Ohio High School Soccer - Rocky River toppled by Avon Lake
August 18, 2025: Avon Lake, OH 44012
The Rocky River Pirates soccer team (Rocky River, OH), was overwhelmed 6-1 in Monday's non-league match with the host Avon Lake Shoremen (Avon Lake, OH)
With the triumph, Avon Lake moves its record to 2-0 on the campaign. The Shoremen host Padua Franciscan (Parma, OH) to battle the Bruins in a non-league battle on Saturday, August 23. The Bruins enter the battle with a record of 1-0. Padua Franciscan won 3-0 in their recent non-league battle against Normandy (Parma, OH)
Next up, the Pirates battle the Orange Lions (Pepper Pike, OH) in a non-league battle, on Saturday, August 23. Rocky River will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record.
Match Summary
From the opening whistle the meeting between the Rocky River Pirates and the Avon Lake Shoremen was a physical game seeing multiple yellow cards and a red by the final whistle. At the 21 min mark the Shoremen were reduced to 10 men, shorthanded Avon Lake adjusted their formation and took a 2-0 lead into halftime. At the beginning of the 2nd period the Shoremen came out focused scoring quickly pushing their lead to 3-0 in the 47 min. Being down a man, AL played a possession game until Rocky River scored in the 60th min. making it 3-1. After the RR tally the Shoremen pushed the speed of play and scored 3 unanswered goals, seeing a 6-1 result after 80 hard fought min. Alex Soloff was the AL Man of the Match scoring his first ever High School hattrick.
