Greene County was a 5-0 high school boys’ soccer winner on Thursday night in Grand Junction in the opening round of Class 1A Substate play. The win was over Chariton, who ends the season 7-8 while the Rams advance to the semifinals with a 10-4 record after winning for the fourth straight time. Coach Carl Behne’s team goes to Des Moines Christian School (10-4) in Urbandale to face DMC on Monday night.

Jose Velazco opened the scoring just over two minutes into the contest for a 1-0 lead Gesser Aguilar scored the next two goals, both in the first half with his second of the night coming with just three seconds to play before intermission. In the second half, Jack Hansen scored and Brenner Gallagher had a goal on a penalty kick. Kolby Angell had an assist. Coach Behne said the backline of Brayden Roberts, Cody Allen, and Lucas Jablonski. played very well and Gabe Ebersole had two saves in goal.

The Rams saw the return of midfielder Nathan Behne after he missed nearly a month due to injuries, and the coach told Raccoon Valley Radio other players who have either missed time or played hurt, are getting healthier at the right time. He added several bench players were doing well.