MHS - Men's Soccer / October 4, 2022 By Kasey McDowell
The Men's soccer team extended their win streak to 4 in a row this week as they hosted McPherson on Tuesday, October 4th. The Cats' three previous wins were over Elyria Christian, El Dorado, and Circle. The Wildcats broke open the scoring with one goal in the first half by senior Ben Thorson, assisted by Aiden McKee. Junior Kierran Hoffman found the back of the net late in the second half to tie the score up 2-2. Thorson got the go-ahead goal with less than one minute on the clock with an assist by Hoffman to secure the Wildcat victory. Alex Dial guarded the Wildcat net and finished the game with 8 saves with 10 shots on goal.
"I promise I am not exaggerating when I say I could list all the starters plus subs - Will Perkins and Jax Gerber as huge players of the game," said Coach Jesse Myers. "It was amazing! I've said it before...I'm always very proud of the kids when they keep battling the entire match - regardless of how things are going. However, it's nice when that battling results in a W."
1 2 Final
MHS 1 2 3
OPP 0 2 2
* Benjamin Thorson - 2 goals, 0 assists
* Kierran Hoffman - 1 goal, 1 assist
* Aiden McKee - 0 goals, 1 assist
* Alex Dial - 8 saves (10 shots on goal)
The JV team battled hard but fell to the Bullpups 0-2.
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The men's varsity team defeated Circle 6-0 last Thursday for their third win in a row. The Wildcats were led by Benjamin Thorson who finished with 5 goals and 0 assists for 10 points. Alex Dial guarded the Wildcat net and finished the game with 4 saves with 4 shots on goal.
1 2 Final
MHS 3 3 6
OPP 0 0 0
* Benjamin Thorson - 5 goals, 0 assists
* Aiden McKee - 1 goal, 1 assist
* Alex Dial - 4 saves (4 shots on goal)
There was no JV game against Circle.
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The men's varsity team defeated El Dorado 7-0 last Tuesday for their second win in a row. The Wildcats were led by Benjamin Thorson who finished with 3 goals and 1 assist for 7 points. Alex Dial guarded the Wildcat net and finished the game with 3 saves with 3 shots on goal.
1 2 Final
MHS 5 2 7
OPP 0 0 0
* Benjamin Thorson - 3 goals, 1 assist
* Kierran Hoffman - 2 goals, 1 assist
* Aiden McKee - 1 goal, 2 assists
* Dominic Liberto - 1 goal, 0 assists
* Alex Dial - 3 saves (3 shots on goal)
The JV squad won their game 5-1.
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Junior Aiden McKee broke the single-season record for assists in the McPherson game, surpassing the old record of 11 assists in a year held by Josh Walker in 2016. Aiden is currently at 12 assists on the year. Senior Ben Thorson is leading the Cats in goals with 20 on the year, just a couple shy of the school record of 22 held by Tyler Wright from the 2013 season.
The Wildcats will be back in action tomorrow as they travel to Winfield to battle the Vikings in a league matchup.
