Newton boys open postseason with easy win over Central Iowa United

Newton’s boys soccer workforce didn’t enable a aim in 113 minutes of sport time in opposition to Central Iowa United this season.

The newest assembly felt significantly better for the Cardinals and head coach Zach Jensen although.

Newton superior to the substate semifinals on Thursday following a 10-0 residence win over CIU at H.A. Lynn Stadium. The match ended within the 54th minute as a result of mercy rule.

“We responded to getting our butts kicked the opposite night time,” Jensen mentioned. “I didn’t count on it to go fairly prefer it went, however we have been pleased with how we performed and pleased we get to advance.”

The second-seeded Cardinals subsequent face sixth-seeded North Polk within the Class 2A Substate 7 semifinals at 6:30 p.m. on Monday in Newton.

The Comets (4-10) upset third-seeded Carlisle on the identical area earlier within the night time.

Christian Lawson registered a hat trick within the win over Central Iowa United, which is manufactured from gamers from Baxter, Colfax-Mingo, West Marshall, Collins-Maxwell and Colo-NESCO.

Bryar Annee scored two targets, Hunter Kennedy set a brand new college file with 5 assists and Derek Beiner and Nate Lampe every had one aim and one help.

The Cardinals (11-6) led 6-0 at halftime. Lawson scored the primary aim of the night time with the help coming from Kennedy. Three of Kennedy’s 5 assists got here within the first half.

Six completely different gamers scored within the first half and 7 scored total. After Lawson’s aim within the sixth minute, Annee obtained on the board with a tally within the 14th minute.

Cody Klein and Beiner scored targets 30 seconds a component within the twenty second minute that put Newton in entrance 4-0. Lampe and Ryan Nook added targets later within the half. It was Nook’s first profession varsity aim.

Klein and Beiner had busy nights. Earlier than enjoying within the soccer match, they helped Newton end third within the 4×800 relay on the state monitor and area meet in Des Moines.

“It’s been robust on them,” Jensen mentioned. “It takes a toll with college work and preparing for his future after highschool in Derek’s case. However they’re workforce guys and the kind of guys who can deal with it.”

Annee scored 37 seconds into the second half to make it 7-0 after which Lawson’s subsequent two targets got here round 5 minutes a component.

Jacob Sweeney ended the match early together with his first profession aim within the 54th minute.

Nook added an help within the win, whereas Joel Lewis and Landon Bozarth recorded first-half helpers.

This yr’s Newton workforce has re-written the file books. The Cardinals set new college information for targets (67) and assists (61) in a season, passing the 2018 and 2015 groups, respectively, in these classes.

Kennedy owns all three help information for the Cardinals. The 5 assists he had Thursday is probably the most for a single sport and he additionally has probably the most assists for a season with 28 and probably the most assists for a profession with 33.

Newton took 53 photographs and 32 photographs on aim. Caleb Lawson recorded 4 saves and Hunter Teague stopped one shot.

“We have been pleased to get all 24 gamers into the sport and pleased to get our regulars numerous relaxation,” Jensen mentioned.

Lawson is college file holder in a number of goalie classes. His 24 saves in a sport earlier in his profession is the single-game file and he owns the profession saves file with 271.

4 gamers — Christian Lawson (14), Beiner (13), Annee (12) and Lampe (11) — have a minimum of 11 targets this spring. Beiner has a team-best 35 factors, whereas Kennedy (34), Lawson (32), Annee (30) and Lampe (28) have 28 or extra.