Carroll’s soccer team won its third conference title last week. Team members are, from left: Front – Derik Caldwell, Sybyl Pencek, Haley Hamilton, Brock Giddens, Kate Hickner, Justin Willoughby. Middle – Genesis Montenegro, Tyson Ovalle, Anthony Pickett, Kanaan Pruitt, Patrick Lewis, Stephen Murphy, Alex Hickner Trey Overholser, Zack Harness, Tim Ruby, Jeremy Hayes. Back – Coach Dave Falkenberg, Nick Gamel, Elliot Packard, Jake Wilkinson, Gavin Hancock, Tyler Plank, Jarvis Simmons, Dan Budreau, Blake Seward, Alex Atkisson, Brady Wiles, Wes Thieke, Manager Josh Spray, and Coach Jordan Scott. Photo provided For the third straight year, Carroll Soccer has won the Hoosier Heartland Conference. After defeating Tri- Central, the Cougars welcomed the Rossville Hornets to Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School last week and came out with a 4-0 win.

Elliot Packard started the scoring for Carroll just over 8 minutes into the game off of a pass from Jarvis Simmons. Packard returned the favor getting an assist 5 minutes later on a cross to Simmons to put the Cougars up 2-0. Tim Ruby put the Cougars up 3-0 with 46 seconds to go in the first half on a shot from 30 yards out. The only other goal of the game came on a give-and-go with Alex Atkisson getting the goal and Gavin Hancock the assist with less than two minutes to go in the game.

Jeremy Hayes had 2 saves in goal for Carroll and picked up his third shut-out of the season.

Thursday night the Cougars visited Lafayette Central Catholic with a chance to three-peat as conference champs. Central Catholic fought hard and kept the game scoreless for the first 32 minutes. Packard broke the tie with a shot from 18 yards out on an assist from Simmons. Carroll took a slim 1- 0 lead into the half.

The Cougars woke up at halftime and came out with a lot more effort in the second half, getting a goal from Simmons 6 minutes into the half off of an assist from Stephen Murphy. The Cougars jumped out to a 3-0 lead when Ruby finished off a pass from Atkisson at the 19:59 to go mark. Just over one minute later, Simmons got his second goal of the game as he slipped past the defense on an assist from Justin Willoughby to give the Cougars a 4-0 lead. Central Catholic got 2 goals in the final 15 minutes, including a penalty kick with no time on the clock to make the game 4-2.

Hayes had one save for Carroll.

The Cougars improved to 5-1, including the Hoosier Heartland Conference championship with a perfect 3-0 record.