High school boys soccer: Lone Peak gets over the hump, finally advances to a 6A final

Adobe Stock It’s been four years in the making, but Lone Peak’s seniors finally achieved one of their goals: make a final. Simply making a final isn’t end goal — that opportunity will come on Friday — but after three years of playoff failure, Tuesday’s 6A semifinal win was a huge sigh of relief. Lone Peak scored a goal in each half and then senior keeper Sam Parker came up clutch in some frantic final minutes as the top-ranked Knights held off a late push from No.

4 seed Salt Lake Academy for the 2-0 win at Zions Bank Stadium. “For these boys, especially the seniors, I mean, it’s the world. Lone Peak’s been in this position a lot, yet we have come up short for whatever reason.

And these guys that have been here four years, it’s been their goal to get over that hump,” said Lone Peak coach Kyle Hartman. “It means the world to our school for these boys to have this opportunity now to play for a state championship. ” Three years ago as the No.

1 seed, Lone Peak lost to No. 12 Syracuse in the semifinals. Two years ago it lost to Bingham in penalties in the quarterfinals, and then last year it lost to Bingham again in PKs in the semis.