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Hornet booters advance to semifinals

Will face Bridgeport tonight in Mid-Mountain 10 tourney

BRIDGEPORT -- The Elkins Middle School boys soccer team advanced in the Mid-Mountain 10 Conference tourney with a win over third-seed East Fairmont on penalty kicks on Tuesday evening.

The sixth-seeded Hornets scored all five of their PKs after the game was tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation and remained deadlocked after two overtime sessions.

Griffin Cutright, Maddox Crawford, Drayton Sturdivant, Jonah Marsh and Aiden Treola tallied the EMS penalty kicks, while NJ Patella saved one of five of East's PK attempts.

The Hornets will now face Bridgeport at 7:30 p.m. today in semifinal action at Liberty.