Red Devil soccer club wins again

Allen Community College's men rode another sterling defensive effort to shut out Hesston, 1-0. The victory puts the Red Devils at 4-1 on the year.

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April 20, 2021 - 10:21 AM

Allen Community College’s Tiago Troyano, shown in a game earlier this year, scored the Red Devils' only goal Saturday in a 1-0 win over Hesston. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

HESSTON — Allen Community College men’s soccer team kept their record unblemished in the conference/region, with a 1-0 victory on Saturday night at Hesston. 

The Red Devils controlled the game and outshot Hesston 10-3 on shots on goal, and had many chances to score in the first half but could not finish any of them, keeping the score 0-0 at the break.

Allen came out in the second half and peppered the Larks goal, but the Hesston goalkeeper made some unbelievable saves to keep the shutout. 

That changed in the 70th minute when Hingis Moremi served up a brilliant cross to the back post that Tiago Troyano headed home to put the Devils on top 1-0. 

Allen created several more chances and had a penalty kick saved with about 10 minutes left in the game that would of sealed the victory. 

In the end the Devils were able to secure the shutout and keep Hesston from scoring to finish 1-0.  Ajay Murray recorded his fourth clean sheet on the season and hasn’t been scored on in more than 270 minutes. 

The devils record is now 4-1 and 3-0 in conference/region.  The soccer team is in Beatrice, Neb., Wednesday to play Southeast.

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