Prep Boys Soccer Roundup: R.A. Long shuts out Mark Morris in Civil War

Foot Fight – Andres Orozco nets two goals, two assists in Jacks’ 8-0 win; and more scores

Mark Morris’ Hector Carapia-Velarde (11) battles for possession of the ball with R.A. Long’s Rodolfo Santiago-Leon (11) while Mark Morris’ Manuel Morales (8) watches on in the background. The Monarchs went on to fall 8-0 to the Lumberjacks in the season’s first Civil War, Monday, March 31, at Longview Memorial Stadium. / Photo courtesy of Benjamin Hendrickson

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Jacks get ‘clinical’ to dispatch Monarchs

LONGVIEW MEMORIAL — The R.A. Long and Mark Morris boys soccer teams walked onto the pitch on Monday with drastically different records and seasons trending in opposite directions. But for most of the first half the Lumberjacks and Monarchs were in lock step as they battled out the season’s first Civil War in the twilight hour at Longview Memorial Stadium.

But as the sun sank lower so too did the odds for the Monarchs as R.A. Long began piling on goal after goal on the way to a resounding 8-0 win. Andres Orozco led the Lumberjacks with two goals and two assists in the rivalry contest.

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