After Isaac Diaz gave Mendota a two-goal lead late in the first half, the shots from the Trojans didn’t stop.

And neither did the saves from Genoa-Kingston goalie Adrian Leon or the clears from the Cogs’ defense.

While the Trojans didn’t score again, the Cogs couldn’t get any offense going either in Mendota’s 2-0 win Wednesday in a semifinal of the Class 1A Indian Creek Sectional.

“It’s a shame we only got the two goals. I feel like we should have had more,” Diaz said. “But a win’s a win.”

Leon had 11 saves in the loss for the Cogs (12-14). But that didn’t include the number of shots that went off the crossbar, uprights or just over the net. And that doesn’t count the five shots that defenders Peter Hernandez-Villalobos and Adrian Delgado cleared in front of an empty net.

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