A group of fans in the stands at Sauk Centre High School were harping at St. Cloud Cathedral senior Jacob Oliver all night.

The heckles were coming from a place of love. The posse of nearly 20 classmates who drove from St. Cloud to watch their boys soccer team play on a rainy, cold Tuesday night wanted more goals.

In particular, they wanted more Jacob Oliver goals.

They had already prepared a sign that read “state record breaker.” And sure enough, the team was able to snap pictures with it after the game.

Scoring two goals in a 3-1 win over Pelican Rapids, Oliver reached that magic number — 134 career goals — for a Minnesota State High School League boys soccer scoring record. The senior midfielder also helped his team win a fifth consecutive Class 1A, Section 8 championship.

A first-half header tied the record set by Mankato West’s Jake Makela in 2016. Then, with Cathedral up 2-1 with 14 minutes left in the game, Oliver curled a long-range shot into the back post for the record breaker.

“I knew that if I got it back onto my right foot, I’d have the whole net to work with instead of facing a slippery surface on the left foot,” Oliver said. “I kind of felt a huge relief, like a lot of pressure building up.”

Crusaders coach Alex Hess said he might have “lost his head a little bit” celebrating the insurance goal. “That’s a big goal, regardless of where it stands in the record books.”

Then, he realized: “Oh my gosh, it was Jacob.”

“The last half of the year, Jacob just ramps up into a different person, a different monster. He just keeps evolving,” Hess said.

At the beginning of the season, Oliver had said he had his eyes set on becoming the fifth boys player to crack the 100-goal mark in MSHSL history. Even better would be reaching the Cathedral program record of 102 goals.

But as the season wore on, Oliver kept finding the back of the net, even against other top Class 1A teams such as St. Paul Academy and Breck. The chance of cracking the all-time record became a reality.

“I knew the number was there, but I didn’t think it was really possible,” Oliver said. “The team definitely helped me out. They put me in spots to succeed.”

That help went both ways, said Hess, recalling Oliver slotting passes to his teammates for tap-ins during the Crusaders’ section semifinal, when he could have spent the 6-0 win over Central Minnesota Christian hunting for the record.

“Jacob’s going to Jacob,” Hess said. “He’s going to do Jacob things.”

After back-to-back third-place finishes at state, the Crusaders (17-1-1) are making their fifth trip in a row to the state tournament, seeking their first title.

“It feels like a little bit of pressure off my shoulders,” Oliver said. “Really the main focus is to put balls in the back of the net, no matter how they get in there, and win the next three games.”

Oliver’s record-breaking brace also gave him the MSHSL boys soccer record for goals in a season with 51. His career total of 186 points — goals and assists combined — is also a state record.

The girls all-time career goal-scoring record also fell during this year’s postseason play, when Providence Academy forward Maddyn Greenway netted her 204th goal during the Lions’ section tournament.