UNIONVILLE — In the first of two regular season district matchups between the Cascade Champions and Community Vikings, the Champions jumped out to an early lead against the Vikings and never trailed as the Champs took a 4-2 win in the District 6-A soccer match Friday night.
After a flurry of activity that saw a shot by the Champions bank off the post, Cascade was able to put the ball in the net as Cooper Wood scored from close range in the eighth minute to give the Champs a 1-0 lead.
The game remained 1-0 until the 27th minute when Ivan Draine scored from the center to give the Champs a 2-0 advantage.
The Vikings looked to bounce back in the final five minutes of the half, but could not break the ice as two shots narrowly went over the crossbar as the Champions took their 2-0 lead to the intermission.
The Champs wasted little time adding to their lead in the second half.   Just 45 seconds into the half, Sam Bossam found the back of the net to up the Champion lead to 3-0.
Nicky Anica put the Vikings on the board with a goal in the 63rd minute with an assist from Randy Anica as the Champion lead was cut to 3-1.
Both teams continued to battle until Draine scored his second goal of the game in the 75th minute with an assist from Gabe Perez-Rubio to put Cascade up 4-1.
Randy Anica of the Vikings scored in the 78th minute on a nifty free kick that went over a row of Champion defenders and into the right side of the net as Community cut the Champion lead to 4-2.
The Vikings scurried to score in the final two minutes, but time expired as the Champs took the district win.
                                                                                         
Cascade         2  2 — 4
Community     0  2 — 2
 
First Half
Cas — Cooper Wood goal (8th minute).
Cas — Ivan Draine goal (27th minute).
Second Half
Cas — Sam Bossam goal (41st minute).
Com — Nicky Anica goal from Randy Anica (63rd minute).
Cas — Draine goal from Gabe Perez-Rubio (75th minute).
Com — R. Anica goal (78th minute).