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freeland beats bullock creek lancers 3-1 in tvc central soccer
turkish exchange student sergen selek scored twice to help give freeland a 3-1 tri-valley conference central soccer win over host bullock creek on monday.
jared reichard assisted on selek’s first goal about six minutes into the game, while alex green scored off an assist from mitch droste to give the falcons a 2-0 halftime lead. robby boyes assisted on selek’s second goal with 16 minutes remaining in the game to increase the freeland lead to 3-0.
“we didn’t have him the first month of the season, but he’s scored in every game he’s played,” freeland coach kyle jean said of selek. “he brings the same thing every game, and he’s always in the right place at the right time.”
- sean proctor | photo@mdn.netfreelands mitchell droste gives chase to the ball with bullock creeks keenan wade close on his heels monday evening at bullock creek high school.sean proctor | photo@mdn.netfreelands mitchell droste gives chase to the ball with bullock creeks keenan wade close on his heels monday evening at bullock creek high school.photo: sean proctor
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creek avoided the shutout on a goal by andy king off an assist from jordan noey with six minutes left.
“i don’t think selek was with them the first time we played them,” lancers’ coach bob linton said of an earlier 3-2 loss to the falcons. “we played them even both times in the second half, but we just got ourselves in a little bit of a hole we couldn’t overcome.”
chase brenske made 13 saves for creek, while freeland’s ryan spaulding saved four.
“either us or them have won the conference in each of the last six years, and they got us twice last year. it’s a pretty good rivalry,” said jean.
linton was proud of his team’s effort.
“we missed a scoring opportunity early and didn’t get many quality chances the rest of the game,” said linton. “but the boys worked hard all game, which is all i can ask of them.
“jimmy brooks was our center-midfielder due to injuries, and he usually plays outside, but i thought he played the best game he’s played all season by doing a lot of the dirty work in the middle of the field. he really helped set the tone for us,” linton added.
the falcons (12-4-1, 5-0-1 tvc central) host hemlock on wednesday, while the lancers (9-11-1, 2-4 tvc central) travel to hemlock on monday.
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In that passage, there are 117 occurrences of the letter "n."
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