CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - Cleveland Heights High School broke through with three second-half goals to defeat Shaker Heights High School 3-1 on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Denison Park in Cleveland Heights. Charlotte Walker, Cece Leach and Auri Langan each scored for the Tigers, giving the home team contributions from three different finishers.
Neither team scored before halftime, leaving the match level at 0-0 heading into the break. The Tigers kept Shaker Heights off the scoreboard throughout the opening half, but their own attack also had to wait for a breakthrough. That left the entire scoring outcome to be decided after halftime.
Walker, Leach and Langan supplied all of Cleveland Heights' offense in the second half as the Tigers turned the scoreless opening into a two-goal victory. The scoring was spread evenly among the trio, with each player accounting for one of the team's three goals.
Shaker Heights scored once after the break, but the Tigers' second-half production provided the difference in the varsity soccer matchup. The teams played under overcast skies with a game-time temperature of 61 degrees and winds of 10 mph. Cleveland Heights finished with a 3-1 advantage in the match's four-goal second half.



