Red Hawks Going to the State Finals.

Written Thursday November 3rd at 12:00 AM

The Troy Athens Red Hawks is heading to the State Finals for Boys Soccer.

Troy Athens had to overcome another set of penalty kicks except this was a different opponent in the Rochester Falcons at Troy on Wednesday night.

Fresh off winning a re-do penalty kick regional final against Macomb Dakota at home, the Red Hawks defeated the Falcons 2-1 in penalties sending them to a matchup with East Kentwood at Grand Rapids Comstock Park at 3 PM on Saturday.

Troy Athens trailed 1-0 until the 30 minute mark in the second half. The Red Hawks got a huge goal sending the game into overtime. The Red Hawks dominated the second half but the Falcons dominated the overtime periods.

Troy Athens defeated Rochester in penalty kicks 5-3.

If the Red Hawks can defeat the East Kentwood Falcons then it would be their first State title since 1997.

The Falcons finished the year at 15-4-5 while the Red Hawks right now sit at 19-4-2.