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Varsity Boys Soccer: Cincinnatus vs. Stockbridge Valley. (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
The Cincinnatus Lions tied 1-1 in double overtime against Stockbridge Valley after a physical game at home on Saturday (September 9th).
According to Cincinnatus head coach Gordon Brown, the Lions have had a numerous amount of injuries over the last few days. This was Cincinnatus’ third game in four days.
After a close first half that ended 0-0, Stockbridge Valley’s Osvaldo CocChub scored the first goal of the game off an assist from Jeremias Castillo Garcia about halfway through the second half to make it 0-1.
Stockbridge Valley was not able to celebrate their goal for too long, as the Lions answered back with a goal of their own a minute later. Junior midfielder Jack Stafford crossed a low ball to senior Canden Stafford to put the ball in the back of the net, and make it 1-1.
With Stockbridge Valley playing a physical game and with emotions running high, there was a fight between teammates - Osvaldo CocChub and Jeremias Castillo Garcia before the end of the second half. CocChub ended up receiving a red card after the incident, while Garcia received a yellow card.
Throughout the game, Stockbridge Valley received a total of four yellow cards and one red card, while Cincinnatus received no cards.
The game ended up going into double overtime, where both teams had chances to win, but were not able to score.
With this tie, Cincinnatus now holds a 2-0-1 record.
Here is a score breakdown of the game:
| Team | 1st | 2nd | OT1 | OT2 | Final |
| Cincinnatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SBV | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
“I thought we moved the ball well,” said coach Brown. “We just didn’t finish well. We had a lot of opportunities to put the ball away. We should’ve won that game, but we just couldn’t put them away.”
Cincinnatus is scheduled to play Stockbridge Valley once again on Wednesday (September 13th) at Stockbridge Valley high school at 4:30pm.
When asked about what he thinks the team will need to work on before facing Stockbridge Valley once again, Cincinnatus captain Canden Stafford said they will need a, “full team coming out healthy with no injuries, and connecting passes when we need to because our team kind of fell apart at the end.”
Cincinnatus captain Canden Stafford. (Photo provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice).
Before facing off against Stockbridge Valley for a second time, Cincinnatus will play on the road against Waterville today (Monday, September 11th) at 4:30pm.
Here are some photos of the game (Photos provided by Timothy A. Bennett, Owner & Publisher of The Cortland Voice):
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