Special to the Leader & Times
The Liberal High School boys soccer team started the second half of the season with a 7-1 win over Lamar.
Liberal dominated possession of the ball and had it on Lamar’s side of the field most of the game. Scoring got started early when Ariel Gaytan found the back of the net after getting a rebounded shot at 2:09 into the half.
Then the Redskins put on a display their ability to control the game with their passing and touch to find many opportunities to score. At the 23:02 mark Gaytan got his second goal of the half after Issac Erives used his speed to make a long run down the side and crossed it from the right.
The Redskins kept the pressure on, but just couldn’t find the back of the net until 37:09 mark when Johnny Young found Diego Pavia to make the score 3-0 and that’s what the score would be at the half.
The Redskins took 14 shots compared to Lamar’s four in the first half. Coming out of half Liberal continues to show their dominance of ball control and using the outside to attack.
Erives kept making runs and putting crosses in front of the goal, but this time his cross hit a Lamar defender and went into the back of the net to make the score 4-0 11:33 into the second half.
Two minutes later, Lamar answered after a misplay in the back to make the score 4-1. Aron Duque joined the scoring after a long run down the middle of the field from his center back spot with Diego Pavia getting the assist at the 14:01 mark.
Gaytan got his hat trick minutes later after a long pass from Pavia to make the score 6-1. Then freshman, Alexis Landa scored his first varsity goal after Johnny Young made a nice cross into the box. That finished the scoring for the day and the final score of 7-1.
The win moves the Redskins to 8-1 (2-1 WAC). Their next game will be back in WAC action at Hays on Oct. 2.
