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Class 5A soccer playoffs: Top-seeded Johnson boys stunned in first round
Knights lose 2-1 match against Grady on overtime goal
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Johnson's Diego Chavez (4) gets control of the ball during Friday night's game against Grady in the first round of Class AAAAA state playoffs. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Johnson’s boys soccer team will not be returning to the state championship game. Last year’s state runner-up and fifth-ranked Knights saw another memorable season prematurely end with a 2-1, overtime loss to fourth-seeded Grady on Friday night at Billy Ellis Memorial Stadium. As Johnson coach Brian Shirley predicted after last week’s regular-season finale, 10th-ranked Grady fit the billing of a team that was not to be underestimated in the Class 5A soccer tournament.
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