Charleroi uses big second half to roll past Waynesburg
Waynesburg Central鈥檚 Dalton Woods, middle, celebrates his goal against Charleroi鈥檚 Joel Chambers with teammate Nate Jones. Woods鈥� goal gave Waynesburg a 1-0 in the Oct. 6 match. Charleroi bounced back to win 10-1. (Photo by Holly Tonini)
Charleroi鈥檚 Dom Yocolano (18) and Waynesburg Central鈥檚 Colton Stoneking vie for control of the ball during a Class 2A Section 3 match at Myron Pottios Stadium on Oct. 6. (Photo by Holly Tonini)
Waynesburg Central鈥檚 Nate Jones tries to get the ball past Charleroi goalkeeper Nate Mazon during an Oct. 6 game. (Photo by Holly Tonini)
CHARLEROI 鈥� Charleroi rolled to a 10-1 boys soccer win over visiting Waynesburg Central last Tuesday night.
鈥淲e went through the motions early and once Waynesburg scored, we learned from it,鈥� said Charleroi coach Jon Ducoli. 鈥淭he boys responded and that was important.
鈥淲e moved the ball well and found open spots.鈥�
Waynesburg coach Matt Blair was proud of his team鈥檚 effort, especially considering the Raiders only had 11 players.
鈥淭he guys played hard and gave us the effort,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e are still sitting in third place, and as long as we take care of business we will make the playoffs.鈥�
Eben McIntyre tied a career-high with five goals to pace Charleroi (9-0, 11-0) in the Class 2A Section 3 match.
McIntyre鈥檚 younger brother Arlo, a freshman, scored the first two goals of his career, and Sam Iacovangelo, Ty Patterson and Jake Caruso also tallied goals.
鈥淓ben is a beautiful player and it is like he has the golden touch,鈥� said Ducoli. 鈥淎rlo has been gun shy to see where he fits in, but we spoke at halftime and he has a beautiful shot.
鈥淗e made plays as did a lot of our guys tonight.鈥�
Waynesburg (4-3, 4-3) took a 1-0 lead, and it was only the second time all year Charleroi has trailed.
The third-place Raiders pushed the ball into Charleroi territory and a loose ball was played towards the goal box.
Charleroi keeper Nate Mazon came out eight yards to make an attempt on it, but Waynesburg鈥檚 Nate Jones played the ball over Mazon and Dalton Woods tapped it into the empty net to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead with 25:49 to play in the first half.
The goal served as a wakeup call for the 鈥渓ackadaisical鈥� Cougars, as Ducoli described his team.
Caruso tied the match with 17:22 to play in the half off a helper by Iacovangelo and Eben McIntyre scored his first two goals within the next eight minutes to give Charleroi a 3-1 lead going into the break.
The floodgates opened in the second half as Charleroi pulled away.
Iacovangelo led Charleroi with three assists while Arlo McIntyre also had multiple helpers as he finished with a pair.
Charleroi, which outscored its opponents 56-6 this season, remained one of six undefeated and untied boys soccer teams left in the WPIAL.
The Cougars have won 40 straight section matches and their magic number to clinch at least a share of the section title was reduced to two.