COLUMBUS – Aurora fell short Sunday in its quest for a first boys soccer title with a 3-0 loss to Columbus Bishop Watterson in the OHSAA Division III state championship game, but the Greenmen hope it’s the start of bigger things to come.

Bishop Watterson struck with two first half goals to take control of the game, as Alex Das scored after he created a breakaway with 17:52 left to take a 1-0 lead. Then Max Meacham made it 2-0 when he scored from about 20 yards out with 5:38 left before the half.

“They’re a great team, and it was hard to just kind of adjust and get comfortable,” Aurora senior defender Griffin McMaster said. “But I felt like in the middle of the first half, we kind of got there, and then once we got that second goal scored on us, it was just like, ‘All right, but we gotta

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