Neil Mayer knew that he needed to get Aurora Central Catholic off to a quick start.

It was one of the few achilles heels that the No. 4 Chargers had throughout the season. And after a long week off from competition, it was something that they were a little fearful of heading into their Class 2A regional semifinal against No. 6 Dixon .

It didn’t take long to suppress those fears.

Mayer put up a goal and an assist after just twelve minutes of play, and the Chargers rode that momentum to take a 3-0 victory over the Dukes on Tuesday.

“We’ve had that problem a lot this season, where we had a poor start to our games,” Mayer said. “But getting those goals early definitely put us ahead and had us in the right place mentally.”

With the win, the Chargers will go on to face host and top-seed

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