Win HHC title Carroll's varsity soccer team is the Hoosier Heartland Conference champion. Team members are (l-r): Front - Codey Meade. Middle - Zack Harness, Jeremy Hayes, Tyson Ovalle, Amber Hughes, Alisha Hedrick, Trey Overholser, Jacob Mullins, Jessica Yoder, Megan Grace, Kate Hickner, Alex Atkisson, Stephen Murphy. Back - Tyler Plank, Michael Myer, Sam Parker, Chase Meade, Justin Moffitt, Cody Abdon, Steven Arendsen, Kiel Lester, Dan Budreau, Blake Seward, Assistant Coach Gail Moffitt, and Coach Dave Falkenberg. Photo provided The Carroll varsity soccer team won the Hoosier Heartland Conference championship with a 3-2 overtime victory over Central Catholic last Thursday night. The Cougars improved to 5-0 on the season.

With rain on and off throughout the night Carroll's Chase Meade started the scoring just 6 minutes into the game. Meade took a pass from Justin Moffitt and made his way to the goal. Central Catholic answered with a goal of their own on a volley by Peter Gettings. The Cougars finished off first half scoring with 5 minutes left on a 35-yard direct kick off the foot of Michael Myer.

The Cougars held the 2-1 lead until Eliot Zak tied the game with 26 minutes to go in the game. The final 26 minutes saw chances by both teams but no goals. At the end of regulation and through one overtime, the game stayed even. Finally, with 2:37 to go in overtime, Carroll senior Steven Arendsen took a Myer pass and put a left footed shot into the far side net to give the Cougars a 3-2 lead.

A mad scramble was held off by the Cougars, who picked up their first Hoosier Heartland Conference Championship for their varsity soccer team. Cody Abdon had 5 saves in goal for the Cougars and Owen White had 8 saves for Central Catholic.

The Cougars set up their chance at the conference championship by beating Rossville 4-0 earlier last week. Both teams fought hard on the hottest night of the season with temperatures into the 90's. The Cougars scored on a Meade header off of an assist from the head of Myer about 13 minutes into the game. Codey Meade followed up his brother's goal with his own to put the Cougars up 2-0 with about 21 minutes to go in the half. Arendsen got his first goal of the year on a penalty kick with 3 minutes to go in the half, giving Carroll a 3-0 halftime lead. Carroll finished the scoring off on a Myer goal with just over 2 minutes left in the game.

Abdon had 8 saves for the Cougars. Kirk Holden had 9 saves for Rossville.

The Cougars finished off a long week of four games in five days with a tournament at Danville High School. Carroll defeated Danville on Saturday in a sudden death shootout behind goalie Abdon and some great penalty kicks. The Cougars played Danville in the consolation game of the tournament after losing to Mooresville in the first round.

The Cougars got on the board first against Danville with a goal off the foot of Ch. Meade that sailed over the goalie's head. Kiel Lester assisted Meade on the goal. The Cougars kept a 1- 0 lead into the second half until Danville scored on two goals within about a twominute period. Trailing 2-1 the Cougars got a great lead pass from Co. Meade to his brother who got his second goal of the game, knotting the score at two. Neither team could put one in the net and the score at the end of regulation was 2-2. That put the game on the penalty kick line and the Cougars came through. Both teams converted on their first 6 penalty kicks with neither goalie having a chance. With each team missing their 7th kick and Abdon making a save for the Cougars and the Cougars' penalty kick sailing high, that left the game up to the eighth kickers for each team. Abdon came up big again, making a diving save that brought Ch. Meade up for the game winning penalty kick that he stuck in the back of the net.

Abdon ended with 4 saves for the Cougars, who now have an overall record of 6- 1. The win over Danville was Carroll's only second win in 8 games at the Danville Tournament.

The Cougars' next home game is next Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the high school field.