ALPENA, MI - The Alpena Boys Soccer team opened up MHSAA Tournament play with a 5-0 victory over Mt Pleasant on Thursday at Park Family Field at Wildcat Stadium.  The Oiler had the first opportunity to get on the board on Zachary Haggart-Madison shot that was pushed just over the upper board by Wenton Harrison.  Building off their defensive momentum, the Wildcats began to pressure the Oilers on the offensive end following the Harrison save.  The Wildcats got on the board 19-minutes into the game when Mike Clark sailed a pass across the field to Grant Botha who bicycle kicked the ball into the open net to give Alpena the 1-0 lead.  Later in the half, Botha found a wide-open Caleb Zaborney who raced past the Oiler defense and buried the ball into the net to increase the Wildcat lead to 2-0 lead.  Early in the second half, a Craig Tagliareni pass to Ivo Arvidsson-Ullberg was too far but snuck in the net when the Oiler netminder misplayed the ball.  Arvidsson-Ullberg finished the scoring a few moments later for his 25th goal of the year, which is one goal short of tying the Wildcat single-season record of 26 set by Gabe Miller in 1996.

Alpena (16-4-2) will host Bay City John Glenn on Thursday, October 15 at 6pm in the District 32 Semi-Finals.