Sohayda doubles his pleasure
So how was your Thursday?
Bryce Sohayda’s may have been better than yours and probably more interesting.
In a soccer game that began at 4 p.m. at home, the Mullen senior scored the fifth goal in a 6-0 Class 4A preliminary-round victory over Coronado. His score came in the second half.
Afterward, he headed over to Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood for the Mustangs’ regular season finale in football. He changed uniforms, kicked three extra points and helped Mullen whip Lakewood 42-0 in a game that probably clinched a playoff berth in 5A.
A two-sporter, indeed.
“Oh, it’s awesome, I love it!” an excited Sohayda said.
A meaningful double-double will be in his thoughts indefinitely.
“For the soccer goal, I just put my head down, took the shot, looked up and it had potential,” he said.
It was Sohayda’s second goal of the season as the Mjustangs advanced to next week’s second round.
And after he traveled to the football stadium, he scored his 29th, 30th and 31st points of the season in the one-sided football victory, one thought to be good enough to make the 24-team, big-school field that will be released on Sunday.
The football staff was informed of Sohayda’s situation after halftime – Owen Hearty did well in handling earlier kicking duties — and head coach Jeremy Bennett said “absolutely” he wanted to give Sohayda a chance to score in both, particularly late as “I was going to give him a chance to kick (a field goal) if it was there, but to score a goal as his (soccer) team moves on and kick extra points over here and help his team more than likely move on … that’s really something!”
Football teammate Jaxon Heil, who had a big game, said “it was awesome. I’m really close with Bryce. We have two (Advanced-Placement) classes together, so we grind together, and to see him dominate on the soccer field and do it out here is great.”
It was a special group of hours Sohayda will be thinking about for a long time.
“Exactly,” he said. “So we get a playoff win for soccer and clinch a playoff for football.
“It doesn’t get any better. Honestly, this is the best!”
