Valley’s season ends with loss to Fort Wayne Concordia

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys soccer

Fort Wayne Concordia 5, Tippecanoe Valley 0 (Wednesday): Valley fell to host Fort Wayne Concordia in a Class 2A, Sectional 22 semifinal Wednesday night.

Valley finishes the season 11-6-1.

Valley had beaten Rochester 2-0 Tuesday in the quarterfinals. They still have never won more than one game in a single postseason, and they have never reached a sectional final.

Valley scored 55 goals in 18 games, but four of their six losses were by shutout, and they scored just two goals total in their final three games.

Valley will lose Carson Craft, Kynan Cords, Eric Eikenberry and Gio Arriaga to graduation. Those players combined to score 51 of the 55 goals.

Fort Wayne Concordia improved to 9-5-3 and will meet No. 11 Fort Wayne Dwenger in the sectional final at 2 p.m. Saturday. Dwenger eliminated No. 12 Culver Academy 2-1 in Wednesday’s other semifinal.