Boys Soccer Covered by the Baldwin Herald

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Baldwin’s boys soccer team has tackled plenty of adversity in the first month of its season but remains in position for a late playoff push.

The Bruins have been without the services of standout junior midfielder Lennix Batres since he suffered an injury after a season-opening 1-0 win against Freeport Sept. 2, and also had senior central midfielder Justin Jarvis sidelined for much of September.

Baldwin (2-5-2) has also seen other key players taken off the field throughout the early part of the schedule, but has persevered through the challenges to enter October in contention for a postseason berth in Conference AAA.

The perseverance displayed by Baldwin so far was highlighted in a 3-3 tie at Herricks on Sept. 14 in which the Bruins rallied from three one-goal deficits to earn a draw. They appeared headed to a heartbreaking defeat when Herricks’ Jimmy George scored with just 18 seconds left in the second half before Baldwin responded quickly off the ensuing kickoff with junior forward Matt Foster tallying the tying goal just 10 seconds later.

“It’s something I have never seen in my career as a player or coach to have two goals that were that meaningful in the last 18 seconds of a game,” Baldwin coach Chris Soupios said of Foster’s late tying goal with just eight seconds remaining “You have to have the luck of the ball landing in the right spot, you have to make the right touch first and then you have to finish it and he did all three in that moment.”