Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
Gorman stops Arbor View’s title run at five
Lee stars as Gaels win first region since 2012
For the first time since 2011, Nevada will have a Class 4A state girls soccer champion that is not Arbor View.
Bishop Gorman answered each of the Aggies’ goals in the Sunset Region title game Saturday at Bettye Wilson Park, and once they had the lead, keeper Hannah Lee would not let it go as the Gaels held on to win 3-2.
It is Gorman’s first region championship since 2011-12, when soccer was a winter sport in Southern Nevada.
“I think we rallied and didn’t give up, and that was the way to go,” Lee said. “I just really wanted to work for my team because I wanted to make sure that we could go to state this year.”
Last year, Arbor View lost the region title game, then responded by winning the state play-in game and eventually going all the way. With the Northern Region hosting this year’s state tournament, no play-in game exists, and the Aggies will be unable to defend their five-year state winning streak.
The Aggies (15-5) can thank Lee for that.
The senior keeper was everywhere for the Gaels (21-2-2), making nine saves, including five in the second half after the Gaels took the lead. On one she made a hockey-style kick save, and on another she leaped and batted away harmlessly a ball destined for the top of the net.
“I’m a little short for a goalkeeper,” Lee said with a chuckle. “But I do make up for it with my high jumps, so I was really proud of myself for that one.”
Sunrise Region
Green Valley’s girls soccer team appeared to be quite comfortable Saturday at Bettye Wilson Park. But already they are eyeing their next destination.
Reno.
The Gators notched two first-half goals to score a 2-0 upset of Coronado in the Class 4A Sunrise Region championship game.
“These girls are my kids. We laugh together, we cry together and we win region championships together,” Green Valley coach Catherine Davis said. “Every one of them showed up today and played the game of their life. We knew we had to do that to win.”
The Gators had lost two one-goal games to the Cougars in the regular season.
Class 3A Southern Region
The Sunrise Mountain girls soccer team’s mantra has been “grit.”
On Saturday against Pahrump Valley, the Miners showed they had grit in grinding out a 2-1 win to claim the region crown.
“It showed me how great the girls can persevere whenever they put their mind to it, and going in today and winning is a very important part of what we have in mind,” Sunrise Mountain coach Brently Garbutt said.