A really solid win against our rival school today. Our administrations created a 'North/South' day with multiple games on campus, soccer, field hockey, volleyball and XC, it made for a great day in the community and a really great atmosphere all day.
This is my 9th year at North and the only consistent thing I can say is that every N/S game is competitive regardless of form or record and today was no different. South were very motivated from the jump and in the first 10 mins I thought they were the more aggressive team, it took us a little while to settle and get into a rhythm but we started to connect some passes and create some good opportunities.
We scored first on a corner kick when Kinsley Smith headed home from a Sarina Igval cross. A few minutes later we added a second after some good possession, Keagan Terry found Audrey Rogan who fired home, it was a really good finish, a half volley across the goal into the far corner.
At half time we knew South would come out with energy and we would need to absorb that early in the second half, right away they created a breakaway but Reese Ludwig came up with a great save to keep our 2-0 lead. Halfway through the second half we were able to add a 3rd goal when Kinsley headed home again from a Sarina Igval corner.
I thought the spine of our team was really solid today, Reese in goal, Kinsley Smith and Cierra Frank in the back, Addison Martin in the middle, and then Keagan Terry up top. For me, Audrey Rogan was a standout, she won balls in the middle, forced turnovers through her effort and her goal was excellent, it was a really good performance from her in a game like today.