Boys soccer: Morgan rolls over Union, stumbles at Ogden
Apr 18, 2024 11:38AM ● By Brian Shaw
For this Morgan Trojans boys soccer team, the goal has been made clear that they want a 3A state title.
It has eluded the Trojans three times over the past 20 years; each time that they reached the championship game at state, they’ve fallen short.
And in a very rare slipup, Morgan [9-2, 6-1 Region 13] lost 3-0 at Ogden on Friday, April 12. The Tigers, who started slow in region play, have won five of their last six games.
Ogden scored twice in the first half and added a third in the second half to hand the Trojans their first loss of the season in region action.
Two days earlier, Morgan blasted Union by the score of 8-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Back from a 12-day spring break, the Trojans scored six times in the first half and tacked on two in the second half.
Junior Ronan Ratchford got the shutout in goal for the Trojans. Seniors Brandon Allgaier, Beau Johnson, and Jett Beckstrom each scored two goals in the home win.
Senior Nathan Haws also netted a goal for his third on the season while sophomore Trace Henderson knocked in a goal, his fifth for Morgan.
Jett Beckstrom now has 15 goals for the Trojans as he continued his assault on the modern-day single-season school record of 16.
The senior Beckstrom also had two assists in the win for Morgan. The Trojans also got two assists from senior Garrett Grow, who now has six on the season.
Four other Morgan Trojans each had an assist on the day: seniors Brandon Allgaier and Nathan Haws, and sophomores Cody Adams and Trace Henderson.
The Trojans moved to 6-1 on the season with the win, giving them a one-game lead over the Ogden team they lost to this past week and a 1.5-game advantage over Ben Lomond, who like the Tigers are moving up in the Region 13 standings. [BL defeated Ogden April 2 by the score of 3-1.]
Despite this past week’s loss at Ogden, however, the Trojans are still ranked No. 2 in Utah in the latest Utah High School Activities Association [UHSAA] RPI rankings release.
The only school ranked ahead of Morgan is the Manti Templars, who are the only unbeaten team in 3A with a 10-0 record.
For the Trojans, they can only play the teams who are on their schedule. According to head coach Seth Wallace, few want to schedule this Morgan team that has already proven in the limited number of non-league games they’ve played [four in total and three away, the lone home game a 1-2 loss to 6A Syracuse] that they can play with anyone. λ
