Central Clarion Wildcats Boys Soccer Advances to District Nine Class-1A Playoff Finals

Photos courtesy of Matt Lerch

(By Matt Lerch)

The Central Clarion Wildcats boys soccer team shutout the Redbank Valley Bulldogs 3-0 during their District Nine Class-1A semi-final playoff game at the Clarion-Limestone field on Monday, October 28th, 2024. This was the Wildcats third shut out of Bulldogs this season and added another shut out to their 11 regular season shut outs.

Dany Schweitzer started the scoring by passing to Nathan Frederick who scored in the opening minutes of the game making the score 1-0. Martin Ormeno added an assist to Wyatt Boyden who scored to add to the lead making it 2-0 before the half.

Brenden Bettwy assisted Boyden to make the score 3-0 in the second half. Wildcat goalie Isaac Lerch stopped 9 shots on goal during the contest. The defense once again saved their keeper from many situations keeping the shots on goal to a minimum.

Defenders Jason Megnin and Brady Pierce both had saves behind Lerch, kicking the ball out of trouble. Center defender Carter Brown played up and down the defense line, stopping many advances. On both sides, Mason Gourley, Ky Clark and Chris Kim shut down the quick wings of Redbank.

The Wildcats resume action in the finals against the winner of DuBois Central Catholic and Brockway on Wednesday, October 30th, at 7PM at Brookville’s new turf field.

(Way to go Wildcats!!!!   Thanks to Matt Lerch for his article and summary!!)