Pirates win district opener

Alex Delpiere, Austin Gokey, Joshua Lakie
Alex Delpiere, Derek Prichard

Lakie, Delpiere & Dustin Mazure

Chad Koch, Andrew Siemen

Koch, Siemen

A pair of state ranked teams battled it out here tonight in what should have been a district final, but instead because the lack of seeding was instead one of the best district soccer openers I've seen. Harbor Beach jumped out to a 1-0 edge, but USA answered back when a hsot on goal against Pirates goalie Chris Hagedon spun out of his hands. HB answered to take a 2-1 edge.

Chris certainly made up for the allowed goal with an outstanding effort in the second half as he helped his team hold on from a late onslaught from the Patriots. I lost track of how many shots on goals they got , but Pirates coach Phil Bowen joked that it seemed like he more saves tonight then he did in the entire league season. He knew that obviously wasn't true, but with all the shots on goal in the second half, he thought it sure felt like it.

The Pirates face Brown City on Thursday and a likely Saturday final against Marlette.