The
Chillicothe Lady Hornets went 1 and 1 at the Mexico Tournament. The
Lady Hornets beat Mexico 2 to 1. Chillicothe was active with 15
shots on goal and six corner kicks compared to Mexico's three shots
on goal.
The Lady Hornets went to work early with three
shots on goal in the first six minutes, but none found the net.
Mexico scored first, finding the net in the 21st minute.
Chillicothe tied the score early in the second half
when Bianca Clark found the net. Alice Hurtgen netted the winning
goal a few minutes later. Hurtgen and Jessica Reeter each took six
shots, Avery Baxter took three, Madison Albaugh, Hayden Hansen,
Rylee Washburn each had two shots and Bianca Clark had 1.
Coach Jimmy Chapman said: "First game of the year, made
a mistake on their goal, but did well to correct it and were able to
come back and win a match for the first time in at least 4 or 5
seasons, if not longer. The girls showed a lot of heart and
determination. Proud of the way so many of them moved around and
were able to play different positions, as well as the younger
players who stepped up when we needed them to and contribute when
maybe the plan wasn't for them to be playing this much this early.
Good team win and valuable experience for the players that were
there."
In the second game, Battle of Columbia picked up
a 5 to 1 win over the Lady Hornets. Battle had 19 shots compared to
Chillicothe's six.
Battle scored first, just 1:32 into the game for a
quick 1-0 lead. They scored twice more for a 3-0 lead at halftime.
Chillicothe responded early in the second half with an
Alice Hurtgen goal off a Rylee Washburn assist. Battle responded
with two quick goals 12 minutes later to finish the scoring.
Lady Hornets goalie Hadley Beemer had 14 saves in
the game.
Coach Chapman commented: "The score line
doesn't accurately show how the game went. We made some mistakes
that were capitalized on, and we had a lot of great opportunities,
just weren't able to convert them. Same things as the first game,
proud of how hard we played and different girls playing different
roles throughout the game and doing well. We had a lot of the ball,
and were able to move the ball well, just lacking some chemistry up
top that will come with more game time. Things to build on that
looked good and things to improve on. The best thing about these
games is the mistakes are fixable and were things we just hadn't
really worked on yet, as well as having to adjust to not having
everyone available everyday at practice and four games cancelled
leading up to it. If the season is a staircase, we took a couple big
steps up this weekend.
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