HCS Girls Advance in Sectionals

RFH 2010, Featured Articles, HCS Girls Soccer

Tue, Oct 25, 2011

Weeks leads HCS with a goal and two assists in win at Otselic Valley

Clara Jones scored a goal at 26:18 in the second half to give the 10th seeded HCS girls soccer team a 3-2 win at seventh-seeded Otselic Valley this afternoon, to advance to the next round of Sectional Thursday at second-seeded Cincinatus. Thursday's quarterfinals game starts at 2:30 p.m.

"It was a good game for us today," said HCS Coach Brian Rose. "We scored two early and then had a little let down, but the girls got through it and played well. In the second half you could tell there was a difference between the teams.

Katie Weeks (in photo below) scored Hamilton's first goal at 37:27 on an assist from Carrie vonMeunch. The two switched it up about six minutes later. vonMeunch scored on a helper from Weeks, who also assisted on Jones' goal.

Otselic Valley's Jordan Lidell and Amanda Kord scored for Otselic Valley in the first half, and the score was tied 2-2 at the break.

"We controlled the ball so much better in the second half," said Rose about how hos team won its fourth consecutive game, including the final three of the regular season.

He praised the defensive play of Katherine Keever and Emmy Jones.

HCS outshot Otselic Valley nine to four. Kelby Watkins had three saves. HCS limited Otselic Valley to just one shot in the second half.

Cincinatus ended the regular season with a 12-1 record.

Rose said Cincinatus plays a game similar to his team's. He said he expects a close game, and said his squad needs to shut down Cincy's leading scorer Bailey Rutan, who ended the regular season with 29 goals.