A Brayden Coronado goal scored in the final minutes Friday allowed the Hays Rebels soccer team to secure a 2-2 tie with the rival Lehman Lobos in a back-and-forth match at Shelton Stadium.
“He’s (Coronado) not a guy who likes to shoot, so I was very impressed that he did what he did tonight,” Hays head coach Cole Reynolds said. “He took the ball and found the space and put it in the net. That’s what it takes.”
Resiliency played a role in Hays escaping from a deficit on two separate occasions in the game. Lehman gained an early 1-0 advantage when Lobo Emilio Bartolo headed in a goal off of a corner kick four minutes into the contest. Hays, however, battled back and rallied to equalize. when Rebel Gerardo Rodriguez volleyed a kick into the left corner of the goal. Reynolds lauded Rodriguez, who has been the team’s leading scorer for the past few years.
