ST. CLAIRSVILLE – For the first time in their careers, the seniors on the St. Clairsville boys’ soccer team will be playing for the OVAC Class 4A title. The Red Devils had fallen in the semifinals in each of the last three seasons.
However, with Wednesday night’s 3-0 blanking of No. 4 Linsly (6-5) in a semifinal match on the artificial pitch inside Red Devil Stadium, top-seeded St. Clairsville (8-1-1) will play for the title on its home surface Saturday at 10 a.m. against second-seeded Beaver Local, which shutout No. 3 Union Local, 2-0, Wednesday night in Lisbon.
“It’s so important to be playing the finals at home. The last three years we lost in the semifinals every time, so this feels amazing to be in the finals and to be playing them at home,” senior Parker Galloway said. “It’s a chan