The boys varsity soccer squads from Lexington and Reading Memorial high schools played to a 1-1 tie on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
The Minutemen controlled the action but not the scoreboard as Lexington High’s varsity soccer squad and the Rockets of Reading Memorial played to a 1-1 tie Tuesday afternoon at Lexington’s Lincoln Field. Things started a bit slowly and the two sides felt each other out for several minutes before Lexington’s offensive attack began to dominate the ball. But it was the Rockets who fired first. After a few minutes of back-and-forth play, Reading midfielder Aaron Lelacheur drove one past a Lexington defender backpedaling into the goal after keeper Joe McGruder left the net to attempt to stop ball during a scramble. Lexington, for its part, did not seriously threaten at all during the first half, but ramped up the pressure after the break. Just…
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Santino Gambino scored the winning goal in the final minutes of the contest. George Velonias and Matt Edmonds also scored for the Minutemen.
The Lexington High boys soccer team beat Burlingtoon 3-2 on a dreary Wednesday afternoon at Varsity Field in Burlington. The game was tied 2-2 in the late stages of the contest until Lexington’s Stefano Gambino fired a shot past Burlington goalie Joe Renaud with about seven minutes left in the game. “I thought we played really well,” Lexington coach Dan Rudolph said. “Burlington is a really strong team, particularly up the middle, so this was a good win. I thought it was a really well played game, great back and forth action.” Burlington had the first couple scoring chances of the game in the opening minutes of play. On their first time in the attacking zone Burlington was awarded a free kick and nearly converted it, but the ball went just…
