St. Ignatius wins third straight boys soccer state title on Nolan Spicer's overtime goal (photos)

Spicer's low, left-footed shot sends St. Ignatius into a frenzy as the Wildcats win their 11th boys soccer state championship.

Mike Swanson|

Photos by Gabe Haferman

It looked like the Ohio Division I boys soccer state championship game was going to come down to penalty kicks, but St. Ignatius junior striker Nolan Spicer's left-footed laser into the lower-right corner of the net put a sudden end to Centerville's hopes in overtime.

St. Ignatius won its third straight boys soccer state championship Saturday night at Lower.com Field in Columbus with a 2-1 win over Centerville, with Spicer's winning goal coming with 5:55 left in sudden-death overtime.

Josip Rimac opened the scoring for the Wildcats, and the Elks answered in the second half with a goal from Colin Gottron.

Spicer committed last month to continue his soccer career at Notre Dame in 2023.

Published Nov 14, 2021

MIKE SWANSON

Mike Swanson is the VP of Content for High School On SI. He's been in journalism since 2003, having worked as a reporter, city editor, copy editor and high school sports editor in California, Connecticut and Oregon.

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