For the first 10 minutes of the game, nerves were on high alert for the Aberdeen Central boys’ soccer program.
For the next 70, the Golden Eagles were in complete control.
Central scored three goals in a nine-minute span in the first half, then capitalized on a picture-perfect corner kick in the second half en route to a 4-0 win over Tea Area Tuesday evening in the opening round of the Class AA boys’ soccer playoffs at Brownell Activities Complex.
Linus Johnson, Bryson Burgard and Tyler Bain each scored in the first half, while Gavin Yost cleaned up the corner kick in the second half. The visiting Titans, while creating a couple of scoring opportunities for themselves, never seriously threatened the Golden Eagles after the scoring began.
“With the first playoff game, you never know what’s going to happen in the first 10 minutes,” said Central coach Lance Mohr. “You know it can go really bad if you’re not ready to go. So we prevented that, but at the same time 
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