Grand Rapids Christian defeated Wayland Thursday afternoon at Gainey Athletic Complex. The Eagles scored two goals in the first half and another two goals in the second half. 

Right from the whistle, the Eagles attacked the Wildcats backline. Dream Kwon crossed the ball into the box where Ian Velzen-Haner cleanly volleyed the ball, bending it in the top right corner for the first goal of the game only 5 minutes into play. The Eagles continued to pass the ball extremely well completing 5-10 passes in a row before getting more shots on frame. The Wildcats goalie played a tremendous game making many saves. Jeremiah LaRue benefited from a long ball played by Brandon Porter as he scored the second goal of the game to take a 2-0 lead going into halftime. 

The second half continued more of the same with excellent ball movement by the Eagles creating many goal scoring opportunities with the Wildcats goalie making save after save. Lahki Smith took the throw in quickly which went all the way over the defense for Caleb Glisson to run onto. Caleb didn’t miss his opportunity and calmly shot near post past the goalie for the third goal of the game. The final goal was created by getting endline penetration which was the halftime adjustment made for the Eagles. Freshman Chase Dykhouse dribbled past a couple Wildcats to then shoot it from an improbable angle, yet the ball went over the goalie and in the back corner which resulted in the bench loudly cheering for him. 

The final score was 4-0 and the Eagles have their last match of the year on Monday against Forest Hills Eastern.