CLAYTON — Southmont girls soccer is on mission with a single goal in mind... to win a sectional title. That mission got started on Tuesday when the Mounties opened up the Class A Sectional 44 at Cascade by defeating South Vermillion 7-0.
The Mounties scored four goals in the first half as Chloe Lynn got things started for the Mounties. Shakhia Burks found the back of the net next followed by two straight goals by Elle Gray. Gray wasn’t done as she notched a hat trick to make it 5-0 in favor of South. Lillie Odum made it 6-0 before Emily Smith rounded out the scoring with a corner kick goal.
“We talked about before the game that it was win or go home at this point,” first-year coach Roger Azar said. “We wanted to take nothing for granted coming in. We played hard and played smart tonight and the results were able to speak for themselves. We were able to mix things up tonight with having a lot of different girls score. You could tell they were having fun and I had fun watching them play.”
South now gets a re-match with the host Cadets who defeated North Putnam 9-0 also Tuesday night. Back on Sep. 19 the Mounties made the trip to that same exact field they’ll play on on Thursday and fell to the host Cadets 3-0. Azar knows it will be another challenge, but one his girls will be ready for as a spot in the sectional title game is on the line.
“They understand that Cascade was a team that gave us some challenges,” Azar said. “I think though that we’re ready both physically and mentally to take them on. We’ll take tomorrow to practice hard then be ready to get another crack at them.”
The winner between the Cadets and the Mounties will advance to the sectional title game on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. back at Cascade. They’ll play the winner of the second semi-final between Greencastle and Bethesda Christian.
