minutes left in the first half, Evans put Crawfordsville back into the lead.
Osmani
launched an arcing corner kick off the right side to Evans, who
redirected the ball into the net and past Tipton senior goalie Brock
Fulk.
It was Evans’ third postseason goal in four games.
“We’ve
been working on set pieces a lot recently,” Crawfordsville coach Jim
Kochert said. “They know what to do, where to go and where to run. We
knew Tipton transitioned the ball to the sides and then moved to the
middle and would send people over the top. They’re very good at it. Our
guys executed [offensively and defensively] really well.”
Whittington gave the Athenians the extra cushion in the second half, scoring only 1:17 into the half.
He now has two goals in the Athenians’ two West Lafayette Regional semifinal games against Tipton – both wins.
Whittington had missed a shot with a wide open net at the 5:55 mark of the first half and vowed to score in the second half.
“I knew I was getting one after that one [miss],” he said. “I told myself I was going to score this game.”
Now
the Athenians will face West Lafayette Harrison for another regional
championship title. They expect a very physical game like last year and
another close contest.
Kochert doesn’t know what to do to prepare for the Raiders, but he’ll get to work today.
“We
watched the second half of the West Lafayette Harrison [McCutcheon]
game,” he said. “They move the ball and control the ball well. They’re
quick and several of their guys club ball year round. It will be
similar to last year.”
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