<body><div>Brunswick, Ohio — The Brunswick High School Men’s Soccer Team won an absolute classic tonight, over their neighbors to the north, Strongsville, by the score of 1-0. Brunswick improves to 9-1-2 on the season and 4-0-0 in the Greater Cleveland Conference race. Strongsville drops to 3-6-2 and 0-2-2 in the GCC. The win was the first by either team in the rivalry dating back to 1984, since 2020. Strongsville still leads the historical series between the schools 8-30-9.In the first half, Brunswick came out on fire pushing the tempo and nearly scored multiple times in the opening few sequences. However, Strongsville got things under control and dictated the tempo at times and made life difficult for the Blue Devils. Strongsville had the upper hand for several minutes until play was stopped for lightning in the area with 15:29 until halftime.After the game restarted and just before the break, Brunswick scored the only goal of the game. Brunswick’s terrorizing junior midfielder, Owen Beskid, got loose on the right flank and crossed the ball to an on-rushing Josh Callahan. The senior defender and captain rose above everyone and nodded home the game winner with 2:49 to play in the first half.In the second half, the teams went back and forth with each team and each goalkeeper having massive defensive moments to keep the scoreline 1-0. In the end, it was the Brunswick defense of Callahan and fellow defenders Aaron Gruber, Kaden Tibbs and Martin Klenjoski playing heroic to preserve junior goalkeeper Eli Hyde’s 8th clean sheet of the season.Brunswick’s 12th-year Head Coach Ben Dotson was beaming with pride in his team’s effort in the win. “There are so many things that did not show up in the stat sheet in tonight’s win. No one has won the Pearl Road Derby since 2020, but our boys dug incredibly deep to find a way. I am just beyond proud – of the staff – and the players 1-24 – and the community who really showed up tonight! Absolutely unreal effort tonight.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ZkxD2_0vidkwhp00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ZkxD2_0vidkwhp00" width="1200" height="1600" ><figcaption>Brunswick’s Senior Forward, Ben Kraft, Took Home Man of the Match Honors In the 2024 Pearl Road Derby</figcaption></figure>Dotson named senior forward, Ben Kraft, Man of the Match for his performance leading the line tonight. “Ben was just everywhere. He took an absolute battering up front, but kept going, and going … and going. There is no way we win tonight’s match without him.”Hyde made one save in the win, collecting his ninth of the season. Strongsville goalkeeper, Josh Crnic, was fantastic and made three saves in the loss.Brunswick next plays when they play host to Buckeye on Saturday for a 7:00 pm kick-off at Brunswick Auto Mart Stadium. The winner will host the second annual Noak Kotlarek Championship Cup. Brunswick and Buckeye use the game as a fundraising event for not only the Kotlarek family whose son is battling childhood cancer but Akron General Children’s hospital and the American Cancer Society.For more Brunswick High School Men’s Soccer Information, please contact Head Coach, Ben Dotson, at 440-273-0496 or bdotson@bcsoh.org.</div></body>

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Brunswick, Ohio — The Brunswick High School Men’s Soccer Team won an absolute classic tonight, over their neighbors to the north, Strongsville, by the score of 1-0. Brunswick improves to 9-1-2 on the season and 4-0-0 in the Greater Cleveland Conference race. Strongsville drops to 3-6-2 and 0-2-2 in the GCC. The win was the first by either team in the rivalry dating back to 1984, since 2020. Strongsville still leads the historical series between the schools 8-30-9.