Lexington’s top district rivals play a third straight shootout thriller
Forget the KHSAA State Tournament: at this point, a lot of soccer fans in Lexington might be ready to see Lexington Catholic and Paul Laurence Dunbar play a seven-game series for the title.
Dunbar defeated Catholic in a 2-1 shootout after the teams played to a 0-0 draw in regulation and two 5-minute overtime periods. It was the third consecutive game in their rivalry, including last year’s 43rd District championship and last year’s 11th Region finals, that was decided in a shootout. The team’s previous two meetings before this streak of shootouts were decided by one goal apiece (1-0 and 2-1, both in Dunbar’s favor).
Dunbar was ranked fourth in the latest Maher Rankings behind St. Xavier, Trinity and Highlands. Lexington Catholic was ranked eighth in the state.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Instant reaction from Dunbar’s Hard Hat Winner of the Game, William Elliot, who had a terrific night in goal for the Bulldogs. <a href="https://t.co/E37mumxv1P">pic.twitter.com/E37mumxv1P</a></p>— Josh Moore (@HLpreps) <a href="https://twitter.com/HLpreps/status/1037894701809131520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Eddy Andrade and Jack Rodes connected on the shootout goals for Dunbar. Jackson Kirn came up with a goal to answer Andrade’s but Catholic couldn’t convert against Bulldogs keeper William Elliot on their other attempts.
Dunbar won its fifth straight game to improve to 6-2-1, and to 1-0 in 43rd District play. Lexington Catholic dropped to 7-3 and 1-2 in district play.
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This story was originally published September 6, 2018 at 11:47 PM.