The Noblesville boys soccer team ran its win streak to five games on Tuesday, and the Millers did that by scoring a big upset.
Noblesville beat Class 3A No. 2 Hamilton Southeastern 1-0 in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at the Royals’ field. The Millers got their goal in the first half, when Tommy Gregory sent a low cross into the box, and Sam Johnson slid it into the net. Noblesville then held off HSE in the second half.
“We played really well,” said Millers coach Ken Dollaske. “Every single guy came to play, whether it was a person who played for 80 minutes or a kid that played for five minutes. They knew their role. They knew how we could beat them. Sometimes it wasn’t pretty, but our goal was. We played it wide. Tommy had a great run, Sam just had a great finish.”
The victory puts the Millers at 3-3 in conference play and 9-5-1 overall. Noblesville has one more HCC game left in the season: The Millers host Brownsburg on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Southeastern finished HCC play 5-1-1. The Royals will be second in the conference, with Zionsville winning the HCC championship with a 6-1 record. Southeastern completed its regular season 11-2-2 overall and will host Anderson Monday in the first round of Sectional 8 play.
Carmel, ranked No. 17 in 3A, beat Harrison 2-0 on Tuesday.
Alex Cline scored one of the Greyhounds’ goals, and assisted on the other goal, which was scored by Gavin Buba.
“I am proud of the effort the team had tonight,” said Carmel coach Shane Schmidt. “I thought we played well in the second half. Our movement off the ball was good tonight.”
The Greyhounds are 5-2-8 and play at Columbus North on Friday.
Hamilton Heights finished its regular season by playing Liberty Christian to a 1-1 tie on Tuesday.
The Huskies had 26 shots on goal in the first half while allowing the Lions just three, but the game was still scoreless at halftime. Liberty Christian got the first goal off a corner kick with 21 minutes left in the second half.
But Heights continued to counter, and finally broke through with eight minutes left when Josh Thorpe scored off of a Drew Tomaszewski assist. In total, the Huskies outshot the Lions 44-6.
Heights completed its regular season with a 6-9-2 record. The Huskies will play Sectional 25 host Lebanon on Tuesday in the first round.
Sheridan battled through the rain on Monday, playing Irvington Prep to a 2-2 tie.
The Blackhawks’ Caleb Duke scored the game’s first goal in the 13th minute on a penalty kick. The Ravens answered by scoring with 2:44 left in the first half. Duke made another penalty kick in the 53rd minute, but Irvington Prep scored the equalizer just 56 seconds later.
Sheridan hosts Benton Central at 5:45 p.m. Thursday for its Senior Night game.
Fishers won a dramatic Senior Night game over Greenfield-Central 2-1 on Tuesday.
With about 20 seconds left, the ball was deep in Greenfield territory. The Tigers’ Cam O’Connor got the ball and took it over a half-length of the field. O’Connor then passed the ball to Yuto Nakamae, who put it in the goal with four seconds left.
Jack Kenny scored Fishers’ first goal. The Tigers finished their regular season 11-2-3. Next up is Sectional 8 at Hamilton Southeastern, where Fishers plays Muncie Central next Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the semi-finals.
Noblesville’s Sam Johnson reacts after scoring the Millers’ goal during their game with Hamilton Southeastern on Tuesday. (Kent Graham)
Yuto Nakamae scored the winning goal for Fishers with four seconds left in its Tuesday game with Greenfield-Central.