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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Adam Conlon’s PK goal enables Fairmont to beat Creek for GWOC Central title
By Dave Long
Contributing Writer
Beavercreek and Centerville had the boys soccer rankings, but Fairmont has the Central Division championship in the Greater Western Ohio Conference.
The Firebirds won their first conference championship in 10 years Tuesday, Oct. 13 with a controversial 3-2 win over Beavercreek, the top-ranked team in the area.
Fairmont finished 4-1-0 in the Central with an .800 winning percentage. Centerville, No. 2 in the area, played to a 0-0 tie with Wayne Tuesday. That gave the Elks a 2-0-3 record (.700). Creek was 2-1-2.
The winning goal for Fairmont came with 47 seconds remaining on a penalty kick from senior Adam Conlon. It was his second goal of the night.
The PK was given after a Fairmont player was taken down on the end of penalty area by a Creek defender.
“It was close, but two officials called it at the same time,” said Fairmont coach Tom Robey. “We went with Adam on the PK because he had scored a goal earlier in the game. He’s played well the last couple of matches. We just felt he was the hot player.
“We had a 2-0 lead and let it get away.”
Beavercreek coach John Guiliano was obviously not happy with the call.
“The foul came outside the box and it shouldn’t have been a PK,” he said. “But there’s not much I can do about it.”
Sidney won the GWOC North Division with a 3-0-0 record. Miamisburg was the South Division champ at 3-0-1.
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GWOC to vote on expansion in November
Three area school districts have applied to join the Greater Western Ohio Conference, and the conference is expected to vote in November on the possible expansion, commissioner Eric Spahr said.
West Carrollton, Greenville and another unidentified school have applied to potentially add a school each to the North and South divisions and expand them to six schools. The Central Division currently has six schools.
West Carrollton and Greenville are both independent.
Spahr said the conference had previously considered reorganizing into two divisions of eight teams each with the current membership, but that idea fizzled. Since, the conference has become interested in the possibility of expanding the two divisions that now stand at five schools each for competitive, scheduling and travel balance.
The GWOC offers 21 sports and competitions in academics and cheerleading.
“We are a solid conference,” Spahr said. “Our members’ needs are important from the biggest to the smallest members, and a possible expansion can improve our operations and competition as a conference.”
