Lyon County earned the top seed in the Boys’ 5th District Soccer Tournament with a 1-0 overtime win in Cadiz back on Sept. 22. On Monday, Trigg County made sure there would not be a repeat performance as they beat the Lyons 5-1 to win their third straight district title and 10th in the last 11 years.
The teams played through windy and rainy conditions for most of the first half before Ben Futrell’s brace gave the Wildcats a 2-0 lead in a matter of six minutes.
Futrell’s first goal came in the 32nd minute off a pass from Caleb Coots. With just two minutes left before halftime, Futrell scored again off a pass from Makoto Hiter to put the Wildcats up 2-0 at the break. In a matter of six minutes, the Wildcat senior had doubled his season scoring output.
Trigg County didn’t experience a letdown in the second half as Will Jolly converted a penalty kick following a foul in the box in the 50th minute. The goal was his 17th of the year and 78th of his career, which is third on the school’s all-time scoring list behind Blane Alexander and T.C. Bush.
Keller Nichols set up Trigg’s fourth goal of the night when his free-kick found Anthony Ethridge in front of the net who redirected it off his noggin and into the back of the net in the 58th minute.
Trigg closed out their scoring with three minutes left when Keller Nichols scored in front of the net.
Lyon County avoided the shutout when Todd Huddleston scored his seventh goal of the season off a rebound with a minute left in the game.
Trigg County outshot the Lyons 22-5 in the contest. Lyon goalie Cole Schroeder made 13 saves, while Joseph Crawford had three for the Wildcats as the Trigg defense did a solid job of limiting the Lyons’ scoring chances.
Trigg County’s district title is its 11th in school history and 10th with Nichols as head coach. The Wildcats enter next week’s region tournament with a 6-4-2 record. Lyon County falls to 4-8-1 and will play a district champion at next week’s tourney.
