M-D back on track with wins
Toby Klasner sent a message in the first minute as the McCall-Donnelly boys soccer team downed Payette, 3-0, during a Snake River Valley Conference game played last week at the Richard Sabala Athletic Complex.Three different players snapped the net with goals – Klasner, Bogdan Monahan and Jose Manuel – as the Vandals responded to their first loss of the season by stringing together a pair of wins, also defeating Meridian’s Ambrose School, 4-1, earlier in the week.The M-D trio also combined during the first minute while squaring off against the Pirates, piecing together a passing sequence capped off by Klasner finding the net for a 1-0 advantage.Monahan converted a penalty kick in the 14th minute, then set Manuel up for a third score – a one-touch re-direct – just before halftime, giving the Vandals a 3-0 lead at the midpoint break.“The first goal set the tone of the game,” M-D coach Forrest Stanley said.Goalkeeper Michael Foster came up with three saves to earn the shutout, his fourth this season.With the pair of wins, the Vandals sat atop league standings, sporting a 5-1-1 record overall.
