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Leesville Road High Wins NCHSAA Women's 4-A Soccer Championship
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Leesville Road High slipped past Ardrey Kell of Charlotte 1-0 on Saturday night in a battle of unbeaten teams in the 24th annual NC High School Athletic Association's women's 4-A soccer championship at Paul Derr Stadium at N.C. State.
The teams battled through 80 minutes of regulation play, 20 minutes of overtime and then 10 minutes of sudden death overtime before going to penalty kicks.
The defensive battle saw Leesville take 12 shots on goal to only three official shots for Ardrey Kell, and Kell had no corner kicks to four for Leesville. Ironically, Leesville keeper Erika Lenns was not credited with a save during the 110 minutes of action but made three huge ones in the penalty kicks to earn Most Valuable Player honors.
Leesville converted all three of its kicks in the session, with Nicole Jewell, Stephanie Bronson and Nitang Jones finding the back of the net. Kell, which went first in the kicks, missed its first two and then Nicole Steyl tallied. But when Lenns made the stop on Liska Dobberstein's attempt, the fourth for Ardrey Kell that preserved the win for Leesville and the celebration began.
Leesville, a young team with only two senior starters, posted a 22-0-3 mark. Kell, in only its third year of existence, finished the season 21-1-1. Neither team even allowed a goal in its five playoff games prior to the championship.
WCPSS Athletics Administrator Bobby Guthrie thanked coach Paul Dinkenor and his team for their hard work and dedication and for an exciting game to end the season.
"I want to congratulate you for this great accomplishment for the 2nd year in a row," said Guthrie. "You are right that your team has had a target on its back all year long being ranked as the number 1 team in the state, but you certainly held up under the pressure."
"One thing that I thought was tremendous after the game, was you saluting the Leesville crowd and then your team doing the same," said Guthrie.
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