- St. Henry boys won the 9th Region All “A” title with a 4-0 shutout over Holy Cross, led by Cooper Gastright’s two goals and MVP Logan Thoss.
- Beechwood girls defeated St. Henry 6-2 in the championship, highlighted by Ruby Fries’ hat trick and MVP honors for goalkeeper Kara Wells.
- Both teams advance to the All “A” state tournament later in September to face the 10th Region winners.
St. Henry’s boys and Beechwood’s girls won the 9th Region All “A” soccer titles over the weekend.
St. Henry took down Holy Cross, 4-0, while Beechwood defeated St. Henry, 6-2.
The Crusaders posted their third shutout in six games so far this season, improving to 5-1 as Brady Aubuchon earned the clean sheet with five saves. Cooper Gastright scored two goals, Finnigan Carran and Max Popil with the others. Leo Bowen and Landon Thoss added assists. The Crusaders are now outscoring opponents 17-4 so far on the year.
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All-Tournament team members were Logan Thoss, Aubuchon and Gastright with Logan Thoss winning MVP honors.
Their first round game in the All “A” state tournament will be against the 10th Region winner on a date to be determined. The winner of that game would then head to Louisville Collegiate for the quarterfinals on Sept. 20.
BEECHWOOD WINS GIRLS TITLE
Beechwood’s girls defeated Holy Cross in the semifinals and then St. Henry in the championship. In the title game, Ruby Fries recorded a hat trick, Addyson Justice added two goals and Chloe Kuebel found the back of the net once. Macy Yelton, Peyton Draper and Caroline Nordman had assists. Kara Wells had 11 saves in goal.
Fries, Yelton and Wells were named to the All-Tournament team with Wells taking home MVP honors.
The victory improved Beechwood to 3-1 on the season as they advanced to the All “A” state tournament to face the 10th Region winner at a date to be determined. The winner of that advances to the quarterfinals at Louisville Collegiate the weekend of Sept. 19-21.