Jesuit boys make it look easy in state championship win over Grant

It wasn’t easy in the beginning, but boy it looked easy in the end. After a loss and a tie in their first two games of the 2026 season, the Jesuit Crusaders won the remainder of their 16 games and capped things with a 4-2 win over Grant in the OSAA 6A Boys Soccer State Championship Game on Saturday night, Nov. 14, at Hillsboro Stadium. The Crusaders got two goals from senior standout Vala Saghafi, along with goals from Rodrigo Rodriguez and Jet Perry en route to their second state title in three years. Saghafi was a big part of that championship team that came from two goals down to defeat McMinnville two seasons ago, and while he said that win was special, it didn’t compare to the win against the Generals on Saturday night. “This is amazing,” Saghafi said. “We started in July and trained once a week. August we had camp and tryouts, and the team selected 15 seniors. And that brotherhood is what took us to this moment.

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