Orlando Sentinel (Sunday)

Bishop Moore reaches goal: FHSAA final

- By S.T. Cardinal

It was the twin sister connection that cemented Bishop Moore’s lead Friday night as the Hornets punched their ticket to the Class 4A state girls soccer championsh­ip game with a 2-0 win against visiting South Walton (11-6-0).

Amelia Miller doubled the lead 10 minutes into the second half thanks to a cross from her sister.

Raelin Miller found space on the outside, beating her defender and sending a cross to the far post where Amelia headed it home to make it 2-0.

“I just had a feeling. I knew she was always at the back post and I was like, ‘OK. This is the one’ and I crossed it and she was there to finish it,’ ” Raelin said after the game. “It’s amazing. I can’t believe she got that.”

Bishop Moore (17-3-2) extended its win streak to 11 games and advanced to a Wednesday 4:05 p.m. FHSAA state title game at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand. The No. 1-ranked Hornets will face No. 2 Delray Beach American Heritage (13-1-2), which won its semifinal 4-0 against Tampa’s Academy of Holy Names.

Elsewhere in state semifinals on Friday, Lake Minneola (13-4-1) lost 1-0 at Cape Coral Mariner (21-30) in Class 6A and Geneva School (12-5-0) lost 4-1 at St. Petersburg Shorecrest (15-3-0) in 2A.

The opening goal in the 20th minute was an awkward one. Raelin crossed the ball into the box and a defender headed it up and into the net for an own goal.

Bishop Moore coach Amy Geltz later said all that matters is the play resulted in a goal for her team.

“It helped us to push through adversity,” Raelin said. “We were really devastated at the beginning. We were like, ‘We’ve got to get a goal. And then finally once we got it, we were a little bit relieved.’ ”

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