Flyers shut out New Boston, Stun Midland

Sometimes you just can’t get started in the morning. Heck, sometimes you can’t get started in the afternoon.

The St. Joseph Flyers were in a scoreless tie with the New Boston Tigers on Tuesday only to erupt in the second half and post a 6-0 Southern Ohio Conference soccer win on Tuesday.

Leading the second half surge was Zachary Johnson who had a haul as he scored 4 goals and also had an assist.

Landon Rowe had a goal, an assist and a corner kick while Brady “Quinn” Medinger also had a goal and an assist for the Flyers.

The Flyers (10-4-1, 5-2) took 26 shots with 20 on goal. They had 5 corner kicks, one offsides and 11 fouls.

St. Joseph goalkeeper Evan Balestra had 5 saves while Eli Ford registered 2 saves as they split the net protector duties.

New Boston had 3 corner kicks, 2 offsides and 10 fouls.

St. Joseph 2, Cabell Midland 1

In a matchup against the Class 3-A No. 8-ranked Knights, the Flyers took a 1-0 lead in the first half and then each team got a goal in the second half for a stunning 2-1 upset win.

Balestra had a clutch game for the Flyers with 12 saves.

The Flyers had 6 corner kicks — 4 by Rowe — to go with 6 fouls and no offsides. St. Joseph took 17 shots with 11 on goal.

Midland (9-2) had 2 corner kicks, one offsides and 8 fouls.