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COMMERCE CITY, Colo.—Caden MacKenzie scored a goal and had an assist Wednesday night as the Denver East Angels won the Class 5A state championship with a 2-0 victory over the Heritage Eagles.
MacKenzie gave East a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute with a 15-yard shot inside the far post. The Angels went ahead 2-0 nine minutes later when MacKenzie headed to Austin Neureiter, who deflected a shot off the crossbar into the net.
Third-seeded East (18-2) won its third boys’ soccer championship and first since 2008.
Heritage (14-6), the No. 24 seed, struggled to produce a consistent attack and was shutdown by an East defense that didn’t allow a goal in five playoff games.
