Thursday, October 30, 2014
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The Winfield boys defeated Nitro 2-1 in a game decided by penalty kicks to capture The Winfield girls defeated Hurricane 3-1 to capture the sectional title championship. the sectional title championship. The team plays Spring Valley Thursday. The team plays Huntington in the Region 4 finals for a berth to the state tournament.
Winfield teams advance in postseason Generals defeat Nitro in PKs
Winfield girls beat Hurricane
By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com
By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com
The Winfield Generals got more than they bargained for when they took on a pesky Nitro squad in the Class AAA Region 4 Section 1 championship game. Senior keeper C.T. Douglas made the save of the day after two ten-minute overtime periods could not settle the score. Douglas dove, thwarting the fourth penaltykick attempt for Nitro (12-5-3) and salting away the section title in favor of Winfield 2-1. “I’m probably gonna have heart problems after this game,” Douglas said, wide-eyed after the nail-biter, “There’s only been three PK’s this whole entire season and I missed
all of them so, I guess I picked a good one to be the first one.” The Generals were able to get out to a 1-0 lead in the first-half when senior Jesse Richmond scored on a penalty kick with 16:31 to go. Up to that point, the game had been a defensive struggle for the majority of the first-half. “As soon as I saw him point to a spot I knew I had the confidence to put it away,” Richmond said. “I’ve been practicing different directions every time so I kind of get a feel for it and then decide on the spot.” Winfield continued to play stingy defense for the rest of the half. A bit of good fortune came the Generals way when the Wildcats See Boys Soccer, Page 6
The two-time defending state champion Winfield girls soccer team triumphed over Hurricane to take the Class AAA Section 4 Region 1 title on Saturday. The Generals were led by sophomore Mary Lawman’s two goal effort in the final eight minutes propelling them to a 3-1 victory over the Redskins. “The players around me,” Lawman said as she referred to the two goal performance. “I couldn’t of done anything without them. They give me such good passes all the time and I wouldn’t be anywhere without them.” No. 1 Winfield (17-0-4) played state ranked No. 2 Hurricane to a scoreless first-
half. Afterward, the Redskins (17-3-1) were able to jump out and grab a 1-0 lead only seven minutes into the second-half on a free-kick from mid-field. The ball flew into a swarm of players in front before junior Alexa Halkias buried the goal to lift Hurricane up 1-0 at the 33:41 mark. “We gave them a great battle,” said Hurricane senior Abby Watson. “The final score, three to one, it definitely doesn’t reflect on the game.” The Generals struck less than a minute later on Jordan Pauley’s line drive goal to knot things up at one-all. The score was just the beginning of a three-goal run which See Girls Soccer, Page 16
Hurricane, Winfield and Buffalo cross country teams qualify for state By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com
Runners from three of Putnam County high schools teams proved their excellence and competitiveness in the regional cross country meet by qualifying for the state meet this Saturday, Nov. 1 in Ona. Hurricane and Winfield girls cross country teams finished first and second while the Hurricane and Winfield boys teams placed second and third, respectively in class AAA Region 4 meet. See Cross Country, Page 15
Hurricane’s Jenna Crouch and Abby Short finished first and second in the girls Region 4 meet at Valley Park.
Cora King of Hurricane was named Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2015. See story on Page 12. Photo by Pageant Associates/ Pageant Images.
Putnam Co. Land Delinquents, See Page 17