Carbon welcomed in the No. 10 Juab Wasps for the second round of the 3A State Championship playoffs on Wednesday in Price. The Dinos and the Wasps were locked in a battle throughout the contest but Carbon’s season came to a close as they lost the match  5-4 in a tie-breaker.

Carbon and Juab scored their only goals in the first half. The second half and the overtime periods were a defensive showcase with both teams still tied at at the end of regulation and the two overtime periods.  Moving to penalty kicks to settle the outcome, Carbon came up just one goal short ending their season in the second round of the playoffs.

Carbon, who was ranked at No.7 was part of a very dubious group of four higher seeds that lost in Wednesday’s matches. No. 13 Emery defeated No. 4 Grand. Richfield the No. 12 team in the RPI, took down No.5 Grantsville. Emery and Richfield will face each other on Wednesday on the Wildcats home field. And Summit Academy No. 14, knocked out the the No. 3 Manti Templars.

The Dinos ended the season with a 9-6 overall record and were 8-2 in Region 12 play. Carbon now begins to look forward to next season. They will be losing seven seniors this year to graduation, one of them, Noah Bradford ended the season in the top 10 of the state in three categories: goals (15), assists (11) and points (41).

Carbon will lean on underclassmen like Jackson Griffith, Jackson Smith and Zach Chappell to lead the soccer program when the season starts again next March.