The Worthington Trojans and St. Peter Saints played a scoreless first half in their boys soccer game Tuesday night, but the Trojans scored twice in the second half and wound up edging the Saints 2-1 at Trojan Field.
WHS had a few more opportunities at the net than St. Peter in the first half. In the second half, it didn’t take long for the Trojans to pounce as senior midfielder Isaac Perez tallied his third goal of the young season with less than six minutes gone by. Then, with 26:27 left in the second half, Dayvin Tomas scored from close range to give Worthington a two-goal advantage. St. Peter made it a one-goal match with 20:45 remaining, but the Trojans held on to improve to 3-0 so far this season.
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In girls soccer Tuesday, Worthington was defeated on the road at St. Peter 6-0. The Trojans are now 0-3 in 2024.
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Worthington High School’s cross country teams competed in their first meet of the season Tuesday in Marshall. The meet had been postponed a day as a result of Monday’s extremely hot weather.
In the boys competition, Marshall came out on top with 26 points and was followed by Luverne with 36, Murray County Central/Fulda with 78, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton with 102 and Worthington with 126.
Luverne’s Owen Janiszeski was the top individual finisher with a time of 16:05.1. Evan Baumgardner was the highest finisher for MCC/Fulda, taking seventh place, while teammate Matthew Stapek and Alexander Betz were ninth and 20th, respectively. For the Trojans, Austin Kinser was 13th, Isaac Kinser 21st and Holden Meyer 31st.
Among the girls, just two full teams competed, as Marshall had 17 points and Worthington 44. Marshall’s Katelyn Leibfried was first in 19:56.4. Laiken Farris took sixth for MCC/Fulda; teammate Holland Vogel was 12th. The Trojans’ Madison Sieve finished in ninth place; Kenadie Thiner was 15th and Emily Dahlquist 16th.
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In area high school volleyball Tuesday night, it was:
Westbrook-Walnut Grove 3, Springfield 0
Jackson County Central 3, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 2
Canby 3, Pipestone Area 0
Red Rock Central 3, Renville County West 1
MACCRAY 3, Adrian-Ellsworth 1
Windom 3, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 0
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