The wheels came off for the top-seeded Cambridge Rindge and Latin Boys’ soccer team on Saturday, Nov. 14, as they fell to No. 25 seed Arlington High 2-0 in the quarterfinals.
After a scoreless first half, Arlington struck a goal home at roughly 20 minutes into the second half. It followed with another goal about two minutes later.
What had been a dream season for CRLS ended in the round of eight, the same stage of the tournament as last year.
CRLS had finished the regular season 13-1-4, its lone loss by a goal to Lincoln-Sudbury. It had not been held scoreless all season until this game. Arlington came into the game 14-3-4. It won its first-round game 4-3 in two overtimes over 8th-seeded Natick, then beat 9th-seeded Needham 1-0.
CRLS dominated 32nd seed Chelmsford 6-1 in the round of 32, then carved out a 2-0 victory over 16th-seeded Winchester. It finished its season at 15-2-4. The team should be strong again next year, as it has only two seniors.
Cross country teams head to states
Both the boys’ and girls’ cross country teams made it out of the Divisional Championship meets and will compete at the State Championship meet, according to results reported by the Boston Globe. The top-ranked boys’ team suffered its first defeat of the year, placing second to four-time defending champion Brookline High. CRLS’s top runner all season, Leon Ibañez Fraile, did not win for the first time this season, finishing out of the top 10. Thomas Dewitt took fourth. Brookline had 61 points, Cambridge 79, and no other team was under 100 points.
The girls team finished 7th – the top seven teams automatically qualify for the state championship – led by Neva Hartman, who placed 9th. Lexington High won the Divisional, with the top two runners and four in the top 10, according to the Globe.
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