LANSING — Once it got to overtime, at this stage of the postseason, however it ended was probably going to be a gut-punch for someone.

And going to a penalty kick shootout merely ensured that. After feeling like they dominated much of the play — with little to show for it — through a scoreless regulation time in Wednesday’s Division 1 boys soccer semifinal at Lansing Eastern High School, the No. 5 Clarkston Wolves came up on the short end of the PKs, falling 4-3 to No. 1-ranked Portage Central.

“Penalties, you know, it’s a great way to win, but it’s a hard way to lose, right? What can you do?” Clarkston coach Ian Jones said. “If it had been us, you know, if we’d gone through that way, I mean, obviously, it’d been tough on them, right? It’s the worst part of soccer when you lose is a PK s

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