Fremont, Davis set to duel in 5-A title soccer game - Fremont beats Murray 3-0

"By Justin Johnson (Standard-Examiner correspondent)

Mother nature threw several elements across the pitch at Woods Cross High School on Tuesday evening, but the Darts and Silver Wolves kept their eyes focused squarely on the prize.

By identical 3-0 results, Davis and Fremont cruised through their respective state 5-A semifinal round matches, setting up an all-Region 1 state 5-A championship game.

The state 5-A boys soccer title game is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, pitting the once-beaten Darts (18-1-0) (WHO beat Davis? Oh,that was FREMONT!)  against the Silver Wolves (16-3-0) for the third time this season.

Region 1 runner-up Fremont punched it's ticket with an early goal, and then added two more late to seal the deal against Region 2 runner-up Murray.

Davis, the Region 1 champion, picked two goals in the first half and another just after the break against Region 2 champion Granger.

"We just prepared like we were playing the best team in the state," said Fremont's Jordan Preator, a freshman forward who has scored in all three of Fremont's tournament victories. "I think after we got that first goal, we kind of just sat back on our heels, and thought we had the game. Coach talked to us at halftime and told us, 'the game's not over.' So we came out in the second half firing, wanting to scoring, doing our best to try and get the goal."

Fremont rolled out to a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute after senior forward Corey Craynor won a penalty kick and junior Alec Stimpson buried it.

Murray, which had taken out two-time defending 5-A champion Brighton in last week's quarterfinals, applied a decent amount of pressure over the rest of the first half as they tried to equalize and keep their Cinderella run alive.

"We did feel confident (coming in). There's no doubt. We were leery; we didn't know quite what we were getting into," Fremont coach Bryan Gines said. "We knew they were a good team because they beat two of the top teams in the state.

"I think we started the game well, and then we got into a little bit of panic mode kick game toward the end of the first half. Second half, I had no problems, we played good ball."

After weathering everything the Spartans could throw at them, the Silver Wolves slammed the door in the 72nd minute when Preator got on the moving end up a chipped ball and slid 1-v-1 to knock it home. Senior Scott Chambers wrapped it up in the 73rd minute, heading in a perfect cross from Craynor."

The article then goes on to talk about Davis...