If you can\u2019t trust the weatherman, you better know which way the wind blows.<\/p>\n
The rain-soaked pitch favored Juneau-Douglas High School\u2019s fast-paced game Friday night at Adair-Kennedy, but Service High School brought a superior air game, scoring on two set pieces which brought the Crimson Bears down 1-2 in an early-season prep soccer showdown.<\/p>\n
JDHS outplayed Service for stretches of the match, but Service capitalized with its nose for goal on the game\u2019s many free kicks.<\/p>\n
The Cougars double teamed JDHS senior midfielder Oswaldo Magallanes \u2014 whom many place on the short list for state player of the year \u2014 nearly the entire game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played well in the middle, we played fast, aggressive,\u201d Magallanes said. \u201cOur one-v-one defending in the back was flawless. \u2026 Tonight was very slick, balls just flew in and skipped around. We need to work on set pieces, and looking at that, we\u2019ll do better in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Service senior defender and Oregon State University recruit Brady Graff peppered JDHS\u2019 box with dangerous long balls off his big left foot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI might have taken nine free kicks, just trying to whip them in there,\u201d Graff said. \u201cJDHS is a good possessive team, and they know how to play in the rain; it took us a while to adapt to that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Service scored first off a free kick from the right corner of the 18-yard box in the game\u2019s eighth minute. The ball bounced around before Service tapped it in.<\/p>\n
Service\u2019s second came off a late-game corner kick played to Service\u2019s Hugo Heraldez. JDHS had chances to clear both goals out of the box but allowed Service shots after the ball bounced around.<\/p>\n
JDHS found some urgency after conceding its second goal, with JJ Mosher getting one back from the top left of Service\u2019s box, slipping while hitting a low shot into the left corner of the net.<\/p>\n
Service coach Dan Rufner considered his team lucky to escape with the win as both teams possessed the ball with equal skill.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clear that Juneau is more practiced at that (playing in the rain),\u201d Rufner said. \u201cThey played the kind of game that Juneau\u2019s good at, switching the field of play, controlling skip balls and taking advantage of people that don\u2019t get those skipped balls. \u2026 It could have went either way, for sure, but we did what we needed to on those set pieces. That\u2019s what we\u2019re good at.\u201d<\/p>\n
The JDHS boys head on a road trip this week to play games against East, Palmer, South and Bartlett high schools on May 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively.<\/p>\n
Visit the Empire online for coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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