PITTSFIELD — It was hard enough that visiting Bourne High School played 100 minutes of preliminary-round soccer before winning in a shootout Monday night. It then had to take a three-hour bus ride from one end of Massachusetts to the other. But when the Canalmen took to the pitch at Berkshire Community College's Gene Dellea Field, they were greeted by a Pittsfield squad that had its foot on the gas from the opening kickoff.
"They played yesterday. They went to overtime and then PKs. They were tired," Pittsfield midfielder Gustavo De Oliveria said after the third-seeded Generals routed No.
30 Bourne 8-1 Tuesday afternoon. Gustavo De Oliveria takes a corner kick for Pittsfield High. Gustavo De Oliveria (left) gets a fist bump from his teammate Daniel Mosquera after De Oliveria scored.
"It was more on us," De Oliveria said, "we played really good and we scored eight goals." De Oliveria had four of those eight goals, netting all of his in the first half. Kyle Cardoso had two goals and two assists, while Owen Klatka added a pair of goals and an assist for now 10-5-4 Pittsfield.
Kyle Cardoso (left) and Leonardo Kirian hug after the two teamed up for a Pittsfield goal in the MIAA State Tournament. "We changed it up slightly. Usually, we don't press the entire game but today we did," Pittsfield coach Ryan Wanek said.
"That was mainly because they played yesterday in [that] state game. Obviously, that can be very draining. We wanted to give them no hope in the first half and really .
