Decorah Defeats Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4-2

The No. 5 Decorah boys soccer team improved to 4-0 overall with a 4-2 victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck Thursday at home.Mitch Cornelius scored the Vikings first goal with 20:55 left in the first half and Kellen Sherburne gave Decorah a 2-0 lead two minutes later on an assist by Cornelius.Gladbook-Reinbeck scored its first goal six minutes into the second half and it tied the score at 2-2 seven minutes later.Decorah junior Devin White scored a goal with eight minutes remaining to give the Vikings a 3-2 edge. Ben Langholz tallied the final goal for the Vikings on a penalty kick with one minute left.

“Gladbrook-Reinbeck is a very physical team. I give them credit for how hard they played, but we stuck to our game plan and our forwards Mitch Cornelius and Kellen Sherburne stepped up big for us again netting a couple goals,” Decorah Head Coach Kyle Nelson said.Nelson said the Vikings played well in the second half.“We were up 2-0 at the half and let Gladbrook-Reinbeck back in the game in second half. The guys got a little rattled but once Devin White's shot snuck into the back of the net (in the second half) we settled down. I also give credit to Jason Olsgard on White's goal because he flashed in front of the keeper and distracted him just enough for Devin's shot to sneak in.“I give a ton of credit to our defense as well because they played tough and kept us in the game. Overall, it was not a bad match for us.

There are few things we need to work on, but we'll take the win,” Nelson said.Gladbook-Reinbeck won the junior varsity game, 3-0.