MONTAGUE – Trevor Trevino broke a scoreless deadlock late in the second half to lead the Wildcats to their first ever district title in a thriller over Fremont in the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Division 3 district final, 1-0, Oct. 16.
Both teams were deadlocked at 0-0 at halftime and up until the 9:18 mark in the second half when Trevino broke through and got the game winner despite having three Fremont defenders around him.
Like everyone else after the game, Trevino was very excited and happy.
Trevino said about how he felt about the game-winning goal, saying, “It feels really good … It’s the first time in history ever, it’s so much energy and we all brought it today and they got me through it and we won.”
Trevino said about what through his mind when he scored, “I don’t remember, it was just crazy.
“All the fans here were really loud and I was really happy.’
During the game, the Wildcats were quite animated and excited on the sideline, something Trevino said gave them more energy.
“When we’re moving like that it beats the other team tired and we capitalize on it, move the ball around and it got us here,” Trevino said.
Before and after the goal, even though it appeared that Montague controlled much of the play with their speed, both teams had many rushes into each other’s end.
However, both teams also played a physical game.
Anytime Fremont tried to make something happen offensively, Montague was there to take away the ball. But it was a well-played game by both teams, offensively and defensively.
And after the game, the Wildcats got their first-ever chance to hold up the district award.
Also, after the game, Trevino said that the energy that came when he scored his three-goal hat trick during Monday’s district semifinal against Orchard View carried over to the district final.
“I knew it would come eventually,” Trevino said. “I knew I’d get the opportunities and capitalize on it and I did.”
About going to the regionals, Wildcats Head Coach Brandon Mahoney said, “It’s very exciting; first time for us, so it’s exciting that we cracked that egg at home at our field and win a district with this amazing home crowd.”
“There’s a banner in the gym with no district titles but now it will,” Mahoney said.
He also talked about Trevino’s goal, saying, “He’s good with feet, we talked at half and we felt that he could beat that outside defender and just told him you’re going to have to put a move on.”
“And obviously, we had other opportunities, we just didn’t finish in the first half,” Mahoney said.
“So, great work by Trevor to get us that goal and to the rest of the squad to hang on for the last six minutes and keep Fremont out of the net.”
The Wildcats begin regional play Tuesday, Oct. 22 in Clare against the winner of Kingsford and Grayling.
