Lehman Catholic’s Brayden Ulbrich goes up for a header against Milton-Union on Wednesday at Lehman Catholic.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
SIDNEY — The Lehman Catholic Cavaliers lost their fourth game in a row 3-2 to the Milton-Union Bulldogs on Wednesday in a Three Rivers Conference matchup at Lehman Catholic high school.
“We’ve still got guys moving around in our positions because of injuries,” Lehman head coach Eric Courtad said.
The Cavaliers (5-7-0, 1-4-0) fell behind 0-1 with 16 minutes to play in the first half but were able to score on a Colt Courtad penalty kick with just 90 seconds left in the first.
Lehman gave up two goals within the first 10 minutes of the second half and fell behind 3-1 in the process before a second Courtad goal on a penalty kick brought the Cavaliers within one with 21:40 left in the matchup.
Lehman was unable to get anything going on offense outside of the penalty kicks, and went scoreless for the rest of the match.
“We had a few chances but it’s not enough without those PK’s,” Courtad said. “We have three in the conference left. Miami East, who is our only win ever in the conference and we hope to replicate that.
“Then we get to Troy Christian and Bethel the last two games, those two teams are just fantastic. We have a couple of games before then that we’re looking to take care of first.”
The Cavaliers are led in goals, assists and points this season by sophomore Courtad with seven, nine and 19 respectively.
Lehman next travels to a match-up against West Liberty Salem on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at West Liberty Salem before returning to TRC play against Miami East on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Miami East at 6 p.m.
Sidney gets back in the win column
Sidney defeated Piqua 5-2 on Tuesday at Sidney high school in a Miami Valley League matchup.
After dropping each of their last two matches 0-9, the Yellow Jackets (8-2-0, 5-1-0) finally got back to their scoring and winning ways.
A hat trick from Jaden Danklefsen helped Sidney’s cause as the Yellow Jackets peppered Piqua’s goalie with 11 shots on goal. Youssouf Dia and Zac Ambos also notched goals in the game, Ambos even managing an assist along the way.
Seniors Brayden Kennedy and Christian Loaiza also had assists in the matchup.
On the season Sidney is led in goals by Danklefsen with 16 (over half of the team’s total) and in assists by Ambos who has eight.
The Yellow Jackets play Butler at Butler on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. in another MVL match.
Botkins tops Celina in its fifth straight road victory
The Botkins Trojans extended their road winning streak to five games with their 3-1 victory over Celina on Saturday at Celina.
The Trojans (8-1-0, 3-0-0) trailed at the half 0-1 before exploding for three goals in the second 40 minutes.
Memphis Meyer, John Ratermann and Hudson Meyer all scored goals in the affair with Eli Pitts and Noah Greve nabbing assists in the process.
With this victory, Botkins is in a tie for second place in the Western Ohio Soccer League with Calvary Christian at nine points a piece, trailing Spencerville with 10.
On the season, Ratermann leads the Trojans in goals and assists with 15 and 10 respectively while goalkeeper Connor Butcher has 42 saves to date.
Botkins takes on Dayton Christian on Saturday at home at 1 p.m. and doesn’t have another WOSL match until Thursday, Sept. 26 when it battles Temple Christian at Temple Christian at 5 p.m.
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