Falcons use late scoring surge in 1st half to down Flyers

MINFORD — The St. Joseph Flyers stayed in the Southern Ohio Conference, but they played a little higher as they faced the SOC-2 league champion Minford Falcons on Thursday.

Minford showed why they were the bigger school division champions this season with a 4-1 soccer win over the Flyers.

Minford (14-1-1) scored 3 minutes into the game as Colby Mullens got a goal with an assist from Gabe Turner.

The Falcons didn’t score again until 20 minutes later when Tyce Cron used a pass from Ashton Reeder to score and it was 2-0.

Bryson Culbertson got a pair of unassisted goals with 11 and 9 minutes left in the half to cap the Minford scoring.

The Flyers (9-5-2) came out and scored quickly in the second half as Beckham Waginger converted a corner kick from Jack Whaley at the 37-minute mark.

But the Flyers were unable to generate any more goals against the Falcons’ defense.

Flyers’ goalkeeper Peyton Ford had 9 saves.

St. Joseph played Eastern Brown on Saturday and will host New Boston in an SOC-1 game on Saturday, Oct. 17.

St. Joseph 0 1 = 1

Minford 4 0 = 4

First Half

M — Colby Mullens (assist Gabe Turner) 37:00

M — Tyce Cron (assist Ashton Reeder) 17:00

M — Bryson Culbertson (unassisted) 11:00

M — Bryson Culbertson (unassisted) 9:00

Second Half

SJ — Beckham Waginger (assist Jack Whaley) 37:00

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Shots — St. Joseph 15, Minford 24

Shots on Goal — St. Joseph 5, Minford 13

Goalkeeper — St. Joseph: Peyton Ford 9 saves