Story #2

At a Glance:
Who: Hillsboro High School Boys Soccer.
What: Finally lose a game this season.
When:October 20, 2009
Where: Hillsboro, OR
Why: The Hilhi boys soccer team finally loses a game ending an almost perfect season to none other than their cross town rival.
Record: 11-2

Hillsboro High School boys soccer team finally loses a game 2-1 ending an almost perfect season.


After having an almost perfect season the Spartans of Hillsboro High School finally lost a game. This year the Boys soccer team was planning for a perfect season hoping for another state title. That was until last Tuesday when Hillsboro played the game of the season.

The Hilhi boys have been waiting for this game all season. "I'm so ready!" stated senior player Roberto Carmolinga, "this is the game I've been waiting for". It was a game against their cross town rival Glencoe who not only have shared the title of state champion once in the past 4 years.

Going into this game Hilhi has been ranked number one while Glencoe has been ranked at third.

"It was a really intense game" said onlooker Kayla Renz. "You could tell both teams had a lot of passion, none of them wanted to give up and it was heart breaking to see Hilhi lose."

The game started with Glencoe controlling the ball. Hillsboro seemed a bit slow and out of sync and Glencoe did take advantage of that. In the first half Glencoe scored leading 1-0. Finally in the second half was when hillsboro picked up the pace and scored. But it wasn't enough to hold off Glencoe who won 2-1. "We played bad the first half and never were able to get fully back into the game" Carmolinga added.

Even though the Spartans did have their first loss they are still at the top of the state rankings according to Oregon live polls. They hope to overcome the loss and do well in the playoffs coming up in the next few weeks. Losing for Hillsboro is not usually heard of. As a team they still stand high atop their conference. With playoffs right around the corner they will being entering as either ranked number one or number two in the Northwest Oregon Conference. That is when winning and losing will really count for this team who are not willing to be beat.

Next Game: Tuesday Nov. 10 against the number two seed of the Inter-mountain league