Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 12:00 am
Gazette-Times
High school roundup
EUGENE - Corvallis High dominated possession, shots on goal and frustration on Thursday as the Spartans finished with a 1-1 tie against North Eugene in a nonconference girls soccer match.
"We controlled the majority of the possession," coach Dan Finnen said. "They rarely had the ball in our half the entire first half, we just couldn't get it in between the crossbars."
After North Eugene took a 1-0 lead, the Spartans had to contend with a packed in defense and were unable to breakthrough until the final minute.
Lani Penner collected the equalizer on a penalty kick with two seconds remaining.
Corvallis plays at South Salem tonight.
Corvallis 1, North Eugene 1
NE - Iris Anderson (Tayler Ficek), 58:00
C - Lani Penner (PK) 89:00
JV: NE 3-1
Boys soccer
PHILOMATH - Morgan Foster scored off an assist from Charlie Simonds in the fifth minute, but the Warriors finished with a 1-1 tie against Estacada in the opener for both boys soccer teams.
Estacada tied the match in the 10th minute and neither team was able to score despite several chances.
The Warriors return to action at home on Sept. 11 against Tillamook.
Philomath 1, Estacada 1
PHS: Morgan Foster (Charlie Simonds), 5:00
EHS: Dayne Holtense, 10:00
JV: Philomath won 2-0
Crescent Valley 1, South Salem 1: At Salem, CV's Guy Lewis scored in the 50th minute to help the Raiders to a season-opening tie on the road.
South Salem had taken a 1-0 lead in the 41st minute, getting a quick goal coming out of the halftime break.
"That was the only time we got caught on our backfoot," Fries said of the early goal.
The Raiders (0-0-1) are home against McNary today at 4 p.m.
Crescent Valley 1, South Salem 1
SS: Pablo Ceja, 41:00
CV: Guy Lewis (Miguel Garcia), 50:00
JV1: South Salem 4, Crescent Valley 2
JV2: Crescent Valley 3, South Salem 0