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Stopping goals with 11
guys on the field has been
a fairly successful endeavor
for the Thornapple Kellogg
varsity boys’ soccer team
this fall.
Scoring them with 11 guys
has been a challenge against
top opponents.
Scoring them with 10 is
even tougher.
Scoring them with nine is
near impossible.
Grand Rapids Christian
ended the Trojans’ 2024
varsity boys’ soccer season
with a 3-1 win in the MHSAA
Division 2 District opener at
Grand Rapids Christian High
School Wednesday.
The most talented fellow
on the field, Christian senior
John Cassiday scored all
three Eagle goals. His team
led 2-0 in the first half before
senior midfielder Simeon
Biltawi curled a shot into the
left side of the net from the
top of the 18 for TK late in
the first half.
The Eagle lead was just
2-1 at the intermission. The
Trojans for the most part
defended well, containing
the Eagles while they held a
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geofmiddleville.org.Short-handed TK can’t keep comeback rolling
Thornapple Kellogg senior Isaac Ruth (15) leaps in to try and get the ball off the feet of
Grand Rapids Christian’s Liam Jansen during their D2 District opener in Grand Rapids
Wednesday. Photo by Brett Bremerclear possession advantage.
“The boys played well
going in at the half 2-1, the
first 20 minutes we were a
little slow, but the boys got
the pressure and got what they
needed and put it up and Sim
hit a beautiful strike at the end
there to put us up there in a
good spot,” TK head coach
Andrew Kiel said, “but the
first 15-20 minutes we didn’t
get good enough pressure
and maybe we gave them
too much respect. They were
able to get a couple through
balls and get a couple things
in, but the boys never gave up
and fought. It was kind of like
the season.
“We have had a couple
tough losses. There were a
couple of times we didn’t
start the game well, but the
boys fought back in and
something didn’t go our way.
That is life at soccer.”
Biltawi’s senior season
was a few minutes shorter
than he would have liked.
He was shown a yellow
card after tripping up an
Eagle from behind midway
through the first half woundup getting a second yellow
(thus a red card) with about
six minutes to go. His exit
cut the Trojan numbers to
nine on the field at that point
in their comeback bid as
sophomore Brandon Velting
had already been shown a
red card after colliding with
Eagle senior Peter Borst who
was breaking in mostly free
on the Trojan net after what
proved to be a supremely
well-timed run onto a ball
ahead from Cassiday.
TK senior goalkeeper
Owen Corner dove to his
left to swat away the PK
attempt awarded to Borst
at that moment 14 minutes
into the second half, and then
lunged out onto the rebound.
The Trojans managed
to not allow another goal
when down to ten or even
nine guys on the field,
but chances on their own
offensive end were few and
far between at that point.
Cassiday had already
scored his third goal of the
game nine minutes into the
second half, knocking a
lasered centering pass fromteammate Liam Jansen by
Corner.
Kiel said Biltawi likely
ends the season as the
Trojans’ top goal scorer and
leader in assists. A natural
distributor, he had to become
more of a scoring threat this
fall for TK with a collection
of mostly defensive minded
guys around him.
“We gave up significantly
less goals this season
than last season,” Kiel
said. “Defensively, Nate
[Shoemaker], and Jordan
[Rowley], Juan [Aguiar],
Kylan [Pratt] and Peyton
[Forman], all those guys
back there, Owen, they did
a much better job this season
and it was just more cohesive
and better.”
The TK boys had five
shutouts defensively and
finished the year with a 10-
9-1 overall record.
The Eagles advance to
play in the district semifinals
back on their home turf
Monday against either
Plainwell or Gull Lake. The
Eagles moved to 13-6-1 with
the Wednesday night win.