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STANSBURY PARK – The Stansbury Stallions approached Wednesday’s matchup with Region 11 rivals, the Grantsville Cowboys, with a three-game losing streak.
That losing streak is over.
The Stallions beat Grantsville by way of mercy rule, 9-1. The Stallions had several chances to score early, but couldn’t convert. However, that didn't stop them from gaining momentum. Sharp scored off of a great pass from Jara Eshete to give the Stallions a 1-0 lead. Later in the half, Gallegos scored his first goal to make it 2-0 thanks to a solid corner kick by Sharp.
Josh Gallegos recorded a hat trick and Zach Sharp and Jonny Calderon each scored twice. Braden Bouwhuis scored once and Darius Johnson put the game away with a goal of his own. Joseph Lopez scored the one and only goal for the Cowboys.
The Stallions had several chances to score early, but couldn’t convert. However, that didn't stop them from gaining momentum. Sharp scored off of a great pass from Jara Eshete to give the Stallions a 1-0 lead. Later in the half, Gallegos scored his first goal to make it 2-0 thanks to a solid corner kick by Sharp.
After a save by Stansbury goalkeeper, Kyler Clements, Grantsville defender Joseph Lopez knocked the ball free from Clements’ hands, scoring and bringing the numbers up to 2-1.
That was Grantsville's only goal.
Calderon scored just before halftime to give the Stallions a 3-1 lead heading into the half.
Gallegos scored almost immediately after the second half started to make it 4-1, and completed the hat trick just a few minutes later increasing the lead to 5-1.
Later, Calderon followed his own miss and scored to extend the lead to 6-1. Sharp scored his second goal of the game just moments later to make it 7-1, and later assisted on a header by Bouwhuis to make it 8-1.
Johnson scored his goal off another assist from Sharp and the game was over.
The Stallions move to 3-4 with the win and will be back in action Friday against Tooele. The Cowboys drop to 1-8 on the year and will be back on the field against Tooele next Tuesday.
CJ Pronk is a Deseret Digital Media intern and a junior at Stansbury High School.
