Christian Cuellar stood up from the Huntley bench and sprinted for his goalkeeper gloves as he prepared to sub in for the team’s Fox Valley Conference boys soccer match against Dundee-Crown on Thursday.

With the Red Raiders leading 1-0 in the 23rd minute, Cuellar was forced into action after starting goalkeeper Ethan Knaus suffered an injury and was unable to return. Cuellar was ready for action, though, as he recorded his first save nearly two minutes after taking the field.

“When I saw Ethan go down, the first thing I thought was that I hoped he was OK,” Cuellar said. “It took a minute for me to lock in and get into game mode, but I made my first save two minutes in and that’s soccer. As soon as you enter the game, you have to let go of that fear. I have my boys with me and my two

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