The LINK nky Team of the Week for September 28-October 4 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Beechwood girls soccer team.
A bonus for the Beechwood girls soccer team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the fall sports season. They join the Holy Cross football team, Walton-Verona football team, Newport Central Catholic girls soccer team, Villa Madonna volleyball team and the Ludlow girls soccer team as the first six award winners for the season. The weekly nominations and winners for fall will run in to November. A vote will follow for TOS when the fall sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. The winner for TOS will then be one of three nominees for Team of the Year voting in June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be up for Team of the Year (TOY).
For the team that is awarded TOY, online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year. The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
BEECHWOOD GIRLS SOCCER
With wins over Ryle and Scott last week, Beechwood entered the postseason on a high note and a 10-6 record that includes a 9-3 record against 9th Region opponents.
They shook off a four-game losing streak with two wins in the final week of the regular season. They’ve been led this year by Ruby Fries and Macy Yelton in scoring with 16 and 13 goals respectively, Addyson Justice adding eight goals. Yelton, Chloe Kuebel and Winter Wyant have sparked the offense with four assists apiece to lead the team.
Kara Wells has been the force at goalkeeper, recording 94 saves and a 1.8 goals against per game average with four shutouts, two of them coming back-to-back against Ryle and Scott.
Beechwood followed up last week with a 4-3 victory over Holy Cross in the 35th District tournament semifinals before losing to Notre Dame Academy in the championship on Thursday. They’ll advance to the 9th Region tournament where they’ll begin play next week.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Newport Central Catholic boys soccer, Newport Central Catholic football, Conner football, Highlands football, Bellevue girls soccer and Simon Kenton volleyball.
Be sure to check the sports homepage Monday afternoon for the next round of nominees!