Pine View's Firew Kuma (6), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – As far as epic performances go, it wasn’t perfect. But Pine View goalkeeper Ryley Duckworth was pretty darn good in helping the underdog Panthers come away with a 2-2 overtime tie against heavily-favored Dixie Thursday night. Duckworth had 18 saves and held the high-scoring Flyers off the scoreboard for the last 30 minutes of regulation and both 10-minute overtimes.
“(Duckworth) played outstanding – he had a game of a lifetime,” Dixie coach Burt Myers said. “It was a typical Pine View-Dixie matchup and Pine View gave us their best and it was good enough to do what happened. I mean, we had 20 shots on frame and their goalie saved them.”
Dixie went into the match unbeaten and untied on the year, while Pine View had just picked up its first win of the region season on Tuesday. And the Flyers had 1-0 and 2-1 leads. But the pesky Panthers just kept making plays.
“Our chemistry is starting to come together,” said Pine View coach Ryan Duckworth (Ryley’s dad). “We were missing a few pieces early in the season, but they’re now in place and I think the chemistry is working.”
It also helped that Ryley Duckworth and the Pine View defense kept the Dixie scorers at bay most of the night.
“We just wanted 100 percent effort tonight, no matter what happened,” Ryley Duckworth said. “If they score, doesn’t matter. Keep your heads up. We kept fighting back and I can’t thank my defense enough. I survived, but not without my defense.”
The game was tied 1-1 at intermission, with first-half goals by Josh Stewart (Dixie) and Kelvin Armenta (Pine View). But it looked like the Flyers would pull off the road win when Oscar Quintero scored on a penalty kick early in the second half. As the minutes ticked away, the Panthers needed a big play and Firew Kuma came up with the equalizer with 3:14 left in regulation.
In the two extra 10-minute overtime periods, both teams had chances, with Dixie keeping the ball for much of the extra time. But Duckworth came up aces once again and the final seconds ticked off without the tie being broken.
“It was a Pine View-Dixie matchup,” Myers said. “They rose to the occasion, we both played hard, and it was a great soccer match.”
Dixie is now in a tie with Snow Canyon for first place at 4-0-1 in region play. Pine View is 1-3-1 and trails Desert Hills by three points for the fourth-place slot. Pine View is at Canyon View at 4 p.m. next Tuesday, while Dixie hosts Desert Hills at 7 p.m.
Thursday night’s result
Pine View 2, Dixie 2 (F/2OT)
Region 9 boys soccer standings (region, points, overall)
Dixie 4-0-1, 13, 6-0-1
Snow Canyon 4-0-1, 13, 4-0-3
Canyon View 3-2-0, 9, 4-2-2
Desert Hills 2-1-1, 7, 4-2-1
Pine View 1-3-1, 4, 2-6-1
Cedar 0-4-0, 0, 1-5-0
Hurricane 0-4-0, 0, 0-7-0
Friday’s games Desert Hills at Canyon View, 4 p.m.
Cedar at Hurricane, 7 p.m.
Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Jorge Bernabe (18) and Pine View's Firew Kuma (6), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Jorge Bernabe (18), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Firew Kuma (6), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Firew Kuma (6) and Dixie's Jorge Bernabe (18), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Noah Wilkinson (33), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Xavi Flores (5), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Trey Hoskins (9), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Joshua Diego (22), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Ryley Duckworth (1), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's William Garcia (31) and Pine View's Ryley Duckworth (1), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Oscar Quintero (21) and Jorge Bernabe (18), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Kian Rocha (13), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Ryley Duckworth (1), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Andy Rich (16), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Anthony De paz (19), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Pine View's Caleb Atkinson (7), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie's Oscar Quintero (21) and Pine View's Caleb Atkinson (7), Pine View vs. Dixie, Soccer, St. George, Utah, Mar. 29, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m.
Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.