CONCORDIA, Kansas- Hesston College is trying to build a men's soccer program. Cloud County Community College is hunting a national championship. The discrepancies showed in Saturday's final score as the No. 12 ranked T-Birds manhandled the visiting Larks en route to an 8-0 victory.

The win moved Cloud County to 13-0-1 overall and 10-0-1 in the Region VI West, while the loss dropped Hesston College to 3-10-1 overall, 1-8-1 Region VI West.

Freshman striker James Ndubueze got the ball rolling right off the opening kick as, after freshman Marcos Gomes won the headball to start, Ndubueze bury a shot into the back of the net to give the T-Birds a 1-0 lead before players began to break a sweat.

"The finishing was outstanding today," said Cloud County head coach, James Ross. "Not only were they goals, they were quality goals. We started off the game exactly how we wanted to by winning the headball out of the air. Great stuff by them (Ndubueze and Gomes)."

Freshman left-back Leo Silva Santiago, who finished with two goals on the afternoon, upped the Cloud County lead to 2-0 with 17:17 remaining in the first half with a header that skipped past the Larks' keeper.

Seven minutes later, freshman Rafael Santos scored his third goal of the season to give the T-Birds a 3-0 lead with 10:01 left in the first half, an advantage Cloud County would carry into the halftime break.

In the second half, it was Marcos Gomes, fresh off a hat trick against Northwest Kansas Technical College, who provided the fireworks early on. Gomes scored twice within 15 seconds, the second goal coming via a friendly rebounded off the left goal post that bounced back to Gomes after his initial shot.

Cloud County would add three more goals after that as Ryan Medilah increased his team-high points lead (14 points) with a goal that made it a 6-0 game, followed by the second goals of the day from Santiago and Ndubueze coming with 25:52 and 13:05 remaining, respectively.

Despite the lopsided score, Ross said there is still plenty for his team to work on heading into the home regular season finale set for 4 p.m. Wednesday against Pratt Community College.

"After the first goal, our guys were playing at 120 miles per hour forward. But we are best when we play composed, not rushing forward. We need to pick and choose our opportunities to push forward," Ross said. "Our outside midfielders didn't do a good job of staying wide, and we didn't do a good job of possessing the ball to kill the clock late in the second half. I know the kids are having fun, they want to score goals, but we still have some things to improve on. Once we fix those things, the only team that can beat us is ourselves."