![]() We want to get to a point where we're competing every year in Division III. These guys will run the summer camps and show those guys what it's all about. And those guys in fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth grade, to just see this, they're seeing what it does and what it takes. "But if you start young and play with a bunch of guys you love, you can go far."Īdded Severino: "The growth, in our rec program and our travel program, it is growing. "We're not a team, historically, that can go far. "I just hope it shows that we can go far," Telisman said. ![]() Telisman hopes that message resonates within his town's confines for years to come. This 2022 side, which featuring a starting 11 at Boardman with eight seniors, also had a backbone that grew up together and got the program back to the D-III sweet 16 for the first time in 16 years. The backbone of that 2006 side was a group, Severino included, that played together all the way from rec soccer onward to the high-school level. Telisman was part of a similar narrative, in a sense, as that memorable 2006 side that made its state runner-up charge and, for all intents and purposes, put Wickliffe on the map in the sport in the process. We came out here and played the full 80, better than I have ever seen us play. You're not going to have teams that have a bad spot in their lineup. "We came in here knowing that we're at regional now. "It's obvious all year - we've been a second-half team," Telisman said. It was the junior's 14th and 15th goals of 2022. Pregibon iced the result from there, collecting Mason Janis service at the far post in the 65th and a near-post finish in the 70th. The Blue Devils did very well all things considered to keep it 1-0 from there past the 60th, hoping for some counter brilliance through All-Ohio attacker Colin Casey and a senior-laden side.īut Mooney was tough to crack in the defensive third throughout, anchored by returning All-Ohio center back Dante DeGenova. Pregibon got a touch around the edge of the six and slotted a right-footed strike wide right. Mooney operated with width and loads of intent and found its account opener in the 20th minute. Senior Noah Telisman was denied on a right-footed strike nicely by Cardinals goalkeeper Aidan Markey in the fourth minute and also had a decent look in the 37th. Seeing Mooney (16-3-1) for the first time since its 2006 D-III state final run, Wickliffe was outshot, 16-2, but did generate some occasional quality. ![]() Once they put the second one in at this level, in that type of game, it's going to take the wind out of your sails. Hindsight being 20-20, I thought we could have used a little more width here and there, we'd have had more chances in the game. I thought that was about as good as we could keep defensive shape. "We had to get them on the counter, and we had to keep our shape, which I thought we did as good as we did all year, honestly. "Yeah, I thought it was good," Blue Devils coach Dominik Severino said. Mooney will encounter another News-Herald coverage area side in Beachwood, a 2-1 extra-time winner over Norwayne, in a D-III regional final at 4 p.m. PHOTOS: Wickliffe-Cardinal Mooney boys soccer, Nov.
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