By Jeremy McDonald

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STAYTON, Ore.–The Young Eagles had their first big challenge to start the 2016 season:

McLoughlin.

The Pioneers were the 21st-ranked team in 4A in 2015 before losing to Sisters in the first-round 4-0.

But, behind a strong defensive output, all it took was one goal to decide the winner of this game.  That goal, by way of David Ramirez that gave the Eagles a 1-0 win.

“We played really good defense, Cole (Atiyeh), Jose Gomez, and Junior (Hernandez) did great,” said Head Coach Chris Shields on his defense.

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