Colchester — Somehow, it fit that Waterford High School's bus was late Wednesday. Thirteen seniors waited their whole lives for this day, this chance, so what was another few minutes driving up Route 85?

And when the game started, the Lancers played like a group that wanted to make some history. They did so on several levels, not the least of which was bringing some hardware back to 20 Rope Ferry Road.

Waterford's boys' soccer team earned the Division II title of the Eastern Connecticut Conference with a 4-0 win over nemesis Bacon Academy. The Lancers also snapped Bacon's 30-match unbeaten streak at home (26-0-4 since a loss to Lyman Hall in 2013).

It also adds to a string of success in boys' sports for the Lancers, who have won division titles in basketball, baseball, lacrosse and now soccer in this calendar year.

"We've been playing all our lives together. These are my bros," Waterford senior Colin Shannon said. "It means a lot. Bacon is a rival. At the top with us. This was like the same head-to-head match we've had all four years. To win 4-0 is one of the greatest things we could do."

Shannon, Dan Castelpoggi (twice) and Leo Oviedo scored first-half goals for Waterford, which finished the division at 8-1-1. The Lancers are 13-2-1 overall.

Waterford also avenged a 1-0 loss to Bacon (10-3-2, 7-3) from earlier this season that happened on an own goal.

"This means so much," Castelpoggi said. "We have 13 seniors. It means so much win our last regular-season game together. They've been our toughest opponent, them and Montville, for the last four years. We weren't expecting this."

Glen Faber made five saves and earned the shutout for the Lancers, who await seeding and opponent in the upcoming ECC tournament. There's a chance Waterford and Bacon will see each other again, perhaps more than once. Both will also play in the Class M state tournament.

Waterford coach Joe Mendonca was quite happy on all counts, including the accomplishment of winning a very competitive division.

"It was quoted out there this is the 'division of death' regardless of who you were going up against," he said. "To lose to them last time on an own goal and to come up here to their last game, look at how the story was written. This group of seniors definitely had their goals set."

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