NORWOOD – the girl of liberty District champion McLean Varsity football team (16-4-2), faced the Cardinals for our undefeated battleground state semifinal in Sweltering heat Friday afternoon at Westfield High School. Coach Rob Bouchard and craved his final victory, hoping to capture its first State Title McLean and add a plethora of banners more gym of the school.
After an exhausting and 75 minutes of scoreless play in 100-degree heat, all-met forward Melissa Downey took a direct high-kick and smoked hide draw tools post, left-over 90 to give McLean the victory 1-0, to advance to the State Championship game Saturday.
"I will just come out and practice 20 of them [shots each day] for fun," said Downey. "The heat was fatiguing. It was to ask to make many runs on this today. "
Players drank gallons of water to stay hydrated as severe temperature increased during the mid-afternoon. But since the second half, McLean used to heat and attacked the Cardinals steadily, shooting twice as many shots, as in the opening half. Downey, Andrea Romness and Kristina Bettner pushed the ball hard to field with the classic give-and-go passing barrier for defence of the battle.
"You just have to get used to the game and the heat," said Romness. "We were like a rotation of three individuals in midfield sub – be nice."
The battlefield became fatigued while the Highlanders ' substitution rotation, style and agility have overwhelmed the Cardinals, causing them to call several fouls late in the game, which would be expensive. 5: 49 Left in regulation, McLean was given a free kick near 27-yard-line and Downey displayed the net for a 1-0 victory.
"Kind of started the season a little rough and we do not believe this at all," said Bettner "and then coach told us ' you guys in the regional final, and was as Easy to use ' ... '"
McLean appeared with a group of owned and played like it was our undefeated unlike the Titans appeared drained. Elizabeth Overby and Brianna Nielsen led the Defense for Text2link the entire game, tackling and clearing all but a handful of battleground in the first half scoring opportunities. Overby launched many balls to Bettner at first but the timing was a little off, leaving a clear shot McLean without objective. Without water breaks, both teams tired and slowed down the tempo until the players were allowed to hydrate themselves.
Resume the Highlanders enough to give then the power to become the first team this year to knock off the Titans and heads to the State final Saturday for a chance to write history.
"We knew [Battlefield] there was a great team and we said let's have all the experience the first loss against us," said Bouchard. "Come and get it [the target] there, expect one fulfilled all player as Melissa [Downey]. It is 1-0 game one way or another, I was feeling. "
McLean played in the State final against the winner of the game heritage vs. Cox at 1 pm on Saturday.
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