Bath’s Connor Core dribbles against Elida’s Conor Rader during Monday’s match at the Elida Sports Complex.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
ELIDA — There are always two sides to tie.
On Monday night, Elida (1-3-3, 1-1-2 WBL) felt like it hadn’t made the most of its opportunities and Bath (3-4-2, 1-1-1 WBL) was satisfied with battling back from a second-half deficit.
It wasn’t the result that either side was looking for, but the league contest ended in a 1-1 draw.
The end result is that both teams remain separated by one point (Elida 5, Bath 4) in the WBL standings.
“It’s definitely not the outcome we wanted,” Elida coach Tom Thomas said. “We played some good soccer tonight, just not our best. We had a lot of chances and a lot of opportunities and we just couldn’t find the back of the net a second time.”
Elida had 14 corner kicks in the game, but Bath’s defense stood tall on every one of them.
“We put a ton of pressure on our back four guys,” Bath coach Levi Smith said. “We don’t sub them out, they all play 80 (minutes) and we have a fantastic keeper that we sometimes use as another striker. We’ll deal with corners when they come. I trust those guys fully and they proved it to me tonight. For them to kick 14 corners and not get a goal off one, it’s very impressive that we can handle that.”
The game remained scoreless for just under the first 62 minutes, then both teams scored within 30 seconds of each other.
Elida broke through first on a lead pass from Austin Gudakunst to Eben Jackson with 18:03 left.
At the 17:33 mark, Bath’s Ethan Pitson launched a free kick off the head of Peyton Liles for the equalizer.
Goal scorers
Several area boys soccer players netted a goal in recent games:
• Collin Davis (3), Jackson Bidlack (2), Rhettik Bidlack and Tyson Clementz scored for Continental in a 7-0 win over Cory-Rawson.
• Oscar Webb (2) and Peyton Liles scored for Bath in a 3-2 win over Kenton. Webb and Levi Grime scored for the Wildcats in a 2-0 win over Allen East.
• Micah Bowman and Josh Rich scored for Kenton in a 3-2 loss to Bath. Cam Jesionowski scored for the Wildcats in a 6-1 loss to Celina.
• Luca Fusillo, Caleb Miller, Coda Miller and Jake Deitering scored for Shawnee in a 4-1 win over Celina. Deitering scored for the Indians in a 1-1 tie with Archbishop Alter. Coda Miller (2), Luca Fusillo, Jake Deitering, Rhett Fraser, Caleb Miller, August LaGrande and Thomas Koh scored for Shawnee in a 9-0 win over Defiance.
• Braylon Smith, Owen Grime and Jackson Schroeder scored for Kalida in a 3-0 win over Miller City.
• Braden Keller (2) scored for St. Marys in a 2-0 win over Wapakoneta. Keller (3) and Cadyn Neargarder (3) scored for the Roughriders in a 6-1 win over Spencerville. Keller (3), Brady Dingledine, Bradey Triplett and Izaiah Fast also scored for St. Marys in a 6-0 win over Ottawa-Glandorf.
• John Thompson scored for Lima Senior in a 1-1 tie with Start.
• Chase Kelly and Ollie Combs scored for Bluffton in a 2-0 win over Kenton. Combs, Jackson Brauen, Gavin Amstutz, Levi Antrim, Ethan Blount and Isaiah Kohli scored in the Pirates’ 7-0 win over Allen East.
• Andrew Allen (2) scored for Ada in a 3-2 loss to Riverdale. Allen (2), Logan Jolliff (2), Nathan Williams and Carson Conley scored for the Bulldogs in a 6-0 win over Old Fort. Williams (2) and Allen also scored for Ada in a 3-1 win over Spencerville.
• Jacob Rinehart scored for Wapakoneta in a 1-1 tie with Riverdale.
