Mendota lets three-goal lead slip away in supersectional loss to Alleman

As the final seconds ticked away, Mendota soccer players fell to their knees, some rolling onto their backs, with their hands covering their faces as Alleman players raced toward their bench in celebration.For the Trojans, their run at a third straight IHSA Class 1A state tournament appearance came up a win short as they lost 4-3 to the Pioneers in the IVC Supersectional A on Monday in Chillicothe.“I just let them know that nothing we say right now is going to make any of us feel any better, but to have the kind of season we did with the amount of players we lost from last year’s team is incredible,” Mendota coach Nick Meyers said. “We were able to get 21 wins. We made it to the supersectional again.”Mendota, which was state runner-up last year and third-place finisher in 2024, came out strong Monday, scoring two goals in a 21-second stretch in the 16th minute.Isaac Diaz saved the ball from going out of bounds on the left side, dribbled around a Pioneer defender and fired a shot into t