LIMA – It’s a long bus ride to and from Lima Senior High School.
Ayden Carter
But the ride home isn’t quite as long following a victory. The Fremont Ross boys soccer team can attest to that as the Little Giants returned home Tuesday night off a 4-2 league victory over the Spartans.
“We came out pretty on fire,” coach Alex Coressel said. “We got there kind of early, which was good, take care of all those things getting off the bus, get stretched back out, we had a lot of time to warm back up.
“We controlled large parts of the game,” he added. “We had a couple sections where it got a little sloppy and played a little bit of kickball and tried to dribble a little too much but, overall, we were linking a lot of passes extremely well and moving forward and had more quality chances than just a large total of them.”
Freshman Ayden Carter had an outstanding day. He scored Ross’ first goal, off an assist from Carter Durbin, then Durbin scored on a penalty kick to give the Little Giants a 2-1 lead going into halftime.
Carter scored his second goal of the game in the second half then assisted on a goal by Mason DeWalt to end the night on the scoresheet three times.
Carter Durbin
Mason DeWalt
“We put him up front and he did a really good job of following after the ball,” Coressel said. “But the bigger thing was we put our playmakers into spots where they could create some plays. They kind of jumped back a little bit and were able to play some really good through-balls, they bounced off a couple feet and he was able to get on the end of them and finished them. He was in the right place at the right time.”
The victory improves the Little Giants to 4-2 overall, 1-1 in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. Ross returns to action Thursday when it hosts Toledo Start Thursday at 5 p.m.
“They’re always a very scrappy team,” Coressel said of Start. “They’re someone that if we come out and play sloppy, we could lose to. If we play a good game, things could be rather one-sided. It’s one of those that is up in the air and we have to go get.”