COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the second time this week, Wyoming junior Teddy Peterson came up big in goal in a penalty-kick shootout with all to play for.
Wyoming went to penalty kicks in its quest for a state boys soccer title, defeating Worthington Christian to win the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division IV boys soccer state championship Nov. 15 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Stadium.
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Wyoming, 17-4-3 overall, won 3-1 in a best-of-five penalty-kick shootout to win its second state title, its first in 2021. WC (18-3-3), last year’s state champion in DIV, finished as runner-up for the third time in the past four seasons. It is the 19th boys soccer state final all-time to be decided in a shootout.
Wyoming goalkeeper Teddy Peterson (0) saves the ball from going into the goal in the Division IV state final Nov. 15, 2026, at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field in Columbus.
Peterson, Wyoming’s first-year starter in goal, saved two penalty kicks in the shootout, including the last Warriors kick in the fourth round to end it.
After both teams made their first kick, Peterson saved WC’s second, and the Warriors’ third shooter missed well over the crossbar.
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Wyoming was a perfect 3-for-3 in the shootout, with seniors Miles Steininger, Nolan Franco and Brayden Strong converting in order.
Peterson had made the final save in the semifinals, ending the game after Liam Hagerman had converted to start the seventh round.
How the game unfolded
The game was evenly played through 80 minutes of regulation and 30 minutes of overtime.
Wyoming had 16 shots, four on goal. Worthington had 14, five on goal. Three of those came in one wild sequence late in the first half.
Both teams showed the strong defense they have had all season. Worthington allowed only 20 goals for the season and Wyoming 17. Both teams scored in the second half today.
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Wyoming took a 1-0 lead six minutes into the second half.
Junior Liam Hagerman hit a right-footed grounder just inside the near post for his seventh goal of the season.
Hagerman had scored twice in the postseason in blowout wins in the first two rounds. His four goals in the regular season were in similar situations.
Worthington Christian’s Levi Pribe (21) battles Wyoming’s Tristian Pittman (9) for the ball in the Division IV state final Nov. 15, 2026, at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field in Columbus.
Those goals prepared him for the much-needed clutch moments this week. He had the winning penalty kick in the seventh round against Bay Village Bay in the state semifinals.
Hagerman had two more shots on goal in the last 15 minutes left in the second half, after Worthington tied it at 1-1. He had all three shots on goal for the Cowboys in regulation.
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With 21 minutes left, WC’s Colton Hoskinson volleyed in the ball near the far post from a great diagonal pass to tie the game 1-1.
Both teams had multiple chances in overtime but shots missed wide. Nolan Franco had Wyoming’s best chance in the second overtime.
With 13 minutes left in the first half, Worthington had a sequence where the Warriors had a header blocked by an outfield player, a follow shot clip the bottom of the crossbar, then a follow header saved by the keeper Peterson.
WC had seven shots in the first half, two on goal, both of those credited in that sequence. Wyoming had three shots, none on goal.
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For regulation, Wyoming had eight shots, three on goal and WC had 12, five on goal.
Worthington came in as the defending state champions and was runner-up the previous two seasons. The Warriors had four state champions overall coming in and five runner-ups, plus six previous trips to the semifinals.
Wyoming was state champion in 2021, starting a run of four state semifinal appearances in six seasons.
Wyoming lineup notes and statistics
Wyoming starters in the final were Peterson, Will Haid, Ethan Nordstrom, Brayden Strong, Nolan Franco, Caleb Kahn, Miles Steininger, Everett Johnson, Carter Snyder, Dawson Feldman and Cayden Walters.
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Five of them scored in double figures for the year and were closely match. Snyder had 13 goals and five assists. Johnson had 12 and 11, Franco 11 and nine, Steininger 10 and 12 and Walters 10 and five. Hagerman and junior Ethan Harrison had seven goals and Kahn five. Dennis Cummings had eight assists and three goals.
Peterson finished with 11.5 shutouts in goal.
Wyoming senior salute
Seniors are Will Haid, Ethan Nordstrom, AJ Nikolaidis, Brayden Strong, Nolan Franco, Caleb Kahn, Tristan Pitman, Miles Steininger, Everett Johnson, Carter Snyder, Greg Kleinschmidt and Dennis Cummings.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Wyoming keeper comes up big again as Cowboys win state title
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