Familiar foes met again in this year’s Sumner County Middle School Girls Soccer League Championship Game. Station Camp entered the contest with a 7-0 record, including a 3-0 semifinal win over Hunter, while Ellis knocked off Gallatin 3-0 to advance. With a record of 5-1-1, Ellis’s only loss came in the regular season matchup between these same two juggernauts.
The game was a defensive battle for most of the first half, until Tournament MVP, Taylor Hahn, surgically placed a ball through the staunch Ellis defense, finding the feet of Mallorie Springs, who then slipped the ball past Ellis’s goalkeeper, Katie Cathey, into the side of the net to put Station Camp up 1-0 in the 22nd minute.
Ellis battled back in the second half, and in the 38th minute, Lilly Filler cranked a rocket off a free kick from 30 yards out. The ball ricocheted off the crossbar, and an alert Kyndall Cripps quickly placed the ball past Station Camp’s goalkeeper, Audri Davis, to knot the score at 1-1.
Both teams had excellent scoring opportunities down the stretch, but both team’s goalkeepers were tenacious. Just as the game appeared to be headed to overtime, the Station Camp offense mustered one final attack in the 58th minute. Ellis’s goalkeeper, Katie Cathey, made a diving save to scoop the ball away from crossing the goal line, but Station Camp’s Kinlee Wiggins found her way behind the Ellis backline to rebound the save and served the ball back into the net, securing the 2-1 victory for the Bison.
The Championship is the second for Station Camp coach, Stephen Williams.
“I was honored to lead these girls,” he said. They all had great attitudes, great effort and had loads of fun while improving their level. We had a few girls step up during the season, and I’m proud of them for going undefeated. We are losing multiple 8th graders, but we have some great leaders returning for next year.”
Middle School League Commissioner, Jerry Becker, added, “I’m extremely appreciative of all the coaches and managers who dedicated their time and energy into making this season happen for these girls. It’s wonderful to see the girls get out there with their classmates and enjoy the game they love to play, while representing their schools. I’d also like to thank Todd Szymanski and the Hendersonville Soccer Club, as well as all of the High School soccer programs, for their support of Middle School soccer here in Sumner County. I’d like to specifically thank HHS Soccer for accommodating a last minute change of venues due to the weather, and affording us the opportunity to play our Championship Game today. We have a tremendous soccer community throughout all of Sumner County.”
Following the team trophy presentations, awards were presented to the Tournament MVP, as well as All-County 1st and 2nd Teams:
Tournament MVP
Taylor Hahn (Station Camp)
All-County 1st Team
Jaylin Baxter (Merrol Hyde), Mackenzie Brown (Ellis), Eva Cito (White House), Meredith Fields (Hunter), Madison Galicki (Station Camp), Laura Hendricks (Station Camp), Lilly Filler (Ellis), Molly Johnson (Ellis), Maddie King (Hunter), Emri Lassiter (Station Camp), Emma Moser (Knox Doss), Olivia Strong (Gallatin), Vanessa Torres (Gallatin)
All-County 2nd Team
Alyssa Bates (Station Camp), Sydney Bertotti (Ellis), Kyndall Cripps (Ellis), Lucy Daggett (Knox Doss), Emerson Fitzwilson (Hunter), Ava Hesson (Gallatin), Addy Lee (Ellis), Kailyn Lovett (Hunter), Emma Kate O’Neill (Merrol Hyde), Joeli Ryman (White House), Addison Stevens (Gallatin), Harper Thomas (Station Camp), Emma Wood (Station Camp)
Station Camp
Riley Adcock, Brynn Balturshot, Alyssa Bates, Emma Bloomfield, Audri Davis, Madison Galicki, Sophia Gates, Clara Good, Sadie Hand, Taylor Hahn, Laura Hendricks, Charlotte Ho, Kolby Jackson, Lilly Juechter, Marlee Kennedy, Genet Kingsbury, Emri Lassiter, Addison Long, Isabella Martin, Sadie McMenamy, Avery Claire Peppers, Maddie Rose Perer, Bella Schlagenhaft, Sarah Schmidt, Kambria Shields, Mallorie Springs, Emma Stover, Harper Thomas, Abby Waller, Elise West, Kinlee Wiggins, Sadie Wilson, Emma Wood, Stephen Williams (Head Coach), Lyle Lassiter (Assistant Coach)
Ellis
Ansley Batey, Marleigh Benfield, Sydney Bertotti, Macey Brandon, Mackenzie Brown, London Carlgren, Katie Cathey, Kyndall Cripps, Josie Dewey, Evan Dunn, Abigale Eckenrod, Lilly Filler, Addi George, Autumn Gunter, Manning Hellman, Sydney Hines, Jodi Hodgson, Molly Johnson, Taylor Jones, Ava Kaiser, Kyra Koster, Kayleah Kulesa, Addy Lee, Reese Mashburn, Brooklin O’Bryan, Lily Painter, Kinley Sarver, Adrienne Sherrill, Penny Singelyn, Olivia Weissinger, Leah Wuori, Rose Wuori, Kelsey Plummer (Head Coach), Melissa Brown (Assistant Coach)
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