The Braves and THS saw five yellow cards and a red card issued, all to the Chieftains in Bonner Springs’ double-overtime 2-1 victory.

Jacob Kraus buried two penalty kicks, one in the second half to tie the game 1-1 and the brace with six minutes left in the second over time, to give the Braves the win.

BSHS coach Mike Moulin wanted Kraus to take the second kick even after he took the first.

“He was a little reluctant at first,” Moulin said. “He was nervous. I told him, ‘Remember, the keeper knew where you put it last time. Do something different.'”

But Kraus didn’t do something different. He went to the same spot, shooting to his left.

While BSHS came out as victors, it was the Chieftains who controlled much of the game, even when Asher Huseman earned a second yellow card and had to be sent off six minutes into the second half, leaving THS down a man.

Huseman received his first yellow card with 10 minutes left in the first half while sliding into Bonner Springs keeper Nickolas Passinese, who had control of the ball.

The second yellow was from a cleats-up slide, which resulted in a red. The referees had an eye on him because of the first yellow and even warned him before the start of the second half he needed to be careful.

THS coach Brad Kroll wasn’t upset after the game, even though it seemed many of the calls were going the Braves’ way.

“That’s the way it is in the perception of the official,” Kroll said. “That’s the way the rules read.

“I’ve taught that everything is based on the perception of the official. Majority of my kids are officials, so they know this and they get this. They don’t have to agree, as I don’t have to agree, but I don’t have the same vantage point. So, maybe he saw something I didn’t see. That’s why you don’t argue. There’s no sense in arguing.

“The only person with a voice on the field is my captain. Everyone else is blabbing off to be blabbing off, and they shouldn’t be and they know that.”

Huseman scored the Chieftains’ lone goal nearly halfway through the first half. He had another chance moments later when he found himself one-on-one with Passinese, who was about 20 yards off his line.

Huseman tried to chip him, but the shot went wide.

Kroll said that’s a learning experience and hopes that Huseman learns from it and finishes next time. He said he told Huseman to use speed and go around the keeper, instead of trying to chip him.

Passinese is just a freshman, and Moulin said the team is very young. Only four players — Roman Glenn, Taner Shipman, Rodrigo Fernandez Alvarado and Kraus — are seniors.

“None of these guys played varsity hardly at all last year except my seniors,” Moulin said.

He thought his team got better as the game progressed, but showed some rust in terms of making runs.

“I told them before the second overtime, ‘Every time our midfield or defense gets the ball, the forwards run away You guys have to learn how to come back to the ball,'” Moulin said.

The Braves should improve as many are just picking the soccer ball back up. Plus, they are trying to figure out each other as there was so much turnover from last season.

“Some of them played (summer ball), but a majority of them are my seniors and my freshman,” Moulin said. “Other than that, most of these boys showed up last week to practice.”