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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth part of a five-part series revealing the best boys soccer games of the 2010s.
A battle of longtime rivals for a district championship, a program winning its first ever district title and a team which appeared destined for the state championship game coming up just shy in the semifinals.
That's what Nos. 6-4 consist of as the area's Top 15 boys soccer games of the decade continues as we reach the homestretch.
Lewisburg and Midd-West have had absolutely battles over the years, especially throughout the 2010s. So it's no surprise those two playing in the 2016 District 4 Class AA championship kicks off this list at No. 6.
6. Lewisburg 1, Midd-West 0, 2016 DISTRICT 4 CLASS AA CHAMPIONSHIP
You could fill this list up with numerous Midd-West/Lewisburg games, but this one definitely stood out as one of the best battles between these two in the 2010s.
Lewisburg and Midd-West is the best boys soccer rivalry in all of District 4, and the fact these two got to meet in four consecutive district championship games is awesome. In 2016, it was a close battle decided by just one goal.
The Green Dragons had a target on their backs this season after going 25-0 in 2015 and claiming the state championship. Everyone wanted to knock Lewisburg off its pedastal, but after a 2-1 setback on Oct. 1 to State College, Lewisburg cruised the rest of the way and didn't lose again.
Lewisburg scored thanks to a great throw-in from Nate Liscum, which Mateo Bernas quickly got and fired a shot to the left post for the game's lone goal.
The game was physical from start to finish, something that you could always expect between the Green Dragons and Mustangs.
"We knew this was going to be this game. This is a tradtiional Lewisburg/Midd-West game. They come in and beat the heck out of us and we stand up and pick ourselves back up and keep going," Lewisburg coach Skip Kratzer said.
This was Lewisburg's third consecutive district championship and also the third straight title game against Midd-West.
"Tough to beat the same team three years in a row for a district championship. We just give props to them because they played their hearts out," Lewisburg's Joey Bhangdia said.
Bhangdia played excellent that game, almost scoring twice in a 90-second span, but both great shots hit off the crossbar.
In this physical game, both defenses played tough and Lewisburg held just a 5-2 shots-on-goal advantage.
Midd-West had two solid players receive yellow cards late in the game in Cole Sauer and Trevor Leitzel, limiting the Mustangs' offensive power.
"It is tough, but guys that were on the field poured everything they had for us," Midd-West coach Chris Sauer said. "You can't be upset about that."
5. Wellsboro 1, Millville 0, 2017 DISTRICT 4 CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP
The Green Hornets had been slowly building up a great program. After consecutive seasons with single-digit wins in 2011 and 2012, Wellsboro won 17 games in 2013 and started a run of seven straight double-digit win seasons.
Wellsboro got to the district final in 2013, but fell shy of the program's first championship. But that set the foundation for what was to come.
Fast forward to 2017, and Wellsboro had a remarkable team that had speed up top, a tough midfield and a stingy defense and goalie. The end result was Wellsboro defeating perennial district power Millville in a remarkable game, 1-0, to win the district championship for the first time in program history.
It was a sense of relief for the Green Hornets after the program came up shy the past four seasons of winning the title.
Defensively, Wellsboro played well the entire game, holding Millville to just six shots and in the end, recording the shutout with Nate Redell in goal. Wellsboro lived up to its mascot name, swarming Millville anytime an offensive player got a throughball into Wellsboro's third of the field. The Quakers ended with just six shots on goal.
The Green Hornets' lone goal came eight minutes into the game when Noah Fitch sent a pass into the 6-yard box to Kaeden Mann, who kicked it in off a Quakers player.
In the final 10 minutes, Wellsboro shut Millville down entirely. The Quakers couldn't get an offensive burst going and in the final two minutes, Millville didn't even get the ball past midfield.
The Green Hornets went on to win the program's first state game as well by defeating District 3's Greenwood, 1-0, before losing in the quarterfinals to Masterman, 2-1. The state win was a great victory for Wellsboro, but that district championship win was a special win that the program had been building up to in the years prior.
"We knew we had to come back. We knew we had to get better," Wellsboro's Brett Rudy said of getting past the district semifinals. "We got better and we finally won."
4. New Hope-Solebury 2, Lewisburg 1, 2019 PIAA CLASS AA SEMIFINALS
Ben Liscum sat on the turf as the wind howled through Hamburg's field, head down and his arms resting on his knees. This wasn't the way the Green Dragons' season was supposed to end.
Lewisburg was expected to get to a state championship again in 2019 and Liscum's reaction summed up how the team felt. New Hope-Solebury came away the better team with a stunning 2-1 win against Lewisburg, giving the Green Dragons (22-1-1) their only loss of the year in the state semifinals and denying Lewisburg a chance at another state championship.
The Lions built up a 2-0 lead, a deficit Lewisburg hasn't seen in recent years, and it was too much for the Green Dragons to rally from late in the game.
Lewisburg scored on a James Koconis shot near the far endline with 3 minutes, 28 seconds remaining to make it a 2-1 game. Anton Permyashkin nearly tied the game with a great corner kick that almost snuck in for a goal before Kyle Campbell grabbed it and prevented it from rolling in.
"The last two minutes they were pushing hard and they had quality guys in the midfield and guys up front," New Hope-Solebury coach Dave Bachart said. "You just have to stay with them. Our players locked down and did their job."
The Lions scored with 8:20 left in the first half when Davis Nagg got his head on a throw-in for the first goal. The second goal was with 23:20 left in the game from just outside of the 18-yard box.
"It was one of those games where we had our chances at the end. Almost got one here and there, and a goal-line save. They had a heck of a goal coming off the right side. A world-class shot," Liscum said.
Lewisburg managed just three shots all game as both the Green Dragons and Lions came into the game with outstanding defensive units.