Flyers use rapid-fire scoring to rout Western

LATHAM — Jerry Reed sang the song East Bound and Down in the movie Smokey and the Bandit, and it had the famous line “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.”

In the case of the St. Joseph soccer team on Tuesday, the Flyers “We’re gonna score a whole lot of goals and in a short time they’ll get there.”

In rapid fire execution, the Flyers were scoring goals only minutes apart as they blanked the Western Indians 15-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game.

The Flyers took an 8-0 first half lead and added 7 more goals in the second half.

Texas Jack Whaley had a hat trick with 3 goals along with 2 assists. Mason Weber scored 2 goals and had 3 assists.

Barrett Waginger got 2 goals and 2 assists, Beckham Waginger and Colton Gustin each had one goal and one assist, Mitchell Heighton scored 2 goals, Troy Erlenwein had an assist with Sophia Rowe scoring 2 goals.

St. Joseph also benefited from 2 Western own goals.

The Flyers improved to 8-3-2 overall and 5-1-1 in the SOC-1. St. Joseph faces SOC-2 champion Minford (13-1-1) at 6 p.m. on Thursday and visits Beaver Eastern at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

St. Joseph 8       7       =       15

Western 0       0       =       0

First Half

SJ — Jack Whaley (assist Mason Weber) 38:00

SJ — Mason Weber (unassisted) 37:00

SJ — Jack Whaley (unassisted) 36:00

SJ — Barrett Waginger (assist Jack Whaley) 35:00

SJ — Sophia Rowe (assist Mason Weber) 33:00

SJ — Mason Weber (unassisted) 28:00

SJ — Colton Gustin (assist Troy Erlenwein) 16:00

SJ — Own goal by Western 8:00

Second Half

SJ — Jack Whaley (assist Mason Weber) 39:00

SJ — Sophia Rowe (assist Barrett Waginger) 29:00

SJ — Beckham Waginger penalty kick 26:00

SJ — Barrett Waginger (assist Jack Whaley) 25:00

SJ — Mitchell Heighton (assist Barrett Waginger) 13:00

SJ — Own goal by Western 8:00

SJ — Mitchell Heighton (assist Colton Gustin) 4:00

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Total Shots — St. Joseph 32, Western 2

Shots on Goal — St. Joseph 22, Western 0