Columbus youth soccer loses in overtime to Grand Island

Columbus High School boys soccer hosted Grand Island in Columbus High School's first night soccer game.

It was a heated game with many shots, and the match went into overtime with a scoreless stalemate.

After a tense first overtime, Grand Island scored the decisive goal in the 95th minute for a 1-0 victory.

“I thought we played really well and I'm really happy with their effort,” Discoverers head coach John Alt said. “All credit goes to Grand Island, but we were once again “We played really well. We played well all three games.” “We didn't perform as well as we could, but we had a lot of good chances. We moved the ball around the field. Sometimes they were a little faster than us, but overall I was very happy. “This kind of thing happens sometimes.”

The Islanders got out of a sliding tackle and counterattacked from the middle of the field.

They sent the ball wide to Johnny Pedrosa. The cross was deflected by a fallen Moises Trochez, who beat Columbus junior goalkeeper Connor Calvaite to his right and fired a shot into the bottom corner.

“The game started in midfield. One of our centre-backs came to make a tackle and he fought through and we were at a disadvantage. The kid took a pretty good shot,” Alto said. said. “Conor (Calvaite) scored one goal. He took a good shot. It hit the post, but again it was a game of two posts and one crossbar. It was a bit unlucky, but that's okay. do not have” . ”

Discoverers attracted many set-pieces with seven free kicks and four corner kicks, creating goal chances.

Senior Nick Bennett hit the post in the 12th minute, and junior Savion Rodriguez hit the crossbar in the 98th minute, giving Columbus their best chance of overtime.

“We had some good set pieces,” Alto said. “Overall, I think everything went pretty well, other than the fact that we didn't finish. We had to do a better job there.”

Columbus fell to 2 wins and 1 loss. A two-game road trip begins Thursday at Lincoln High School.

“It's just one game,” Alto said. “They know we have a long way to go. We had a tough game Thursday. Lincoln High School has gotten off to a good start to the season.”

Discoverers women's soccer earned its second straight shutout victory with a 3-0 win over Norfolk on Tuesday.

Columbus junior Abby Haynes scored her second goal of the game and junior Kinsey Shemek scored her first goal of the season. Junior Charlie Playster and sophomore Molly Gock each had one assist. Senior Jordyn Trotta saved seven shots for the Panthers.

The Discoverers entered a three-game homestand with a 2-1 record. The next game is Thursday vs. Lincoln Pius X.