Article: Shaban's Goal Notches Title for Stone Bridge

As his teammates celebrated around him, Stone Bridge senior Ronnie Shaban reflected on his team's 1-0 win over No. 3 Robinson last night in the Virginia AAA Northern Region boys' soccer championship. It wasn't pretty by soccer standards, but to Shaban, that wasn't important.

"I don't care however bad we played or whatever," said Shaban, who scored the lone goal just 21/2 minutes into the game. "Just winning it is what matters."

The game barely had started when Shaban took a throw-in from senior Chris Kamara at the top of the 18-yard box on the left side and volleyed a right-footed shot that sneaked in under the crossbar to give top-ranked Stone Bridge the lead. But following the goal, ...

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