By Bruce Karnick

The Hastings Raider Boys had two games at home this week. Tuesday, they faced Hill-Murray and Thursday South St. Paul. Between the two games, there were 15 goals scored. That sounds exciting, especially for soccer, unless both games are lopsided.

Tuesday the 8th, Hill-Murray outscored the Raiders 8-0. Eight goals in one game is pretty rare on the pitch in general, it’s even more rare when it’s for one team. Or one would think that the case. The Pioneers shocked the Raiders into submission. After the game, Coach Swanson said “They were much better and when the first couple goals went in our heads went down. Couldn’t recover and mentally we were shot. Looking forward to rebounding and giving a better effort on Thursday. The guys will be hungry.”

They certainly were hungry. So much so, they decided to stomp all over the theory of high scoring games in soccer being rare. The Raiders scored six in the first half against South St. Paul. Matthew Qualy, Japhi Gudissa and Steven Krey scored two goals each and Danny Millner notched one. Carter Homb only faced seven shots on goal the whole game. The Raiders earned their first victory of the season in a big way.

The boys get the late game Tuesday the 15th at Tartan and at home on the 22nd against Simley and then it’s on to the conference championships.

#1 – Carter Homb prepares to Celebrate the teams first win of the season and his first shut out in a 7-0 win over South St. Paul on Thursday September 10th. Photo by Bruce Karnick