Cottage Grove boys soccer falls in OSAA 4A state championship
HILLSBORO — Cottage Grove boys soccer fell to Newport, 2-1, in overtime on Saturday night at Liberty High School in the OSAA 4A state championship.
In the win over Cottage Grove (14-3-1), Newport secured its third state title in program history and first since 2017.
"We've been down a goal before this whole tournament and the resilience of the guys coming back to tie it 1-1 really shows their character," Cottage Grove head coach Jaime Urenda said. "It was an unfortunate goal there at the end, keeper didn't see it.
"I got to give it to these guys. Nobody expected us to be here and here we are. But you know what, we'll be back next year for sure."
Sebastian Guzman dribbled in an unassisted goal from 10 yards out in the 14th minute, giving Newport a 1-nil lead.
Less than a minute later, Rogelio Soto-Cruz scored the equalizer on an assist by Christian Gonzalez.
Ivan Hernandez secured the game-winning goal for Newport on a laser shot from 18 yards out in the 81st minute.
Cottage Grove's goalkeeper Jace Meyer made five saves. Noah Martinson had two saves for Newport in the first 80 minutes of play.
Edith Noriega is a sports reporter for The Register-Guard. You may reach her at ENoriega@gannett.com and follow her on Twitter at @Noriega_Edith.
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