DUBOIS — The DuBois Christian School soccer teams hosted Johnstown Christian School and came away with a split in the final home games of the season.
The DuBois Christian School boys upended the Blue Jays, 5-1, while the Lady Eagles dropped a 5-2 decision in the opening game of the day.
The Eagles grabbed of the night cap by scoring a pair of goals three minutes aprt past the midway point of the first half before each team scored again in the final 10 minutes as DCS took a 3-1 lead to the half.
DuBois Christian’s Connor DeLarme opened the scoring with 15:28 left in the first half, then Isaac Smith scored just over three minutes later to make it 2-0. Nate Holes and Caden DeLarme had the assists on those goals.
Smith added his second goal, scoring off a Caleb Kuruvilla pass with 8:33 left in the half to push the DCS lead to 3-0. ohnstown Christian promptly countered with a Brayden Kibbe goal to make it a 3-1 game at the break.
The Blue Jays got no closer though, as Eagles scored twice in the second half to set the final at 5-1.
Colten DeLarme found the back of the net in the 61st minute, then Smith finished off a hat-trick by scoring off a Colten DeLarme pass with 9:02 to play.
The win improved the Eagles record to 8-3-1 overall land 6-2-1 in ACAA West Division play. The DCS boys have secured second place in the West Division, earning them a berth to the ACAA Tournament which will be held in Bellefonte next Thursday-Saturday (Nov. 17-19).
As for the girls contest, it was a tie game, 1-1, at the half.
DuBois Christian’s Anna Shenkle scored just under two minutes in off a Jenna Keister pass, and the Lady Eagles held that 1-0 lead past the midway point of the first half. However, Johnstown Christian pulled even on a Lydia Hostetter goal with 16:11 left in the half.
Lady Blue Jay Noelle Lushko broke that tie when scored just over 10 minutes into the second half, and JCS mainataine that one-goal lead into the final 10 minutes.
That’s when Johnstown Christian broke the game open, getting goals from Ellie Speigle and Hostetter less than two minutes apart to go up 4-1.
DuBois Christian got a goal back when Ella Shenkle scored on a penalty kick with 3:41 to play, but Hostetter finished off a hat-trick with 1:23 remaining to set the final at 5-2.
The Lady Eagles are now 2-7-1 overall and 2-6-1 in the ACAA West Division. They currently sit in fifth place in the West and fell short of qualifying for the ACAA Tournament this year.
Both DuBois Christian School squads close out the regular season today at Centre County Christian in Bellefonte.
