Rushville traveled to Greensburg Saturday for the boys soccer Battle for the Ball match. The Lions returned home with the traveling trophy.
According to Rushville coach Eric Wagner, the only year the Lions did not win the trophy was in 2020.
Goals for Rushville Saturday were two scored by Aritz Gomez and one from Carter Tague. Ben Means had two assists.
Wagner reported that even though this was Rushville’s fourth game of the week, the Lions came out quick scoring two goals in the first 12 minutes. Means sent a free kick from the Lions’ back line over the Greensburg defense. Tague used his speed to get the Lions out to a 1-0 lead.
The Lions kept attacking and, seven minutes later, Gomez fired a shot in the Greensburg penalty box to make it 2-0. Both teams battled back and forth but the score remained the same going into the half.
The second half saw more of the back and forth action with additional scoring not happening until the end of the game. With six minutes left, Means made another nice pass to Gomez who scored Rushville’s final goal of the day.
A free kick by Grayson Newhart from just outside of Rushville’s penalty box with two minutes left allowed Greensburg to avoid the shutout.
“Playing four games in a week is really hard,” said Wagner. “The hot temperature didn’t make it any easier. We rotated a lot of players in and some guys played positions they don’t normally play. I was impressed with how we adapted and played as a unit.”
We thank coach Wagner for the information.