The road to WPIAL finals (part 2) continues for the boys soccer team, and the intensity is high.

The season picks up from last issue with a home game against Avonworth September 14. Unfortunately, the game didn’t go as well as expected with a 2-0 loss, but the boys are still in the standings.

September 21 was when the Bobcats met up with long-time section rivals for the second time this season: Quaker Valley (and on QV’s pitch).

Last season the boys lost to QV in both of their regular season games, but beat them in the semi-finals to take their spot in the WPIAL championships. This year, the boys predict a similar outcome.

In the first matchup this season between the Bobcats and Quakers back in August, the Bobcats lost 5-0, and the most recent game September 21 resulted in a 2-1 loss—which just so happens to nearly mirror last season’s results of 5-0 and 2-0 losses. Does this mean the Bobcats will beat the Quakers in the playoffs?

Senior Jacob Harris believes so.

“[In the second game] we did a lot better and fought a lot harder. The third time around [in the playoffs] we’ll beat them just like last year,” predicted Harris.

September 23 the Bobcats played at Central Valley for a non-section game which means the game results don’t affect their chances of getting into the playoff, but it might affect seeding when playoff matchups are set up.

Final results concluded with the boys losing 5-2.

Sophomore Caleb Kullen said, “The real reason why we lost [against CV] is because I wasn’t there. If I was there we totally would of crushed them.”

The next game the boys were back on the Tarq to play Mohawk September 26 and they were seeking a win.

Last time the Bobcats played Mohawk they took them into overtime to eventually win 1-0, but the second time around, the Bobcats were definitely not going to let an overtime happen.

Our boys absolutely crushed Mohawk with a crazy 8-0 game including a whopping four goals by senior Kyle Carlson.

And finally, what might arguably be the most intense game so far, our boys traveled to Hopewell September 28.

Throughout the game our boys dominated in possession and goals in order for the Bobcats to win 3-0, but the score might not have been the most interesting part of the game.

The amount of aggression Hopewell offered was far beyond any regular soccer game. Hopewell ended up getting two red card and eight yellow cards while the Bobcats pulled three yellow cards!

“The behavior definitely was not necessary. I thought our boys handled themselves well considering the situation. It did get a little out of hand, but the game actually did clench a playoff spot for us,” said head coach Mr. Scott Hazuda.