Wolverines, Hawks battle to a tie

ANDREA MUJICA STAFF WRITER

What probably was the most expected — and anticipated — game of the season for both the Windermere Wolverines and the Horizon Hawks boys varsity soccer teams ended with no goals on a 0-0 tie Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Horizon (10-3-4) did not lost a single game at its home field this season, and head soccer coach Brad Duerksen was excited that was still the case at the end of the game.

“I was extremely pleased by how hard we played,” he said. “We weren’t perfect by any means, we created quite a few opportunities in the second half where it could’ve gone either way at certain times.

The ending score came up with the penalty save by (goalkeeper Daniel Case Melo Porto), so I’m glad that he was able to make that save. I’m very proud of how hard they played.”

The Wolverines ended their regular season with a 10-1-2 record, losing their undefeated score to Ocoee.

“The passions of this game made it very difficult for us to come in and play like we typically play,” Windermere head soccer coach Alvin Alexander said. “I think we played (well), but we’ve typically scored three or four goals in every