Boras' two goals lift Wolves

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OSWEGO -- Ten minutes into Oswego East's 5-1 home victory against IMSA on Monday, Wolves' midfielder George Boras was on the cusp of school history.

After scoring on a header to give Oswego East its first goal six minutes into the game, Boras put a shot in from the top of the penalty box to give the Wolves a quick 2-0 lead against an overmatched IMSA team.

After the second goal, Boras was tired and wanted to come out of the game just to catch his breath. His coach, Steve Szymanski didn't want to let him out of the game for a specific reason and spoke to Boras from the sideline.

"I told him, 'Don't you want to stay in? You could make school history,'" Szymanski said. "According to my records, no one has ever gotten a hat trick here at Oswego East and that would have been nice."

Boras wasn't tired anymore.

From then on, his teammates went out of their way to try to get the ball to Boras, even when he wasn't open, in order to give him as many chances as possible to get the historic third goal.

But the third goal proved too elusive, and Boras had to settle for two goals. Still, the pair of goals were his first two of the season, which was a relief to Boras.

"It was awesome to get my first two of the season back to back like that," Boras said. "We've been practicing finishing and I guess I was just in the right place at the right time. Then they kept trying to get me the ball and that was nice."

Szymanski said it was nice for him to see someone other than his typical goal scorers put a ball in the back of the net for the Wolves (4-5-2).

"It's really great for Boras because we don't really have a position for him," Szymanski said. "He's kind of a role player for us and he did a real nice job today."

Oswego East, which also got goals from Jake Paradise and Diego Cisneros, outshot IMSA 30-11 and dominated most of the game. The Wolves will play a tough Minooka team on Thursday and used Monday's game as a tuneup. But despite the lopsided score, Szymanski wasn't entirely happy with the way his team played.

"Sometimes we tend to play down to our opponents," Szymanski said. "And Minooka has been killing everyone so we'll see."

As for IMSA (0-8-1), Monday's game was a microcosm of its season. The team started slow and couldn't stop Boras, rebounded to play a solid second half but by then the damage was too much.

"We're struggling right now," said IMSA coach Brian Frank. "We're improved from where we were at during the beginning of the season and we played hard today, but we're struggling."

jsahly@scn1.com Soccer: Oswego East 5, IMSA 1