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CANFIELD -- Reed Martucci and Michael McCartney provided the scoring and the West Branch defense teamed up against Canfield for a 2-1 win in boys soccer action Thursday.
West Branch improves to 12-3-1, while Canfield suffered its third loss in five matches to drop to 11-3-2.
Canfield had given up nine goals all season through 16 matches, but West Branch took a 2-0 lead.
Michael McCartney scored on a head from the left side with 16:13 left in the first half.
Reed Martucci made it 2-0 on a pass from Kolin Kaley, who got a deflection off a Canfield save, with 34:48 to play in the second half.
Canfield’s Luke Goodrich cut the deficit to 2-1 with 9:30 remaining on a long shot.
West Branch goalie Lance Myers preserved the victory with a save with only 16 seconds to play.
SALEM 1, URSULINE 0
SALEM -- Ronin Sutter scored a goal with eight seconds left off an assist by Chase Wilhelm to give Salem a 1-0 win over Youngstown Ursuline in boys soccer action Thursday.
It was the fourth straight win for the Quakers, who improved to 11-4-1 on the season.
Ursuline drops to 8-8-1.
WATERLOO 5, CRESTVIEW 1
COLUMBIANA -- The Waterloo girls soccer team got another victory by downing Crestview, 5-1, Thursday.
Waterloo improved to 12-4 after a 1-2 start.
Chloe Houck scored Crestview’s goal. Clarice Harroff and Analise Davis each had two saves
The Rebels are 7-8-1 on the season.