{"id":11212,"date":"2009-05-18T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T22:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/boys-soccer-kentridge-eliminated-by-gig-harbor-1-0\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T16:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T23:00:31","slug":"boys-soccer-kentridge-eliminated-by-gig-harbor-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/boys-soccer-kentridge-eliminated-by-gig-harbor-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"BOYS SOCCER: Kentridge eliminated by Gig Harbor, 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MIKE BALDWIN<\/p>\n

For The Reporter<\/p>\n

The Kentridge High boys soccer team watched its state tournament chances vanquish in thin air on Saturday in Graham.<\/p>\n

All it took to abruptly end the Chargers\u2019 season was a miscue on defense at their goal, allowing Gig Harbor to claim a 1-0 victory at Art Crate Stadium in a West Central District winner-to-state, loser-out game. A victory would have secured Kentridge\u2019s first appearance in the state tournament since 2004.<\/p>\n

But the Tides had plans of their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe let situations during the game get to us more than anything else,\u201d said Kentridge coach Glenn Walrond. \u201cWe let the situation get to our heads and it took us out of what we wanted to do, which was to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

The game was scoreless until the 65th minute, when Robby Ubben tallied the game\u2019s lone goal, essentially sealing Gig Harbor’s state berth.<\/p>\n

The Chargers missed on several offensive opportunities and made a crucial mistake late in the game.<\/p>\n

Kentridge goalkeeper Alex Ferguson was in the middle of a crowded goal when the Tides pushed the ball deep into Charger territory. Ferguson assumed a defender would clear the ball, but instead Ubben capitalized on the mistake and slipped the ball through the puzzled defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was just a miscommunication,\u201d Walrond said. \u201cWe thought we would get the ball securely to the keeper, a player ran into the keeper and we didn\u2019t recover quick enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walrond commended Ferguson\u2019s performance Saturday and admitted that the error is common in soccer, but came at an unfortunate time as Kentridge saw its season end in a 1-0 defeat. Ferguson was confused by the sequence of events and didn’t realize Ubben’s position with the ball until it was too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Alex did really well,\u201d Walrond said. \u201cHe thought the defender was going to get it, the ball bounced in, and they ran into each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kentridge (11-4-3) entered the district tournament as the SPSL’s No. 3 seed coming off a 3-2 victory over Beamer. But the Chargers looked flat on the offensive side of the ball as Scott Geffre and Sean Dunn failed to find the net on a hot day at Bethel High. Gig Harbor (12-5-2) totaled nine shots to the Chargers\u2019 four.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played 60 minutes really well, and then we let situations get to us,\u201d Walrond said. \u201cWe let the situation rule us rather than us ruling the situation, and that\u2019s very disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

To reach Mike Baldwin, e-mail Reporter staff writer Erick Walker at ewalker@kentreporter.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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