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Published October 28, 2026 10:49pm

Those dang opening-round soccer matches are seldom a cakewalk.

Pine Creek coach Ben Corley told his players as much during their postgame chat after their victory against Lutheran on Wednesday.

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The key word: “victory.” Pine Creek scored two second-half goals in its Class 5A boys soccer first round playoff game against No. 18 Lutheran and won 2-1 to advance to round two of the tournament.

“We knew we just had to keep working and couldn’t drop our heads,” Andon Ingolia said. “We have to keep pushing through and working hard to get our goals.”

Pine Creek, the No. 15 seed, had not allowed a goal since Oct. 13 when the Eagles (9-4-3) lost 2-0 to Legend, which was also Pine Creek’s last loss. However, in the 31 st minute, Lutheran’s Isaac Van Deman scored his third goal of the year to put the Eagles in a 1-0 hole.…