It might be a little late, but the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys' Soccer team continued its late run for the tournament, beating Deerfield 2-1 Nov. 4 at home.
"The goal is to finish as strong as we can," WMA Coach Gary Cook said. "We've won five of our last six. Our opponents down the stretch are all good opponents. We need to play well. We want to keep getting better. We want to have our young guys develop, but at the same time have our seniors go out successfully. Three to go and we'll see what happens."
WMA (6-8-1) has games against Kingswood Oxford, The Gunnery and Avon Old Farms School remaining.
Against Deerfield, the Titans withstood a strong opening push by the visitor and felt fortunate to go into halftime scoreless. The second half, though, after some adjustments, turned in WMA's favor.
"On paper the teams were even – same opponents and same records. We weathered an early storm. Deerfield controlled play for most of the first half. They didn't finish their chances so it was 0-0 at halftime.
"The boys responded very well in the second half. We got a great goal from Jahkeem (Hunt '16) – Chris Kalil '17 sent him through and he beat the keeper nicely. And eight minutes later, Jahkeem assisted Jazario Brimmer '17. Deerfield answered and scored on a penalty kick, but give credit to the boys, they hung on."
The Titans got a big lift on the field from Gerardo Navarro Leon '16, PJ Miccoli '17 and Simon Andrecichuk '17. WMA hosts KO Saturday at 2 p.m.