MLive - Mention of Cals Victory over South Christian

Soccer Community,

Just wanted to pass along an article that is currently on MLive.com and may be in the GR Press tonight pertaining to the team’s big win over South this past week…tom

Here’s the link… MLive.com - CHS mention beating SC
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South Christian wins battle of No. 1s with OT victory vs. Forest Hills Eastern in boys soccer
Steve Vedder The Grand Rapids Press, October 08, 2009 11:31 p.m.
KENTWOOD -- There may have been a few moans after surrendering what could have been a heart-breaking goal, but Ben Honeycutt thought there was too much at stake to pout.

After South Christian's soccer team had given up a stunning game-tying goal to Forest Hills Eastern with just 7.2 seconds left in regulation, Honeycutt said his teammates refused to let the goal wreck Thursday's showdown between two teams ranked No. 1 in the state.

Honeycutt scored the game winner with 6:12 left in overtime to give the Sailors a 2-1 win against the Hawks. The goal came after a clutch goal from FHE's Mitchell Rosendall that tied the contest in the waning seconds of regulation.

The win leaves South Christian (13-1-1, 9-1) in the driver's seat for an O-K Gold title,but the Sailors might lose their No. 1-ranking in Division 3 after being upset by Caledonia on Tuesday. The Hawks (13-3, 10-2) entered the game ranked No. 1 in Division 2.

"We didn't get down," Honeycutt said of his game winner, which barely found the inside of the left post from more than 20 yards away.

South Christian coach Bruce Huttenga added: "It was a tough goal to give up. We moaned a little in the huddle (after regulation), but we came together.

"It was huge. I watched every head go down," Huttenga said of the tying goal. "We kept saying we have to get the aggressiveness back and take it to them. We played well in overtime when we could have layed down. That was incredible."

Hawks coach Paul Rosenbrook said FHE didn't get emotional lift he expected in the extra session from such a crucial goal.

"We certainly had hoped for more," he said. "We certainly didn't come out with the same urgency as South Christian. We fought hard, but we came out slow in overtime. Part of it was tired legs, but most had to do with South Christian picking itself up."

It looked like a goal by the Sailors' Ben Kadau with 6:23 left in the game might hold up until Rosendall's score from in front of the South Christian net tied the game.

South Christian can win an O-K Gold outright title by beating Hastings on Tuesday and Wayland on Thursday.

"It was a tale of two halves," Huttenga said. "They had a lot of possession time in the first half. We needed to possess the ball and we didn't in the first half. We finally started to do it in the second half, and when we do that, we're dangerous."