Storm Lake's America Najera battles for the ball with Spirit Lake's Claire Turner during last Thursday night's soccer game. TIMES PILOT photo by NATHAN GUYNN
Storm Lake hosted a girls soccer game against Spirit Lake, and the Tornadoes lost 5-0. The Indians scored four points in the second half.
Irazel Osegueda made 14 saves in net for Storm Lake.
“It was a great learning experience,” Storm Lake coach Katie Voortman said. “For Spirit Lake, we played a great first half in the wind. We were down 1-0 at half-time. We made 11 saves. In the second half we dialed down the intensity and let Claire Turner do what she wanted to do, especially dribble with the ball, scoring two goals within the first 10 minutes of the second half.
“We had some unfortunate injuries,” Voortman added. “My starting center back, Ashley Cruz Camacho, dislocated her knee, so we had to shuffle people around who don't normally play in that position. We lost our starting defender, Emily Sanchez, on Monday. So it really hurt us defensively. Jezebel Osegueda was also injured, but he usually gets a lot of playing time.”
Storm Lake's Leslie Salmeron fought for possession of the ball during last Thursday's game against Spirit Lake.
SL Boys defeat Sioux City East
Jose Oropesa and Raymond Hernandez each scored second-half goals, but it wasn't enough as Sioux City East defeated Storm Lake 3-2 in a boys soccer game at East last Thursday. Ta.
Oropesa scored on a free kick and Hernandez scored off an assist from Cairo Hernandez.
Storm Lake finished with five shots on goal, including three by Hernandez.
Alexis Sanabia Manriquez made six saves in net.
“We came into the game well-prepared against East,” Storm Lake coach Roberto Marinez said. “Even though we were given an early penalty, I felt like we had a better chance. “There is,” he said. “Jose Oropesa scored from a free kick and Raymond Hernandez scored shortly after, and we were leading 2-1 for most of the second half. Then it collapsed in the last three minutes of the game. In the end, we lost 3-2.
“We controlled the game most of the time,” Martinez added. “I truly believe we looked like the better team for about 75 minutes, but in high school football it’s an 80-minute game and we lost focus just like we did in the first game of the season against Sioux Center. They took advantage of our lack of concentration, so now we reflect on what happened and try to prevent something like this from happening again. There are a lot of points. We're getting better every game. As a coach, I'm very happy to accept something like this early in the season, when we can make mistakes, instead of in the postseason. We recognize that these losses are extremely beneficial to ultimately achieving our full potential.”
SL boys break even in border battle tournament
Storm Lake scored five goals in the second half to pull away and beat Bellevue East (Nebraska) 7-1 in the Border Battle in Council Bluffs last Saturday.
The Tornadoes led 2-1 at intermission and then scored five unanswered goals.
Raymond Hernandez scored four of Storm Lake's seven goals. Patricio Hernandez added two points and Jose Oropesa one. Oropeza also had three assists.
Jose de Jesus Hernandez Rosas made six saves in net.
Storm Lake had eight total shots on goal, including four by Raymond Hernandez.
Storm Lake lost to Omaha Creighton Prep 5-0. Creighton Prep scored four goals in the second half to pull away.
Alexis Sanabia Manriquez made seven saves in net.
Storm Lake coach Roberto Martinez said, “We entered the Border Battle in Council Bluffs knowing that it would be a good test for our team to assess where we are and what we need to improve on. I went to the tournament,” he said. “Creighton Prep was a very talented team, but they held out until halftime, trailing just 1-0, and had several chances in the attacking third. I lost in 5.
“We evaluated what it would take to play against an elite team like Creighton Prep and carried that into our second and final game of the day against Bellevue East,” Martinez added. Ta. “It was slow to start down. Although trailing 1-0, the men's team quickly corrected their in-game issues and put pressure on their opponents, eventually winning 7-1. Raymond Hernandez had a great game with 4 goals, already breaking last year's record of 7 goals (currently 8 goals). Jose Oropesa also scored a goal and had three assists by the end of the game. ”
