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High school boys’ soccer August 19, 2008

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Coach Andy Schulten wasn’t sure his St. Xavier soccer team could start and stay at the top of those polls all season long.

“I started feeling a lot of pressure this year thinking these guys didn’t understand, they didn’t know what it takes,” Schulten said. “But they won me over.”

And the top-ranked Tigers did as expected and won the boys’ state soccer title 5-1 over Clark County in front of 2,310 at Toyota Stadium.

St. Xavier finished the season unbeaten and dominant, outscoring opponents 145-13.

The Tigers, who won their eighth state title, became just the third team in the last 30 years to finish undefeated. City rival Trinity did it last in 1998.

Schulten thinks his club should be considered among the best of all time.

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