3A boys
Williams Wills Barons to the Title
Bel Air goalkeeper Eric Stewart-Craig stopped this shot by Bethesda-Chevy Chase's David Williams, but not Williams's game-winning goal in the second half.
(By Toni L. Sandys -- The Washington Post)
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
From the moment his teammates put it in his hands, David Williams could not look away. Distractions surrounded him, but his attention never wavered.
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase star couldn't help it. He never had held a state championship trophy.
Williams scored in the fourth minute of the second half and the Barons' defense stiffened when necessary to give B-CC a 1-0 win over Bel Air last night in the Maryland 3A boys' soccer title game at South River.
Afterward, the Barons (12-3-2) engaged in an "Ol¿!" chant with their fans, but Williams barely participated. He just kept staring at the trophy. When team pictures were finished and the rest of his teammates stood, Williams stayed on the ground, eyes still stuck on the tiny gold-painted soccer player.
"Halftime, he comes into the huddle and he's crying," Barons Coach Sean Karns said of Williams, a junior in his first varsity season. "He wants it more than anyone does. He's a big inspiration to this team and program."
The goal came after a throw-in toward the box was deflected to Williams, who stood roughly 15 yards from the goal. He touched it once, turned toward the middle and hit a solid shot into the right side of the net.
"It was slow motion," said Williams, who also set up the winning goal in the Barons' semifinal victory. "I couldn't believe it went in."
The rest of the second half slowly tilted toward Bel Air (14-4-1), which applied more offensive pressure as it became desperate for a tying goal.
"I think [defender] Mark Maloof set a record for slide tackles in that game," said Roger Kirk, B-CC's senior goalkeeper. "Mark, Chinelo [Harvey] and Norman [McKay] all stepped it up and played amazing. I didn't have to do that much."
Bethesda-Chevy Chase 1 Bel Air 0 Party of Five: Bethesda-Chevy Chase has won five state boys' soccer titles (also in 1980, 1982, 1984 and 2001). No PKs, Please: By preventing the tying goal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase avoided overtimes and the potential of penalty kicks. Bel Air had won its previous three playoff games on penalty kicks. Bethesda-Chevy Chase 1 Bel Air 0 Party of Five: Bethesda-Chevy Chase has won five state boys' soccer titles (also in 1980, 1982, 1984 and 2001). No PKs, Please: By preventing the tying goal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase avoided overtimes and the potential of penalty kicks. Bel Air had won its previous three playoff games on penalty kicks.
