Battle of the Lighthouse

On yet another historic afternoon for SPA soccer, your Spartan men took on the Concordia Academy Beacons in Roseville. On the way to the game I was curious exactly what a Beacon was (english is my second language, cut me some slack)so I looked it up on the google. The result that I got from the great dictionary.com was that a beacon is a lighthouse. A lighthouse? A LIGHTHOUSE!! Really? Are you kidding me??? Now I know Roseville isn't the greatest place in the state, in fact far from it, but how could they not come up with anything better than a lighthouse for their mascot. Wow. Fear the lighthouses....yea ok. I mean when was the last time you saw the lighthouse on Deadliest Warrior??? I am speechless, unbelievable, this is almost as bad as the St. Croix Lying Lutherans of West St. Paul.Wow.Roseville, I am truly disappointed.

Anyways back to what we shall call the "Battle of the Roseville Lighthouse" I guess.The game was a Tri-Metro Conference battle which the Spartans looked to use to go 4-0 in Conference play. The game started with the 2011 season sensation Sam Forsgren scoring to keep his scoring streak of netting one in every game alive. A sizzling finish. But the headlines were made by Senior Captain Ryan "Giggles" Hobert, who scored his first Varsity goal on a cracker of a strike with no angle at goal. The bloke from down under had finally done it and so was well celebrated by his teammates. A true emotional moment for Hobert that will never be forgotten by those who were there. When interviewed after coming off Hobert said "It was about time, now lets win state!" A the answer of a true teammate. Before the whistle went off for the half, it was Sam Forsgren who netted yet another stunning ball to make his goal tally 13 on the season, on track to beat his older brother's 23 from last year.
The Spartans then played an incredibly chill second half and ended the match with a solid 3-0 win. Matty "Ice" Fiedler and Ben "Beast" Braman (who you can follow on twitter at @WindowBreakerBB) recorded their fourth shutouts of the season. This year the "Battle of the Lighthouse" was won by your Spartans who are not only undefeated in conference, but are also ranked 4th in State.
The other team ranked 4th in state for the Girls is our own Lady Spartans who defeated the Beacons today 9-0 in what was never much of a battle, but as usual they cleaned up shop with another solid shutout by keeper Bari Applebaum. Goals on this day included ones by the skipper Jenna O'Brien, freshman star Molly Fiedler (yes, the sister of Matty "ICE" Fiedler) and junior Amanda Hotvedt.

Congratulations to both SPARTAN team on winning the battle of the lighthouses.