The Cleveland Heights High School Boys Soccer team beat Eastlake North on Tuesday the 20th 3-1 to earn a chance to play for the District Championship!

Cleveland Heights, seeded #9 to begin the tournament, has now won 3 straight playoff games, beating 2 teams ranked in the top 4 (Madison and Eastlake North) and will play for the District Championship against the #1 seeded team, Mentor, on Saturday Oct 27th at 7pm in Mentor.

The team brought a new level of energy and combined strong running with crisp passing and good team play to beat the favored Eastlake North Rangers last night. An early CHHS goal on a corner kick was soon equalised and the teams stayed at 1-1 for much of the game. The CH boys kept the other team scrambling, and broke through for the go-ahead goal with some strong team play. Finally, 12 seconds after an injury time out, Alex Gazis was played through on the left wing and beat the keeper to put the game out of reach.

Many of the players on this team played for ESK through the years, including freshmen Ciaran Coen, Jared Alcorn, Brian Harte and Evan Lanese, who were playing for our U14 team last winter. A great win for our local boys!