(Tom Hoganson)
MONTROSE — Fourth-ranked Durango boys soccer scored twice in the second half to come away with a 3-2 win over Montrose on Wednesday.
Montrose went up 1-0 just 3:20 into the game on a goal from Sean Alex, but Durango quickly gathered itself and tie the game up eight minutes later when Jack Beattie scored of an assist from Lance Townsend. The game went into halftime tied at 1.
Leland Heineke scored midway through the second half to give Durango a 2-1 lead, and Corbin Miller made it 3-1 in the 73rd minute.
Montrose cut it to a one-goal advantage when Sean Alex scored, but Durango was able to hold on.
“It’s a good road win for us,” Durango coach Aaron Champenoy said. “It’s a very hard-working Montrose team. They came out extremely fast and caught us by surprise early in the match. I though we responded well after making some adjustments and controlled the rest of the half.”
“We carried the momentum in the beginning of the second half and were able to get the go-ahead goal, but Montrose fought back and put us under a lot of pressure for a good spell of the second half,” Champenoy added. “I felt our midfield controlled a lot of the tempo of the match and Leland Heineke gave us a boost when we needed it with the go-ahead goal.
“Freshman goalkeeper Levi Larson came up with some big saves in the second half to help us get the win.”
Durango, now 8-1 this season, returns home to face Fruita Monument on Saturday. The win also pushed the Demons to 3-0 in the Southwestern League.
Montrose (3-5, 1-1) will host Mitchell that same day.