Vols win playoff soccer match

CLEVELAND – The Starkville Academy Volunteers battled back from a 1-0 deficit in their Class III playoff soccer match at Bayou Academy on Monday and won a 3-1 decision in overtime.

"We played hard and did a good job bouncing back after going down 1-0," Starkville Academy soccer coach Matthew Tremblay said. "We never gave up and fought to the end."

After going down by a goal, Andrew Pollan tied the match for the Vols with a goal that was assisted by Bates Bennett.

In overtime, Starkville Academy took the lead on an unassisted goal by Carson Couch and added some insurance when Grant Smith scored on a penalty kick.

The Vols (7-4-3) play at Heritage Academy in the next round on Thursday.