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    New Albany wins Division II state championship

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    The thought process so far Johnny Ulry, new Albany boys soccer coach and his team wasn’t sure if that would happen until about a month ago.

    That came to fruition Sunday night at Historic Crew Stadium, when after 110 scoreless minutes, the Division II state championship went to a penalty shootout.

    “We started figuring out who we wanted to shoot, what the order would be, and we did it every day, multiple times,” Ulry said. “From a shooter’s point of view, I felt really good about our chances because they made some great shots and I knew (senior goalie) Wyatt (Butler) was going to make it just because of the way he played. which he played. »

    And that’s how it happened.

    “I couldn’t feel my legs,” senior midfielder Adam Hoy said. “I followed the same path in training every time and called the match. I knew that no matter what I would go in that direction and if I placed it well enough it would go in.

    New Albany converted on all five of its shots on goal, Butler stopped the first Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit shot he saw and Hoy nailed the championship game-winner to the left of Warriors goalie Quinn Anderson to give New Albany a 1-0 (5-3) victory. on penalties) and his first title in his third appearance in the final.

    The Division I state runner-up in 2020 And 2022New Albany (20-1) got 11 saves from Butler and withstood a fast start that saw the teams combine for five shots in the first six minutes and 34 for the game, including 21 coming from the Eagles.

    Junior midfielder Londen Sears, sophomore midfielder Ben Lindimore, junior forward Kuda Kanyongo and sophomore midfielder Ben Verst converted in the shootout for New Albany.

    Butler made the first-round save against senior midfielder Andrew Conti before junior midfielder Freddie Marcell, senior forward Brady Catanzarite and junior midfielder Landon Litras scored for the Warriors (17-4 -2) before Hoy’s winner.

    “I had to trust myself,” Butler said. “I told the guys if they buried the shots, I’d get a save.”

    The final was the third in seven matches this weekend to go to penalties, including Watterson wins Division II women’s championship SATURDAY.

    Ulry called the game a “chess game” after this frantic start.

    “Both teams went at it and then everyone got tired,” Ulry said. “It’s a big pitch and the game has calmed down. We knew their front five were incredibly good and they wanted to attack us quickly. It would probably be a track meet sometimes. They scored 105 goals this season with these guys leading the way and we knew we had to control them to have a chance. Our goalkeeper has just had a career match.

    Anderson made nine saves for Walsh Jesuit, who was denied their fourth championship and first since their most recent finals appearance in 2006.

    “It actually stings a lot less than I thought it would because I’m so proud of these guys,” Warriors coach Tony Catanzarite said. “They fought as hard as they could and played a hell of a game.”

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