5A Girls Championship Match

January 8, 2009  
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Mountain View High School history was made in the beginning of November when the girl’s varsity soccer team made it to the Class 5A Championship  match. although they lost 1-0 in overtime, the girls gave our school reason to be proud, this is the first time in our school’s history that the girl’s team has made it this  far in the playoffs.

Mountain View’s long-time rivals, the Bend Lava Bears, were the other team to make it the Championship. This game was especially important to our girls seeing as they played the Bears earlier in the season with a disappointing loss.

In preparation for the game, the main focus was consistency.

“We were focused and really excited, but we tried to keep the normal routine so that we wouldn’t mess with our normal level of success,” said Head Coach Lindsey Peterson.

The game was held at Liberty High School in Hillsboro and many students rode the rooter bus up to the game to support their team.

Although the game ended 1-0 in overtime for the Bears, anyone in attendance at the game would agree that it was a very good match and both teams played very well.

Both teams got in a fair amount of decent shots, and the match ended with Mountain View having four shots compared to Bend’s three.

The first prominent shot of the game came from Mountain View’s Kodi Snider, a junior, when she got an open-net look but it was kicked wide right. Mountain View’s next shot came 20 minutes later from freshman Torie Morris on a breakaway but it was saved by Bend goalkeeper Emily Miller.

Bend’s first shot came in the 21st minute from Cori Ervin (who later went on to score the only goal of the game) in a missed free kick from 30 yards out. Later, right before half time, Bend’s Kelsey Corney headed a ball at the goal, but Mountain View’s keeper, sophomore Amy Clason-Messina, saved it,

The game went into a 2-part overtime tied at 0-0. In the first overtime half, Bend got a free-kick from 25 yards out. Bend’s Ervin took the kick and curved it to the left-back, just beyond the reach of Clason-Messina.

Unfortunately, Mountain View was never able to get their goal back, although Cougar freshman, McKayla Madison, got one last chance in the second overtime half, but her shot was saved by Miller and the game ended in overtime, 1-0 for Bend.

But the Mountain View girls have no reason to hang their heads, they played a great game and fought to until the end.

“Our defense really stood out. They played exceptionally well and they never really broke down at all. Really, the goal at the end wasn’t even a defensive problem,” said Peterson, “Overall we can be pretty happy with the game and definitely very proud.”

Proud is definitely true. Although they may not have won, they will forever hold a place in our school’s history, and from now on our school can look to expand even more  on their accomplishment.

By: Niki Ryan