The what-ifs can be dropped – Polk County is the undisputed boys soccer champion of the Western Highlands Conference.
The Wolverines’ Sept. 21 match with Owen will officially be recorded as a 2-2 tie, leaving Polk County with a 10-1-1 conference record and thus ensuring the Wolverines will finish ahead of Hendersonville (9-2 in WHC play with one game remaining).
WHC policy calls for all soccer matches tied at the end of overtime to be settled by penalty kicks. But in that Sept. 21 encounter at Polk County Middle School, match referees left the field at the end of overtime, telling captains from both teams that the conference didn’t do penalty kicks and the game would remain tied.
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The two schools debated several options for resolving the situation. But, ultimately, with the game not impacting playoff seedings, the schools decided Thursday to leave the game as a tie. Polk County athletic director Brandon Schweitzer said the rest of the WHC agreed with the decision.
State 2A playoff pairings will be announced Monday.
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