{"id":3735,"date":"2025-08-27T17:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:35:01","slug":"cacho-hat-trick-fuels-kville-7-0-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=3735","title":{"rendered":"Cacho hat trick fuels K’ville 7-0 win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Knights shut out visiting Upper Lake in non-league action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KELSEYVILLE >> The Kelseyville Knights scored early and often while building a 5-0 halftime lead that turned into a 7-0 non-league win over the Upper Lake Cougars on Tuesday during varsity boys soccer action in Kelseyville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore the game I really wanted to see my team come out strong and take control of the game early,\u201d Kelseyville head coach Kc White aid. \u201cThey had not done that in the first two games of the season, but they did it tonight. It was a total team effort for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville (2-1) moved ahead to stay on a Julio Lopez goal assisted by Jake Smart just four minutes into the game. The Knight kept peppering away on offense before finally scoring again, this time in the 17th<\/sup> minute, on the first of three goals by Sebastian Cacho, assisted by Manny Arias. Cacho scored again in the 32nd<\/sup> minute with an assist from Gavin Cunningham to make it 3-0, and Diego Rico scored in the 38th<\/sup> minute, again with a Cunningham assist, for a 4-0 lead. One minute later a Rico assist set up an Alex Jimenez goal to make it 5-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKelseyville has a good team,\u201d Upper Lake head coach Thomas Santana said. \u201cThey move the ball well and you can really tell a lot of those boys have been playing together for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Santana, \u201cWe started off good, holding off their attack for a while. With minutes left (in the first half) it was only 2-0, but with only one sub, we definitely lost some gas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville quickly added to its lead in the second half as Cacho, on a pass from Julio Lopez in the 45th<\/sup> minute, scored again to complete his hat trick. Lopez scored his second goal of the game in the 50th<\/sup> minute, Jair Inostroza Carrillo earning the assist, to make it 7-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce that goal went in, the starters came out,\u201d White said. \u201cI was happy to give the guys off the bench a lot of playing time tonight. They work just as hard as the starters in practice every day, so it\u2019s nice to see them get out there and hopefully improve while they\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Cougars (0-2) had a long day on the pitch, Santana said a handful of his players turned in solid efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA standout player for me was Alan Alvarado, someone who had to step up this year and play goalkeeper for us,\u201d Santana said. \u201cHe had six saves and really showed improvement from our scrimmage against Clear Lake High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith our numbers being so low we\u2019ve started to recruit some young freshmen and today one of them showed us he has a lot of potential. Tony Avalos, a freshman who had never played soccer before, showed he has real speed and I\u2019m excited to see what he can bring us going forward. And Eric Tinoco, a sophomore who is playing JV football and soccer, had two of our most clear attempts on goal. We have a lot of potential, now we just have to put it all together,\u201d Santana added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White said he\u2019s looking forward to having a full team, something he hasn\u2019t had yet because Kelseyville, unlike the county\u2019s other four high schools, remains on summer break until the first day of school Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have had an incomplete team for the first three weeks of the season,\u201d White said. \u201cGuys have been working, out of town, etc., but I\u2019m finally getting everyone back to practice regularly, and it\u2019s beginning to show with our on-field performance. We are passing the ball really well and getting a lot of shots up. I\u2019m extremely pleased with my senior leadership this season. Most of the nine seniors have been with me from the beginning. We have worked hard to reap the rewards of consistent play over the last three-plus years. We are ready for the moment. I have a lot of versatility this year, which helps me mix and match to get the right formula. I also have a starting keeper, which is something I didn\u2019t have last season. That takes a lot of pressure off my defense. I\u2019m excited for what lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville hits the road Wednesday to play Sonoma Academy at 4:30 p.m. Upper Lake returns to action in the MIST Tournament on Friday and Saturday in McKinleyville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Knights shut out visiting Upper Lake in non-league action Lake County Sports on Facebook KELSEYVILLE >> The Kelseyville Knights scored early and often while building a 5-0 halftime lead that turned into a 7-0 non-league win over the Upper Lake Cougars on Tuesday during varsity boys soccer action in Kelseyville. \u201cBefore the game I really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,6,17,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3736,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions\/3736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}