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Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022

Attacking mentality shows up for Scots in Holland

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Fighting Scots got
their first win of September
Thursday.
The Caledonia varsity
boys' soccer team improved
to 4-4-2 overall on the sea-
son with a 5-0 victory at
Holland West Ottawa in OK
Red Conference action.
Jonathan Collins and
Corbin Raffler scored in the
first half for the Fighting

Scots, who were challenged

by their coaches not to come

out flat Thursday. Once they

had accomplished that they

were challenged to win both

halves of the ballgame, and

they certainly did that as

well.

Nathan Maas scored three

goals for the Scots in the

second half to pull away

from the Panthers. Maas had

just been named the Fighting

Scots' athlete of the month

for August.

Caledonia head coach TJ

Ifaturoti was happy to see his

team bounce back from a 1-

draw with Jenison at Scotland

Yard Tuesday which saw the

Wildcats score the equalizer

in the final minute. He said

his guys were “doing the lit-

tle things right” Thursday.

Ifaturoti was happy to see

his team getting back to

basics of passing well, push-

ing for goals and then finish-

ing those chances.

“We needed to respond

and I thought our guys came

out really strong and we

didn't let up. It was good to

see us translate everything

we worked on during our

training sessions to the

field,” Ifaturoti said.

West Ottawa put some

pressure on goalkeeper Isaac

Vire and the Caledonia

defense, and Ifaturoti said he

was pleased with the way his

guys played in transition and

with the discipline from the

Scots' defense.

The Scots' last victory

came Aug. 31 against East

Kentwood.

Grand Haven edged the

Scots by a goal last week at

Scotland Yard and then the

Caledonia boys were bested

3-0 in a non-conference

match at Portage Central last

Saturday, Sept. 10.

The Scots returned to

Scotland Yard to finish in a

1-1 draw with Jenison

Tuesday.

Mass scored the Caledonia

goal early in the second half

off an assist from teammate

Gage Helinski. Helinski

chipped a ball ahead into a

good space for Maas to run

on and make a play on the

Wildcat net.

Caledonia is now 2-2-1 in

the OK Red Conference.

The Scots are on the road

aa few times in the week

ahead. They are at Forest

Hills Central today (Sept. 17)

to take on the Rangers at

11:45 a.m. In the OK Red,

the Scots visit Hudsonville

Tuesday and Rockford

Thursday.

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The Fighting Scots' Austin DeVries battles for pos-

session of the ball along the sideline in the midfield

with a Jenison defender Tuesday at Scotland Yard.

(Photo by Perry Hardin)

Caledonia goalkeeper Isaac Vire manages to secure the ball during a Jenison corner kick in a crowd that
includes teammates Jonathan Collins (22), Gage Helinski, Gavin Long (12) and Parker Chapp (10) as well as
Jenison attackers Xander Austin and Brayden Hunt Tuesday at Scotland Yard. The two teams closed the
contest in a 1-1 draw. (Photo by Perry Hardin)

Caledonia junior forward Nathan Maas pushes towards the goal during his

team's OK Red Conference match with Jenison at Scotland Yard Tuesday. (Photo

by Perry Hardin)