Sportsmanship on Display as #15 Penn Upsets #6 Chesterton in Boys Soccer

On Tuesday, October 4^th, 2022, the #15 ranked Penn Boys Soccer Team took on #6 ranked Chesterton in the first round of the IHSAA Sectionals.

The IHSAA Sectional is a single elimination tournament where the losing team is eliminated and their season is ended.

Though Chesterton was heavily favored, it did not stop Penn from giving it their all. 

With just 3 minutes left in the game Chesterton tied it at 1-1. Though Momentum had shifted in Chesterton’s favor, with only 9 seconds left in the game, Dani Contreras scores the game-winning goal off a Noe’ Ferreira corner kick.

BOYS SOCCER: Penn stuns No. 6 Chesterton, 2-1, in Sectional action !!!!

Dani Contreras scores the game-winner off a Noe’ Ferreira corner kick with nine seconds left in the game. pic.twitter.com/iRk1ye1gmZ

— Penn Kingsmen Sports (@The_Pennant) October 5, 2022

When the clock hit zero the Penn bench stormed the field and erupted in celebration.

BOYS SOCCER SECTIONAL: Penn 2, No. 6 Chesterton 1. Final.

Dani Contreras scores the game-winner from Camden Carter off a Noe’ Ferreira corner.

Wes Harper knocks in a goal in the 38th min. off of an Adam Strauss assist.

Chesterton tied the score with 3 minutes left in the game pic.twitter.com/0adRh1FQE3

— Penn Kingsmen Sports (@The_Pennant) October 5, 2022

As with every emotional high in sports, there is another side to the coin. The Chesterton Soccer team carried itself with class and dignity, when their season ended in such a dramatic way they were rightfully heart broken.

In a show of sportsmanship and decent, human compassion, Penn players Emin Penic & Rafa Ferreira consoled a distraught member of the Chesterton Trojans.

Even though we are proud of the Kingsmen for winning on the field, we are even more proud of them for what they did when the clock hit zero. Congratulations to Chesterton for a hard faught game and a terrific season.