Girls soccer wins districts

After 90 minutes of regulation time, 20 minutes of overtime and nine penalty kicks, girls soccer took home a huge district title Jan. 31, just three days after an upset 2-1 win against Winter Park.

Going into their district game, the team was nervous, knowing they were about to play against undefeated Timber Creek with the district title on the line—a title they had not won since 2014.

“They are such a strong team, but I also knew what our team is capable of,” left back Mallory Precord said.

In the final quarter before overtime, goalie Aryana Rosenblum tried blocking a goal that went right over her head, afraid it would be the end to the game, but she watched the ball hit the edge of the net and continue traveling out of bounds.

The first 10 minutes of overtime were a fast-paced battle between both teams, while the last 10 minutes lasted forever before the team kicked their winning penalty kicks.

During the last five minutes of overtime, Rosenblum stopped a potential goal by Timber Creek in the corner of the net.

“Toward the end, the whole team started to sort of freak out because once [the game] went into overtime we all knew eventually we’d get to the penalty kicks,” Rosenblum said.

As overtime ended both teams began preparing to kick their penalties. Timber Creek started off missing their first goal.

While the teams took turns with their penalty kicks, Megan O’Donnell, Brynn Waddell, and Olivia Cachet scored the first three penalty kicks but missed their fourth kick.

After both teams had kicked four penalty kicks each Timber Creek missed their fifth and final kick attempt and Hagerty became the winner of the district championship.

The team went on to face Creekside at home on Feb. 7 for the regional quarterfinals.

At their game against Creekside the team lost 5-0 putting an end to their season and finishing with a 11-61 overall record.