Back-to-back clean sheets: Bull Dogs grind out another ranked stalemate

Columbus North 0, North Central 0 — Boys Soccer

This was a chess match with cleats. Class 3A No. 19 Columbus North and 3A No. 20 North Central traded half-chances for 80 minutes, but the scoreboard’s shut-eye never budged. The Bull Dogs created the better bite—11–6 in total shots and 6–2 on frame—yet both keepers aced their late tests.

For North, Nicolas de Linan Palacios made two tidy saves and marshaled a back line that pinched space at the top of the box. It’s a second straight ranked shutout after Thursday’s nil-nil with No. 15 Cathedral, giving the Dogs a week of résumé tape that plays in October. The next whistle brings league stakes; the form says these Dogs hunt in a pack and don’t give bones away.