GODFREY — With an early season showdown between rivals Alton High and Edwardsville on tap for Saturday evening, Mother Nature decided to put on a light show instead.

Saturday’s Alton Tournament game at Alton High School between Alton and Edwardsville was cancelled after several lightning delays. Saturday’s game would have been for the round-robin tourney title. Both teams finished the tournament 2-0. Earlier Saturday, Alton defeated Dunlap 2-0 and Edwardsville shut out Triad 4-0. The tourney began Friday.

“It was getting later and later,” Alton coach Nick Funk said. “Every time there’s a lightning strike, a new 30-minute delay starts. Without lights, it was pretty clear we weren’t going to get the game in tonight.”

There are no plans to make up the game. The teams play a Southwestern Conference game Sept. 27 in Edwardsville.

“It’s too bad we couldn’t play the game, but it is what it is,” Edwardsville coach Mark Heiderscheid said. “It’s tough to reschedule, trying to find refs and open dates for each team.”

A 3:30 p.m. game between Triad and Dunlap was called 10 minutes into the second half because of lightning with Triad leading 4-0.

Meanwhile, scores at the Carlinville Tournament included Jersey 8, Athens 1; Lincolnwood 3, Gillespie 0; Athens 1, Roxana 0; Springfield Southeast 0, McGivney 0; Hillsboro 1, Springfield Lutheran 0; Southeast 1, Carlinville 0; Jersey 9, Roxana 0; McGivney 3, Carlinville 2; Hillsboro 4, Litchfield 1; Lincolnwood 1, EAWR 0 and EAWR 3, Gillespie 0.

The Carlinville Tournament will continue next week.

ALTON 2, DUNLAP 0 – Logan Clark scored early in the first half and CJ Nasello added a penalty kick goal early in the second for the Redbirds, who notched their third consecutive shutout with the victory. Friday, they beat Triad 3-0 and had blanked Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 3-0 in the season opener.

“We’re playing the ball wider and it’s really working so far,” Alton first-year coach Nick Funk said. “So far, we have scored seven goals and six of them have come from playing the ball wide.”

With the ball wider, opposing defenses are drawn out, creating more space in which the Redbirds can work.

“I know it’s early,” Funk said, “but the team is really doing a good job working together.”

With the temperature rising as the game wore on, play slowed late in the game. But early, the Redbirds used a play that began with a long ball from Nasello to get the scoring started.

From right wing, Nasello sent the ball in toward the goal. The ball deflected off Skylar Funk in front of the goal and it was headed toward the left goal post. Clark was there to redirect it inside the post.

“(Nasello) started it with a good ball,” Nick Funk said. “Clark is really coming on and playing very well for us.”

In the second half, a handball by the Eagles inside the penalty area resulted in a penalty kick by Nasello. The senior midfielder calmly placed it in back of the net.

“CJ does a lot for us,” Nick Funk said. “He’s skilled, he can create, he sees the field very well.”

EDWARDSVILLE 4, TRIAD 0 – Alec Mills scored his first three goals for Edwardsville as the Tigers blanked Triad.

“(Mills) worked very hard off season and came back in great shape and it shows in his play,” Edwardsville coach Mark Heiderscheid said of the junior. “He’s got good size and he works his tail off.”

Mills gave the Tigers and early lead when he headed in a pass from Michael Glisson in the second minute of play. Then came a goal from Kyle Wright after an assist from Jacob Mulvihill.

Mills scored his second goal of the game early in the second half . He put in a rebound after an original shot by Bayne Noll and a save by Triad goalie John McGee.

CARLINVILLE TOURNEY – In its 8-0 win over Athens, Jersey got four goals from Jake Ridenhour, two from Logan Simpson and one each from Luke Palcheff and Austin Kimnrell.

In the Panthers’ 9-0 win over Roxana, Eric Walker scored three goals, Ridenhour had two, while Palcheff, Simpson, Alan Wendell and David Rogers each scored once.

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