BLANKETY-BLANK: BHS soccer teams clamp down for pair of clean sheets
Bartlesville High School’s boys’ soccer team is romping into the playoffs on a stampede of success.
After stumbling early in the campaign to unlock their offense, the Bruins (6-4) have bolted to a 4-1 record their last five games while outscoring opponents, 19-1.
That includes Friday’s thundering 5-0 win at Muskogee to wrap up the regular season.
Ian Belong rustled the nets with two goals, followed by Conner Bastings, Jackson Belong and Oswaldo Aranda with one, to pile up Bartlesville’s points.
Austin Bastings set up more than one score.
Belong ripped his first goal off a display off individual skill.
Connor Bastings dropped the ball behind the goalie as a result of a corner kick that caromed around the box. Freshman jackson Belong then created his historic goal — more about that in a minute — off an Austin Bastings’ assist. He scored off a header.
Aranda also directed a header into the cords, with Austin Bastings setting it up.
Ian Belong’s other goal completed the barrage.
Jackson Belong saw varsity action for the first time all year. He had been recuperating from a torn MCL, Bruin head coach Brandon Willis noted.
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LADY BRUINS
Bartlesville finished a scrappy girls season by knocking off Muskogee, 2-0, to finish with a .500 record (6-6).
The Lady Bruins opened with win (vs. Cascia Hall, 3-2) and closed with a victory.
In-between they bounced between wins and losses.
Bartlesville displayed a battling spirit throughout — 10 of Bartlesville’s 12 wins were decided by two goals or fewer.
Six came down to one-goal margins.
Bartlesville allowed only 12 goals and produced 18. But, a third of those emerged from the 6–0 win at Tahlequah. In the other 11 matches, Bartlesville and its opponents tied with 12 goals apiece.
Bartlesville finished 3-4 in district games.
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: BHS SOCCER: Bruins, Lady Bruins sweep Muskogee to end regular season
