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Chill edge Lions for first win of campaign

ST. LOUIS - Just one night earlier the Thunder Bay Chill surrendered two straight goals to lose a chance at victory. Less than 24 hours later they turned the tables on the St. Louis Lions.

ST. LOUIS - Just one night earlier the Thunder Bay Chill surrendered two straight goals to lose a chance at victory.

Less than 24 hours later they turned the tables on the St. Louis Lions.

Goals by Daniel Farias and Sergio Campano Franco erased an early Lions advantage to power the Chill to a 2-1 victory in their Premier Development League regular season match at the Tony Glavin Soccer Complex on Sunday.

The Lions took an early lead in the 12th minute after Audi Jepson broke the ice.

St. Louis came very close to taking that lead into the halftime break.

Farias, who had just subbed in for injured midfielder Dominic Roberts, made a quick impression by scoring just before the half to even the match at 1-1.

The contest was deadlocked until the 60th minute when Sergio Campano Franco netted his second of the season for the go-ahead tally.

Pitch marks: Chill academy graduate Jack Hughes made his first start in goal, picking up the victory. The Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute graduate made his debut appearance Friday, playing 18 minutes in relief of Michael Miller...The Chill improve to 17-7-2 all-time against St. Louis...The Chill will host the Winnipeg Lions for a pair of exhibition matches next weekend at Fort William Stadium...Their regular season schedule resumes on June 5-6 when they host the Springfield Demize in their regular season home opener.





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