Regional Semifinal Preview: Hillsboro back in Sweet 16 play; to face John Glenn
The Hillsboro Lady Indians have done nearly everything right in their 2014 postseason, and that trend must continue in the Division II Regional Semifinals on Tuesday night with John Glenn (New Concord) waiting for them in the Sweet 16.
HHS (14-6-0) is coming off their third consecutive SE District championship with a 1-0 victory against the Chillicothe Cavaliers at Jackson High School's Alumni Stadium.
This postseason, the Lady Indians have outscored their opponents, 18-1 with wins over Westfall (10-0), Circleville (3-0), Jackson (4-1) and the aforementioned Lady Cavaliers of Chillicothe (1-0).
The only team to score a goal against the Lady Indians was Jackson in the district semifinals, and JHS at the time was undefeated.
Now it is time for the Lady Indians to focus on the Little Muskies, who enter this match with a 17-2-1 overall record. The Little Muskies have won their past seven matches.
In the postseason, the Little Muskies have defeated McConnelsville (10-2), Duncan Falls Philo (5-2), Millersburg West Holmes (3-2) and Minerva (7-0). Their past two opponents in West Holmes and Minerva were No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in their section of the Cambridge District.
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For John Glenn, their leading scorer is Kerrie Dolick with 42 goals and 17 assists in '14, as she did have two of the seven goals by the Little Muskies in their district final match as reported in an article by the Zanesville Times-Recorder.
Other leading scorers for John Glenn are Harlie Gregory with 22 goals (10 assists), Abby Wagner with 15 goals (23 assists) and Alli Hylton with 16 goals (four assists). This season, the Little Muskies have scored a total of 116 goals while allowing 25.
JGHS keeper Hannah Stephen has a total of 94 saves.
In their district final match, John Glenn had four players score goals, as they led by a 2-0 score at the half.
In their two losses this season, JGHS fell to Tri-Valley (Dresden) twice by scores of 4-1 and 5-3. Their tie was against New Philadelphia at 2-2.
HHS has had most of their scoring come from seniors Trista Rhodes and Kaylee Achor, who have combined for 12 of the 18 postseason goals for HHS thus far.
The regional semifinal match will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Logan High School at 7 p.m.