The boys JV soccer team won a hard fought game against the Chesterton Trojans on Sept. 21, 2021.  The extremely close game came to an end with a final score of 1-0.

   “The game was a very well and hard fought match. We gave it our all from the first whistle, and didn’t stop until we scored. Even after we scored we didn’t stop trying to push for another goal,” Dean Radowski (10) said.

   The first half of the game was a close battle between the two teams with no goals being scored. However, Nikola Bastaic (9) took initiative and scored the game-winning goal in the second half.

   “I knew that I had to be in the right spot for that and I delivered. I knew that scoring that goal didn’t just boost me, it boosted the whole team and made us want to keep pushing on them, making them play in more uncomfortable positions,” Bastaic said.

   The team hopes to take the momentum from this game into the rest of the season. Dean Radowski talks about the team’s long-term season goals.   “As a team I think that was one of our best games that we have ever played. We have been working on being the best JV team in our conference and DAC,” Radowski said.

   The boys gave it their all and did not stop pushing until down to the last second.  Bastaic talks about what this game meant to him and to the future of the team.

   “We had a very tough game but we had more desire to win, we played with heart. We went into the game knowing that it was going to be hard but we pushed out. The outcome of the Chesterton game will give us a big boost to our last game against Valpo. We will play differently but we will still play hard and fight from the start whistle to the last second,” Bastaic said.