Heritage clubs stay atop NGAC standings
The Heritage Lady Generals led 4-0 at halftime and went on to a 9-0 home victory over Chattanooga Valley last Monday afternoon.
Zoie St. John and Taylor Wade each had a hat trick for Heritage (4-0-1 overall), who is now 4-0 in league play. St. John also added a pair of assists. Aireanna Williams found the back of the net twice, Evie Robison scored once and Zoe Parham and Jane Smith each picked up an assist.
Goalkeepers Reese Abercrombie and Emily Holcomb combined for the shutout, while Emilie Freeman, Victoria Gray, Charlotte Hayen, Ellie Kennedy, Lilly Krajesky, Reagan Stallings and Kinsey Woodard were named as defensive standouts.
Heritage boys 10, Chattanooga Valley 0
The Generals got a hat trick from Tristan Simmons in the nightcap as they improved to 3-0-1 both overall and in NGAC play.
Ben Breedlove and Landon Talley had two goals each, while Micah Berry, Everett Healey and Camden Pritchett all scored once. Hyrum Smartt was credited with an assist.
Rossville girls 3, Ringgold 0
The Lady Bulldogs turned in arguably their best performance of the season against the Lady Tigers last Monday night at Ridgeland High School, picking up a league victory.
After a couple of narrow misses early on, Rossville finally broke through as Mckenzie Moore scored off an assist from Naomi Dawson. Later in the opening half, pressure by Rossville’s Maria Ronda led to an own goal by Ringgold, staking the Lady Bulldogs to a 2-0 lead at the break.
Ronda would find the back of the
onion bag herself, this time in the second half, while keeper Addison Watkins got the clean sheet in goal. Head coach Danielle Ellis praised the defense of Lacie Moyer and Alyssa Averitt, but called the entire match, “an impressive team effort” from her entire squad.
Ringgold boys 3, Rossville 0
The Tigers got goals from three different players in their win over the Bulldogs in last Monday’s other contest.
Isaac Talley scored the initial goal for the Tigers and Anakin Cummings knocked home a penalty kick to make it 2-0. Talley assisted Levi Kooi with the final goal of the night, while Cooper
Reece was noted by head coach Jonathan Fincher for his defensive play.
Rossville head coach Whitney Kisor said her entire team gave a great effort in face of having just 11 players available with no substitutes for the match.
Saddle Ridge girls 6, Rossville 0
The Lady Mustangs got four goals from Ryleigh Ramey and two from Addison Sanders in a win at Ridgeland High School on Thursday night. One of Ramey’s goals came on a corner kick.
In the earlier boys’ match, Bryan Ojeda’s well-place shot in the latter stages of the first half turned out to be the only goal of the match in the Bulldogs’ victory.
After making several nice individual moves to clear some space, Ojeda spun and lofted a shot from the far left side of the box and over an attempted save by the Mustangs’ keeper. The ball nestled into the top right corner of the net.
Rossville keeper Jake Waters recorded the shutout and totaled five saves.