GODFREY — Alton ran up against a familiar foe in Saturday’s championship game of its own round-robin soccer tournament. And it wasn’t just SWC rival Edwardsville that earned a 2-0 win and the tourney crown, it was the Tigers’ soccer mystique that has apparently befuddled some of the Redbirds players in recent years.

“It’s that Edwardsville thing,” AHS coach Nick Funk said. “We play well, but our kids look intimidated when t’s Edwardsville. We played timid today in the first half and it cost us.”

Edwardsville’s Kyle Wright scored a first-half goal rebounding a penalty kick and Cooper Nolan added a late breakaway for the Tigers’ goals.

“We played them 50-50 the second half,” Funk said. “I’m not sure what it is about Edwardsville to these kids, but when I was playing at Alton, it wasn’t there.”

Wright’s PK was saved by goalie Hunter Dill, but Miracle swooped in and scored on the rebound in the 22nd minute.

Then, with 12 minutes remaining in the game, Nolan scored on a breakaway after the AHS defense misplayed clearing the ball.

“Overall, we didn’t look bad,” Funk said. “And that’s the main thing in early tournaments.

Alton 1, Dunlap 0 – Morrissey scored in the 10th minute and the Redbirds made that goal hold up in the win over Dunlap. Morrissey was assisted on the goal by Colin Lombardi.

Lombardi blasted a shot that dipped just before the Dunlap keeper tipped it off the crossbar. Morrissey was there to finish.

“Dunlap is very good, with great speed up top and on the wings,” Funk said. “We handled the pressure well and we were able to win the midfield battle.”

Edwardsville 6, Murphysboro 0 – The Tigers scored three goals in each half and rolled to the easy win.

In the first half, EHS got goals from Kyle Wright, Ethan Miracle and Kurt Wright. In the second half, Seth Goodman, Nick Noel and Cooper Nolan scored. Alex Kehere and Andrew Wilke shared the shutout in goal.