Surpassing last year’s victory total the Durant Lion soccer team remained unbeaten last week with a 1-0 blanking of rival Ada.
The Lady Lions made it a sweep while improving to 2-1 with a strong second half as they also cruised by the Cougars by an 8-1 count.
Durant remains home for its next outing which is slated for Tuesday against another rival in Ardmore.
Girls
Durant rode an early goal by Kinzlie Nassar to a 1-0 triumph in the junior varsity contest.
In the varsity action, neither team could break the scoring ice in a first half stalemate but that was definitely not the case after intermission as the Lady Lions exploding offensively while dominating after the break.
Marigold Moore was the catalyst of the second half barrage as she posted a hat trick with three goals along with a pair of assists.
J.J. Patten contributed a pair of goals and an assist, Avery Blackburn had two goals while Kamryn White scored a goal and had an assist. They also picked up two assists by Kira Hoffman and one apiece for Mia Ibarra and Elizabeth Thomas.
On the defensive side, Maggie Martens was stellar in goal with 13 saves on 14 Ada shots on goal.
Boys
It was a tight, defensive battle throughout but the Lions made the plays when they had to in order to up their season record to 3-0.
Durant’s defense turned back every opportunity on the back line while keeping goal keeper Leland Hardwick clean most all night long.
The Lions’ offense finally got a scoring chance and took advantage of it late in the first half when Joseph Flores punched one into the net for the only goal of the entire game.
“We really played well defensively tonight,” said head coach John Wilmoth. “Our offense had opportunities but couldn’t convert any other than the one from Joseph but that turned out to be enough.”
