The visiting Ottawa boys soccer team rebounded from a shutout loss to Sycamore on Monday and picked up its second Interstate 8 Conference win of the season with a 3-1 victory over Morris on Saturday at Morris.

The first half of the game was a good defensive battle from both teams with the half ending in a 1-1 tie.

But Ottawa’s offense stepped up in the second half to improve the Pirates’ record to 9-5 overall and 2-3 in the conference. For Morris it was the team’s sixth loss in a row as it fell to 1-13 overall and 0-5 in the conference.

Morris managed to get on the board first with a goal from junior striker Grant Sparrow with 23:23 remaining in the first half.

Morris junior forward August Valdivia narrowly missed a chance to give Morris a 2-0 lead when his shot bounced off the goa

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