Class D Boys Soccer Quarterfinals
Edmeston 2, Colton-Pierrepont 0
BINGHAMTON — Brock Redner scored twice to send Section IV champion Edmeston to the boys soccer Class D Final Four with a 2-0 win over Section X champion Colton-Pierrepont on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Chenango Valley Central School.
“This means everything to me,” said Redner, a junior forward. “We worked so hard for this. We went to (the section finals) two years prior. We deserved this as much as anybody. We really worked for this.”
The Panthers had to overcome a slow start, Coach Dan Cheatham said.
“I give Colton-Pierrepont credit,” Cheatham said. “I thought they really took it to us for the first 20, 25 minutes and then we began to settle into our game.”
Midway through the first half, Edmeston began to take an offensive advantage on the Colts, winning a majority of the balls and controlling the midfield.
Redner scored his first goal with 11:47 left in the half, taking a pass back from Brayman Clark, after Redner made a short corner kick. Redner then dribbled into the right corner of the box and shot to the left corner for a 1-0 lead.
“We came up with it in practice one day,” Redner said. “It is basically a short corner. The goal is to get it in the box. I saw a channel open, and I just hit it.”
The second half resembled the first, with the Colts getting several opportunities in the first 10 minutes of the second half before Edmeston’s ability to win and control the ball gave the advantage back to the Panthers.
The Edmeston defense allowed just two shots and two corner kicks.
“The four in the back have been playing together, for about two years, pretty much in that same formation,” Cheatham said. “They know how to play, how to give each other cover. They are pretty smart back there.”
With 12:35 left in the game, Redner scored again, this time from the top of the box, calling for a pass after Collin Lund made a nice play on the sideline to take a ball and cross it.
I came down wide open on the left channel, I saw the shot, and I thought, ‘I might as well just hit it,’” Redner said.
Sire Champen had two saves for Edmeston, which had nine shots and five corner kicks.
Cody Trimm made eight saves for Colton-Pierrepont (17-3).
The only negative in the game for Edmeston was the loss of senior captain Max Bolton, who got two yellow cards late in the game, leading to a red card and a one-game suspension. The first card was for a verbal response the referee deemed to be unsportsmanlike, and the second was for obstruction on a throw in.
“I feel for him, I really do,” Cheatham said. “It is not in character for him. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He always has.”
Edmeston (14-2-3) will play Section V champion Fillmore in the Class D Final Four at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, at Middletown High School’s Faller Field. The winner will advance to the Class D title game at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, at Middletown.
Fillmore (18-3) beat Section VI champ Maple Hill, 3-0, Friday, Nov. 7, in the state quarterfinals.
Class D Girls Soccer Quarterfinals
Cincinnatus 2, Richfield Springs/Owen D. Young 0
There’s something about Cincinnatus.
The Lions, champions of Section III, advanced to their fourth straight Final Four in girls soccer with a 2-0 win over Section IV champion Richfield Springs/Owen D. Young on Saturday at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
Jocelyn Turshman had a goal and an assist, Kendall Sustad scored and Jelsie Stafford had an assists for Cincinnatus (18-2), which will play in the state semifinals against Section V champion Fillmore at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, at Homer High School.
The Lions have won four straight section and regional titles and won a Class D state title in 2023.
Richfield Springs/Owen D. Young finishes the season at 16-3, having won the second Tri-Valley League title and first section title in the history of both schools in girls soccer.