TROY, Ill. — Aiden Novich didn't have to look up when he crossed the ball back into the penalty box.

The Triad High junior sensed that someone would be there, and it was no surprise it was senior teammate Eli Noonan streaking toward the net.

"I think our chemistry playing together, from playing club and high school the past few years, we knew he'd be there," Novich said.

Noonan bolted through the swarming Father McGivney defense and buried Novich's cross for the game's opening goal to send Triad on to a 2-0 victory in a nonconference boys soccer game Tuesday evening.

"Getting that first goal, it felt like the momentum was in our hands," Noonan said. "It felt rewarding."

Triad (2-0-1) has beaten Father McGivney six of the last seven meetings, with its lone setback coming in a 1-0 shuto

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