Charleston goalkeeper Drew Dow initially made the stop in a shootout Saturday during the Red and Gold soccer tournament at Sister City.

The Trojans had tied Effingham, 3-3, during regulation of their second game.

Charleston and Effingham had then tied, 4-4, in their shootout, each team missing a shot to force another OT where additional shots are played until one team scores and the other does not.

CHS missed its sixth shot, setting up the decisive PK goal by Effingham. On the shot, Dow initially made the save, but the ball bounced off the post and rebounded off the junior into the net.

As a result, CHS finished 1-1 in its four-team-round robin bracket, an adjustment made after the 12-team weeklong tournament had been reduced to a day after weather temperatures hovered near 100 degrees most of the week. The tourney featured three separate brackets.

“With the shootout, we feel good about how our guys did,” CHS assistant boys soccer coach Ben Tresslar said. “We haven’t spent much time working on penalties this year, but we were impressed with how our guys stepped up under pressure. We caught a few bad breaks with the post, but it was a well-deserved win for Effingham.”

Grant Kattenbraker and Russell Applegate scored twice apiece to lead CHS to a 5-0 win over Robinson in its earlier game. Kattenbraker also posted an assist. Applegate, meanwhile, added both a goal and an assist in the second game against Effingham.

“We had a lot of positives coming out of the tournament,” Tresslar said. “We possessed the ball well in the first game and our attack looked solid. We have a lot of newcomers this year so it was great to get them some experience before we start the regular season. There’s definitely some things that we need to build on before our next game but we’re optimistic about how the team looks.”

Here are complete CHS team stats from the tournament.

Charleston 5, Robinson 0

PlayerGoalsAssists
Grant Kattenbraker21
Russell Applegate20
Wesley Paul10
Emilio Pucheta02
Jacob Drake01
Rylan Youngblood01

Goalkeeping

PlayerSavesGoals vs.SOG
Drew Dow404

CHS goal summaries

  1. (1st half, 5th minute) Emilio Pucheta found the foot of Wesley Paul, who ripped a shot into the top of the net. 
  2. (1st half, 18th minute) Emilio Pucheta threaded a ball through the defense to Grant Kattenbraker, who found the bottom left corner of the net
  3. (2nd half, 5th minute) Grant Kattenbraker played a ball through to Russell Applegate, who poked the ball past the keeper into the bottom right corner of the net
  4. (2nd half, 10th minute) Jacob Drake threw the ball over the defense to Grant Kattenbraker, who found the bottom left corner of the net
  5. (2nd half, 19th minute) Rylan Youngblood played the ball forward to Russell Applegate, who found the bottom right corner of the net from 18 yards out. 

Charleston 3, Effingham 3

PlayerGoalsAssists
Russell Applegate11
Wesley Paul11
Dylan Lowell10

Goalkeeping

PlayerSavesGoals vs.SOG
Drew Dow11314

CHS goal summaries

  1. (1st half, 4th minute) Russell Applegate threads a ball through to Wesley Paul, who poked the shot past the keeper for a goal
  2. (1st half, 7th minute) Dylan Lowell intercepts an errant Effingham pass and finds the back of the net on a breakaway
  3. (1st half, 15th minute) Effingham receives an errant pass inside the box and finds the back of the net
  4. (2nd half, 5th minute) Effingham takes advantage of a free kick just outside of the box, shooting into an empty net as Charleston sets up their wall
  5. (2nd half, 14th minute) Effingham scores an open shot from outside of the box
  6. (2nd half, 23rd minute) Wesley Paul plays a ball forward to Russell Applegate, who finds the bottom right corner on the breakaway