Unbeaten Tanager soccer squad ranked No. 1

Vermillion's Nathan Samudzi drives the ball past several Harrisburg defenders to score the Tanager's first goal in their game with the Tigers lat Tuesday in Cotton Park. Photo by David Lias

Vermillion's boys soccer team ranks No. 1 in the state in Class "A" club soccer this week.

 The Tanagers won a 2-1 decision last Tuesday over Harrisburg, the second-ranked team, at Cotton Park to preserve their perfect record.

 The unbeaten Tanagers take their 6-0-0 record and top power-points average to the Black Hills this weekend.  On Friday they play at Sturgis, whose current 5-2 record ranks the Scoopers third in the state with losses only to Custer and Lead-Deadwood.

 The Tanager boys will then play Tea Area at the Yankton Trail fields in Sioux Falls at 6 p.m. Tuesday before closing the regular season at home at 1 p.m. Sept. 29 against Chamberlain.

 Meanwhile, the Tanager girls failed to score a goal in a pair of contests last week, losing to Harrisburg 6-0 and to West Central 5-0.  The VHS girls are 1-6 overall and 0-6 in power-points games.  They will also go west this weekend for two games – at Sturgis Friday and at Belle Fourche Saturday – to end their regular season.