Boys soccer/Fox Valley roundup

Posted August 31, 2011 12:00 am

Daily Herald report

Josue Chavez scored an unassisted goal in the first half and Tony Benitez made 12 saves in goal as the Elgin boys soccer team defeated St. Patrick 1-0 Wednesday at the St. Patrick tournament, the Maroons’ third win in a row.

“We’re excited,” said Maroons’ coach Dave Borg. “We’re playing real well right now.”

Larkin 2, South Elgin 1: Roberto Torres scored off a Tony Hernandez assist in the first half and Danny Valdez found the back of the net on an assist from Erik Rodriguez late in the second half as Larkin (2-2-1) downed South Elgin in an Upstate Eight crossover. Bret Hildebrandt scored South Elgin’s goal on an assist from Danny Fry. Santiago Guerrero had 4 saves in goal for Larkin and Jarod Schieler stopped 7 shots for South Elgin.

Huntley 2, North Chicago 0: Alexs Ryks and Eduardo Gonalez scored goals and Austin Emery made 2 saves in the net as Huntley (3-0-1) won in the Wauconda tournament.

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