With seconds remaining in Francis Parker’s Southern California Regional Division III boys soccer championship match, a desperate Lancers fan screamed, “Get after it boys!”
On a blustery, cold Saturday night that caused many of the players to wear gloves, there was nothing wrong with the Lancers’ effort. The problem was the other team on field. Appearing in its third regional final in the last four years, Bakersfield Garces Memorial ended Parker’s dream season 1-0 on the Lancers’ field.
After a scoreless first half, Garces scored the game’s lone goal with 30 minutes, 50 seconds to play. It took twin brothers to pull it off. Palmer Bank sailed a throw-in all the way to the far post where his brother, Fletcher, headed it into the net. The twins, who are seniors, have both committed to Stanford.There were more scoring chances in the first half when Garces outshot the Lancers 13-4.
Minutes later the visitors had a 3-on-1 breakaway when Matthew Mendoza blasted a shot from 20 yards that was on target, until defender Max Haberman dived to knock the ball out of bounds. With less than two minutes to play Parker had one final chance to score, but George Handley’s strike sailed wide right.
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