KINGSTON — Wyoming Valley West keeper Grayson Ader spent 110 minutes Tuesday night trying to prevent goals, yet was given the opportunity to boot in the game-winner.

Ader converted the decisive penalty kick in a shootout as the Spartans edged rival Wilkes-Barre Area 2-1 in the District 2 Class 4A boys soccer championship game.

The Spartans (13-5) won the shootout 5-3 to earn their first district title at the Class 4A level. They won the D2-3A championship in 2015, the final year before the PIAA expanded to four classifications.

The score was tied 1-1 after 80 minutes of regulation and two 15-minute sudden-death overtimes. Valley West’s Noah Fetko made the first shot of the shootout, but WBA’s first shot hit the crossbar.

“You’ve just got to know where you’re going,” Fetko said. “Even b

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