Imlay City soccer shuts out Armada; falls to Yale
IMLAY CITY — Benino Barragan and Giovani Barragan each notched hat tricks to power Imlay City to an 8-0 shutout victory over visiting Armada in a Blue Water Area Conference boys’ soccer match on Monday, Oct. 5.
Benino Barragan finished with a dominant four-goal performance and added two assists. He opened the scoring off a feed from Hudson Everhart before converting passes from Ty Wagester and Giovani Barragan for two more strikes.
Giovani Barragan scored three goals and provided two assists of his own, combining with Benino Barragan on multiple scoring plays throughout the match. Everhart also found the back of the net off a pass from Benino Barragan, while Damian Leon set up one of Giovani Barragan’s tallies.
Max Galeana earned the clean sheet in net for the Spartans, stopping both shots he faced.
Three days later, Imlay City fell 1-0 on the road against BWAC rival Yale. Galeana delivered a strong effort between the pipes, stopping 12 of 13 shots in the loss.
Almont rolls past Algonac, 6-0
ALMONT — Gabe Hibner netted a hat trick to lead Almont to a convincing 6-0 nonconference win over visiting Algonac on Thursday, Oct. 8.
Killian Abitheira added two goals for the Raiders, while Ben Kline scored once and picked up an assist. Mason Grzyb, Elijah Eason and Michael Lesner each contributed an assist to round out the attack.
Vinny Catenacci posted the shutout in goal, making eight saves.
The victory came a day after Almont suffered an 8-0 setback against host Lutheran North in BWAC action. Catenacci finished with five saves in net for the Raiders.
Earlier in the week on Tuesday, Oct. 6, Almont dropped a 2-0 league decision on the road against North Branch. Catenacci recorded seven saves in goal.
