The JV Dux soccer team opened their season on the road against a tough and physical Wayland team. Reagan Page made 3 tremendous saves in the first 35 minutes to keep the score 0-0 heading into the half. In the second half, the Dux settled in and played with more patience and confidence, capturing the run of play for a majority of the half.

After falling behind 0-1 with 20 minutes to go, Graham VanDort delivered a beautiful left footed free kick into the box. Logan Bomers used his head to flick it up and over the outstretched hands of the Wildcat keeper to knot the score at 1-1. Shortly after, Wayland scored on a breakaway taking a 2-1 lead. The Dux thought they evened the score - twice over the next 5 minutes - only to have both goals called back due to offsides calls.

"For our first game as a young group, we grew into the game and started figuring some things out in terms of pacing, spacing and communication. Offensively, we are a relatively young team and our movement off of the ball improved over the course of the match. Defensively, we did a good job of dictating where Wayland could attack, and came up a bit short. Reagan and Blake played well between the pipes and we did a better job of controlling the tempo and movement of the ball through the middle of the field in the second half. Overall, very impressed with how eager this young team is to learn and compete. Really excited for us moving forward."