Maclay Boys Soccer Claim FHSAA 2A State Title

On Mar. 1, the Maclay Marauders (21-1-2) beat Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy (19-1-1) in the FHSAA 2A state title match. Both Maclay and Holy Trinity made it to the 3A state semifinals last year but could not capitalize on the opportunity. This year was a much different story.

It did not take long for the Marauders to find their first goal of the match, which was a penalty kick converted by Zac Scovotto only 6 minutes into the first half. Maclay then doubled down finding another great opportunity off of a set piece 5 minutes after the penalty kick by Scovotto. This time Jack Daunt found the back of the net with a header off of a well executed free kick played into the box. Maclay went into halftime up 2-0 with high hopes of bringing home the state title.

Maclay started out the second half winning the possession battle trying to hold on to their 2 goal lead. Although Holy Trinity did not have much luck on offense in the first half, they were creating better opportunities to start the second. The Tigers found their first goal of the match off of a corner kick 9 minutes into the second half.

After Holy Trinity’s goal, the Maclay defense did a great job to deny any other opportunities for the rest of the match. With only ten minutes remaining in the match, Luke Daunt found the back of the net off of a well-timed volley outside of the box to seal the deal for the Marauders.

Maclay finished their historic season 21-1-2, beating Holy Trinity 3-1 and bringing the FHSAA 2A state title back to Tallahassee.