KFDM COOP Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 Last-second shot earns Titans' tieHIGH SCHOOL SOCCERThe Port Arthur News For Brian Morgan's first home game as Memorial's soccer coach, the Titans cooked up the closest shave in Golden Triangle soccer history. Memorial junior Ruben Diaz centered a corner kick just perfectly with two seconds to play and sophomore Saul Carrillo fired home a spine-tingling buzzer-beater goal which enabled the Titans to tie Atascocita, 3-3, in Tuesday night's memorable 21-5A affair at the PAISD auxiliary field. "It was quite a rush," said the 24-year-old Morgan, a first-year head coach. "Everybody was scrambling off." Memorial (0-2-1 and 0-1-1) scored the game's first goals and owned a 2-0 halftime lead. Atascocita (2-5-1 and 0-1-1) managed three second-half goals and commanded the lead for the first time with about two minutes to play. Morgan received solid work from goalkeeper Rey Marin and center fullback Omar Zepeda. "We've been scoring some goals and being competitive but this was quite a finish," the Titans coach said. Marcos Avilas took a crossing pass from Salvador Cardenas to score in the opening minutes. Oscar Pulido's crossing pass set up Carrillo who made it 2-0. Memorial will visit 5A powerhouse Kingwood on Friday night at 7 p.m.
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