The 7th grade boys soccer team turned up the heat on cross town rival Cityside.

The Dux got off to a great first half start with a 2-1 lead, both goals coming from Micha Henry. During the second half great defensive play by Landon Mosbauer, Jackson Briones, Brandon Taylor, Steven Garrison, and Oliver Bouvier held the Dux in the lead. 

On the other side of the ball great offensive creativity opened up the door for two more goals, one by Micha Henry and the other by Trigve Elkins. Splitting the goal tending duties for the Dux was Kaden Cook and Trigve Elkins. Way to go boys!

In the 8th grade game, the Dux earned their first shutout of the season by blanking Cityside 3-0. Tyler Dykstra and Brandon Shader each made 5 saves in net to preserve the victory. Gael Almaguer, Jacob Rios, Aiden Bannach, Austin Palomo, and Carter Hughes played aggressive defense in helping keep the ball out of the back of the net.

Josh Overzet scored the opening goal off of a great pass by Josiah Faucher. Faucher extended the lead to 2-0 before halftime after sneaking a ball into the lower left hand corner of the goal, after receiving a great pass from Joey DeWeerd. Sammay Salas finished the scoring after stealing the ball after a throw-in before driving toward the net and slipping the ball under the Chix keeper's arms.

Great effort by the entire team. The Dux are 1-0 on the season and host Hudsonville Riley on Thursday for their home opener.