SOCCER: Summer Creek is prepping for its first-ever state championship game under its first-year head coach.

With the sun beating down on the sizzling black beads of the synthetic turf field, the Summer Creek boys soccer team is intensely focused on the task at hand: their first state championship game appearance this weekend.

First-year Head Coach Parker O’Quinn has been pleased with the way his team has responded to the pressure he’s put on them to surpass their expectations, and senior defenseman Devin Guzman was even shocked to see how this group could have 21 wins after only having five victories the year before.

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“I mean, it’s definitely a surprise, you know, being a kid and watching high school soccer, you wanna be in that state championship, and it’s definitely crazy, that’s all I can say, definitely trying to leave a legacy for the kids to come and just trying to leave the best on the field, that’s all I can say,” said Guzman.

The Bulldogs will face College Park on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown High School.