WAYLAND, MA—Wayland High soccer clinched the state division finals in a game on Friday that came down to a penalty kick.
After beating Holliston High in the state semi-finals, the Warriors boys soccer team took on Nipmuc Regional High School, also the Warriors, in the Division 3 state finals, winning 1-0 in a penalty kick at Woburn High's home field.
Wayland entered the MIAA North Division III tournament as the sixth seed, with a 9-3-4 record, beating the top-seeded Lynnfield to head to the state tournament.
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Senior keeper Nicholas Smith made the diving save on the fifth attempt in a shootout to win the trophy in the state division finals, reports The Boston Globe. This is the third state title for the Wayland Warriors in three years, the last in 2016 when Wayland beat Nipmuc, 2-0.
Of course, we had to sing the theme song of Wayland boys soccer (@WaylandSoccer) on Cassell’s Corner podcast. And of course, it had to be “The Blood of Cu Chulainn” good job @WaylanAthletics @nickmsmith1 @Dretlah @jaketyska pic.twitter.com/ALsSAd6PlT
— Tommy Cassell (@tommycassell44) November" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/tommycasse... 18, 2018
Congrats on your third state championship in five years @WaylandSoccer. @ChampSocSchool is privileged to have many of you as coaches in our program and attendees of our HS camps! Here's the save to win it after 110 hard fought minutes. https://t.co/81BQXIDWyv
— Champion Soc School (@ChampSocSchool) November 18, 2018
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