Braveheart Soccer......Historical Records

For the second time this week the Raiders of Central Catholic came up huge.....they defeated Lowell at Lowell 2-0 and in the process won their first MVC Soccer Championship. We finally are gonna have a banner.... Central's defense was fantastic as they held the MVC's prolific scorer, Odilio Gianinni, to only one shot on net. Lowell was a worthy opponent as both teams played a great first half of soccer but neither team could break into the others defense. Central was able to find a crack at the 12 minute mark of the second half when Tim Woitkun took a throw in deep in Lowell territory and it found Joe Mead's head for a beautiful goal to put the lads up 1-0. At the 25 minute mark, Jeff Gannon took a run deep into the Lowell end and crossed it back to find Mike MacDonald at the back post ready to head it in for another great goal. With the Central boys up 2-0, Lowell pressed hard but could not seem to string together enough passes to find their leading scorer. The midfield and defense did a great job in shutting down the Lowell offense stifling it before it could get started. John McGinness played in goal for Central and registered the shutout. Central finishes its regular season with a 10 am game at St. John's Prep on Saturday. They are now 13-3-3 and finished with a 10-2-1 record in the MVC. Great corresponding story in the Lowell Sun, go to links page and click on the Lowell Sun.