Robert Jeffrey

Sun Sports Contributor

SENECA FALLS – The Valley Heights Crusader boys soccer team rounded out the month of September with a big win over Finger Lakes Christian School, shutting out the hosts in a tightly contested 1-0 ballgame.

As the calendar was set to flip from September to October and with postseason play in the ESCAL right around the corner, the Crusaders put on a gem of a performance.

With the first half of play in a legitimate stand-still, neither Finger Lakes nor Valley Heights could maintain possession of the soccer ball for long, as their respective accuracy was just off a hair. And as the two teams entered the decisive second half of play, Valley Heights was set on settling the score with their in-conference rival.

Near the 50-minute mark, Valley Heights finally found their marksmanship. The Crusader’s Alex Evans was designated to take the corner kick, and the subsequent kick was a beauty. With the ball wrapping around the slew of FLCS players and goalie, Evans’ corner found the head of the crafty Tyler Stockwell who put the ball into the back of the net, for the first and only goal of the game.

With the Crusaders holding a 1-0 advantage, it was panic time for Finger Lakes. An immediate sense of urgency was placed on the host team as the game entered the final 10 minutes of play.