Leading off today: Sal Spitaleri scored with 24 seconds left in the second overtime to lead No. 12
Center Moriches, the defending NYSPHSAA Class B champion, past No. 2 Mattituck in a clash of state-ranked boys soccer teams yesterday.
Both clubs are 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the Suffolk County League VII after splitting their season series. Mattituck led 2-0 at halftime on goals from Kevin Reyer and Andres Aldaz.
"We said at halftime that 2-0 is the worst lead in soccer because there's some complacency involved," Center Moriches coach Chris O'Brien told Newsday. "You think you can relax a little bit."
Midway through the second half, Center Moriches got goals four minutes apart from James Whelan and Brian Alifano.
400th win for Harwood: Arkport coach Melody Harwood picked up career soccer victory No. 400 with a 4-0 win at home against Jasper-Troupsburg.
Emily Wolf arched a deep shot over the J-T goalie nine minutes in. Allison Kraft headed in a corner kick early in the second half, and Amanda Swarts tallied five minutes later to put the game out of reach.
“We just really didn’t talk about (the milestone) today," Harwood told The Evening Tribune/ "At halftime I finally said, ‘OK, you can say 400.’ We just didn’t talk about it. It was just about this game, and that’s all it was about tonight.”