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Late surge lifts Brookings past Central boys

Aberdeen Central’s Jordan Grieben, left, goes after the ball with Brookings’ Junior Eberline, right, during Saturday’s match at Brownell Activities Complex. Photo by John Davis taken 8/19/2023
It was a tale of two halves for the Aberdeen Central boys’ soccer team on Saturday. The Golden Eagles gave up a trio of second-half goals as Brookings pulled away for a 3-0 Eastern South Dakota Conference victory at Gene Brownell Activities Complex. The game was scoreless until the 60th minute when Brookings’ Forrest Giard scored the first goal, putting the Golden Eagles in a late hole. Central soccer coach Lance Mohr said a mental error led to that first goal. “We were tired and when you’re tired you make mistakes,” Mohr said. “We made a mistake. We didn’t communicate and say there’s someone else back, so (Giard) turns, gets the ball back, and he has a 20 mile an hour wind hitting behind him at that spot, so anywhere outside of the goalkeeper it’s going in the back of the net.” Mohr said the team did not respond when it needed to after the first goal, which led to Brookings taking control of the game. “It was just a mental error, but I would’ve l

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