Xzavion Quick's two goals lift Florence over Lafayette in MHSAA Boys 5A Championship
GLUCKSTADT, Miss. — Xzavion Quick dreamed of scoring a goal to help his Florence Eagles win a state championship. Turns out, one wasn't going to be enough.
The senior striker put two balls in the back of the net, as the Eagles held on to defeat the Lafayette Commodores 2-1 to claim the MHSAA Boys Class 5A Soccer State Championship Saturday afternoon at Germantown’s Maverick Stadium.
It’s Florence’s fifth state title in school history and first state title since 2017.
“These guys are a group of gamers. They show up on game day and they play hard and they did that today,” said Florence coach Josh Cavanaugh. “My defense doesn’t give up a whole lot of goals and they showed that today. Credit to Lafayette they were a great team and deserved to be here.”
Quick scored his first goal on a breakaway four minutes into the game to Florence a quick 1-0 lead.
Quick added his second goal on another breakaway with one minute left in the first half to extend the Eagles' lead to 2-0.
“I came in thinking I was going to get one goal today and I knew I was and it came so early which was surprising,” Quick said. “The second one I didn’t expect to do all that work in a minute but came out here did my thing and helped get a win. So happy we won this especially my senior year.”
The Eagles (16-8-2) only finished the game with two shots on goal and both were goals by Quick, a Hinds Comminuty College football signee.
“I knew Lafayette was going to come back and press us the way they were because they are a quality team,” Cavanaugh said. “Xzavion is a big guy that knows how to run and knows how to control the ball as a soccer guy and is a footballer in both sports. These guys play well together and a special group to coach.”
Lafayette (17-8-1) scored in the last minute of the second half as Kyan Cohran scored off a pass from Wesley Kilpatrick. The Commodores finished with 10 shots on goal.
“I thought we were going to out possess them and with the wind it was going to come down to who scores first and we spotted them one in the first five minutes,” said Lafayette coach Gene Anderson. “We couldn’t get one early enough and we got one late but we needed that earlier in the game.”
