EAST TROY — For the first time in 20 years Towanda boys soccer will be headed to the postseason as they defeated Troy, 7-0, during NTL action Tuesday.

"It took a lot of work," said Towanda coach Tom Lambert. "We put a lot of work into it this year, but finally they pulled it off. It's been a lot of fun, so we're going to look forward to that."

Lucas Vincent had a hat trick for Towanda as Josh Maye scored twice, with Dalton Johnson and Walter Foley also scored.

Brayden Spencer had two assists as Maye, Vincent, and Foley also had helpers.

The first goal came six minutes in as Maye scored off a Spencer assist.

Then at 28 minutes Vincent scored off a Maye helper for a 2-0 lead. Johnson would score with six minutes to go for a 3-0 lead at the half.

Less than two minutes into the second half Maye scored off a Vincent assist, then with 31 minutes to go Vincent scored off a Spencer helper.

Vincent got the hat trick with 27 minutes to play as Foley assist. Foley got his goal a minute later.

Towanda had a 14-6 edge in shots with the two teams getting three corner kicks each.

Blaiz Nichols made five saves in net for the clean sheet, while Troy's Eli Watson had 16 saves.

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