{"id":17146,"date":"2025-08-29T06:39:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=17146"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:29:18","slug":"t-town-beats-rantoul-in-red-gold-soccer-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/soccer\/17146-t-town-beats-rantoul-in-red-gold-soccer-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"T-town Beats Rantoul, Effingham Blanks Newton In Red &#038; Gold Soccer Tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>CHARLESTON &#8212; Teutopolis High School captured its first win of the season Thursday, beating Rantoul 2-0 in the second day of the Charleston Red &amp; Gold Soccer Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The first goal was scored by Joey Probst in the 20th minute and the second goal was a header by Isaac McWhorter off a cross from Gavin Pals in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers Jake Kocher and Barrett Meyer split the game and totaled nine saves between them.<\/p>\n<p>The Shoes are now 1-0-1 and return to Charleston for the final day of the Red &amp; Gold Tournament Saturday. They will play the first match of the day at 10 a.m. against Danville.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham High School defeated Newton by a score of 2-0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a hard fought game with a total of four yellow cards handed out,&#8221; said EHS Coach Logan Arney. &#8220;We came through the physical game with heads held high accomplishing our first clean sheet due to Brady Wilson\u2019s four important saves and Maicol Sefton\u2019s two goals, one of which was assisted by Sebastian Simoni.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team is playing very well so far this season. There is a lot of excitement around the team this year. We go back to Charleston to wrap up the Red &amp; Gold Tournament Saturday with our first game against St. Thomas More at 11:30. 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