St. Ignatius wins third straight boys soccer state title on Nolan Spicer's overtime goal (photos)

Spicer's low, left-footed shot sends St. Ignatius into a frenzy as the Wildcats win their 11th boys soccer state championship.

Mike Swanson | Nov 14, 2021

St. Ignatius wins third straight boys soccer state title on Nolan Spicer's overtime goal (photos) /

Photos by Gabe Haferman

It looked like the Ohio Division I boys soccer state championship game was going to come down to penalty kicks, but St. Ignatius junior striker Nolan Spicer's left-footed laser into the lower-right corner of the net put a sudden end to Centerville's hopes in overtime.

St. Ignatius won its third straight boys soccer state championship Saturday night at Lower.com Field in Columbus with a 2-1 win over Centerville, with Spicer's winning goal coming with 5:55 left in sudden-death overtime.

Josip Rimac opened the scoring for the Wildcats, and the Elks answered in the second half with a goal from Colin Gottron.

Spicer committed last month to continue his soccer career at Notre Dame in 2023.

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Published Nov 14, 2021

MIKE SWANSON

Mike Swanson is the VP of Content for High School On SI. He's been in journalism since 2003, having worked as a reporter, city editor, copy editor and high school sports editor in California, Connecticut and Oregon.