BOYS SOCCER STANDINGS
Western Buckeye League
`WBL`All
Shawnee`4-0-0`7-1-1
St. Marys`3-1-0`7-4-0
Celina`2-1-0`5-3-0
Ottawa-Glandorf`2-2-0`4-5-1
Elida`1-1-2`1-3-3
Bath`1-1-1`3-4-2
Wapakoneta`1-2-0`2-7-1
Kenton`0-3-1`3-4-2
Defiance`0-3-0`1-7-0
Northwest Conference
`NWC`All
Bluffton`2-0-0`4-6-0
Spencerville`2-1-0`4-4-1
Lincolnview`1-1-1`2-6-1
Allen East`0-1-1`1-7-1
Lima Central Catholic`0-2-0`0-6-0
North Central Ohio Soccer Association
`NCOSA`All
Liberty-Benton`2-0`8-1
Van Buren`2-0`8-0
Riverdale`1-1`4-4-1
Upper Sandusky`1-1`4-4
Ada`0-2`7-3
Cory-Rawson`0-2`0-9
Putnam County League
`PCL`All
Kalida`2-0-0`6-1-2
Continental`2-0-1`4-3-2
Ottoville`0-0-1`7-1-1
Miller City`0-2-1`4-4-1
Fort Jennings`0-2-1`2-5-1
Western Ohio Soccer League
`WOSL`All
Spencerville`3-0-1`4-4-1
Botkins`3-0-0`8-1-0
Calvary Christian`3-0-0`8-1-1
New Knoxville`1-1-1`6-4-0
Jackson Center`1-2-0`5-5-0
Temple Christian`0-1-2`2-4-1
Fairlawn`0-3-0`0-10-0
Lima Central Catholic`0-4-0`0-7-0
RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Sept. 10
Liberty-Benton 4, Bluffton 1
Continental 7, Cory-Rawson 0
Ottoville 12, Temple Christian 0
Bath 3, Kenton 2
Shawnee 4, Celina 1
Elida 3, Ottawa-Glandorf 0
St. Marys 2, Wapakoneta 0
Kalida 3, Miller City 0
Botkins 15, LCC 0
Spencerville 9, Fairlawn 0
Wednesday, Sept. 11
Lima Senior 1, Start 1
Thursday, Sept. 12
Bath 2, Allen East 0
Bluffton 2, Kenton 0
Napoleon 1, Ottawa-Glandorf 0
St. Marys 1, Benjamin Logan 0
Riverdale 3, Ada 2
Temple Christian 1, New Knoxville 1
Friday, Sept. 13
Kalida 4, Pettisville 0
Continental 0, Ottoville 0
Fort Jennings 1, Miller City 1
Saturday, Sept. 14
Botkins 3, Celina 1
Archbold 2, Defiance 0
Elida 8, LCC 0
Shawnee 1, Archbishop Alter 1
St. Marys 6, Spencerville 1
Toledo Central Catholic 4, Wapakoneta 0
Ada 6, Old Fort 0
Monday, Sept. 16
Wapakoneta 1, Riverdale 1
Ada 3, Spencerville 1
Bluffton 7, Allen East 0
Lincolnview 4, LCC 0
Bath 1, Elida 1
Celina 6, Kenton 1
Shawnee 9, Defiance 0
St. Marys 6, Ottawa-Glandorf 0
Tuesday, Sept 17
Games ended after The Lima News deadline. Find scores, game stories, photos and more on LimaScores.com.
Spencerville at Lima Senior, 5 p.m.
Lincolnview at Continental, 5 p.m.
Temple Christian at Fort Jennings, 5 p.m.
Cory-Rawson at Miller City, 5 p.m.
Kalida at Liberty-Benton, 7 p.m.
LCC at Fairlawn, 5 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Ottawa-Glandorf at Bath, 7 p.m.
Celina at Elida, 7 p.m.
Kenton at Defiance, 7 p.m.
Shawnee at Wapakoneta, 7 p.m.
Ottoville at Allen East, 7 p.m.
Fort Jennings at LCC, 6 p.m.
Ada at Liberty-Benton, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 20
Continental at Kalida, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 21
Lima Senior at Elida, 11 a.m.
Maumee at Celina, 11 a.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Archbold, 12 p.m.
Bath at Lincolnview, 7 p.m.
New Knoxville at Fort Jennings, 11 a.m.
Toledo Christian at Miller City, 11 a.m.
Riverdale at Ottoville, 6 p.m.
Temple Christian at LCC, 10 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 23
Woodward at Lima Senior, 5 p.m.
Ada at Temple Christian 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 24
Bath at Celina, 7 p.m.
Elida at Defiance, 7 p.m.
Wapakoneta at Kenton, 7 p.m.
St. Marys at Shawnee, 7 p.m.
Allen East at Jackson Center, 5:30 p.m.
LCC at Allen East, 7 p.m.
Cory-Rawson at Lincolnview, 7 p.m.
Liberty-Benton at Continental, 5 p.m.
Fort Jennings at Riverdale, 7 p.m.
Botkins at Kalida, 6 p.m.
Miller City at Van Buren, 5 p.m.
Ottoville at New Knoxville, 5 p.m.
Spencerville at Calvary Christian, 6 p.m.
