Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie, Desert Hills and Cedar all survived and advanced in the first round of the 3A State Soccer Tournament Wednesday afternoon. Snow Canyon fell in a PK shootout to Juan Diego and Pine View dropped a 1-0 overtime decision to Bear River.
The defending-champion Flyers emerged from a 0-0 halftime scrum to take a 2-1 win over Uintah. Aubri Challis and Starlee Woobury each scored goal to put DHS ahead 2-1, though things got tense late with Uintah’s Lyndsey Bennion scoring late in the game. Dixie, 13-4-0, advances to the quarterfinals and will host Stansbury Saturday at 1 p.m.
Desert Hills took a 3-1 decision over visiting Morgan. Madi Hansen had the only goal of the first half, then added another after intermission. Brooklyn Lott also scored for Desert Hills. DH, 12-4-0, visits Bear River in a quarterfinal game Saturday.
Cedar downed Park City 2-1 on the Miners’ home field. The Lady Reds, 11-6-0, travel to Payson Saturday.
Snow Canyon battled Juan Diego to a scoreless tie through both halves and two overtimes. The Soaring Eagle keeper, Audrey Hall, stopped the first two SC shots, leading to the 4-1 edge and the win in the penalty kick phase of the game. SC finishes the year 11-6-0.
Pine View battled top-seeded Bear River tooth and nail, with the Bears finally breaking the scoreless tie on a Sadie Croney goal midway through the second half. Thye Panthers end the year 6-11-0.
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Cassidy Gray fights for a loose ball, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Cameron Gray, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Header for Courtney Atencio, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Alexa Estridge, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Elizabeth Durrant splits two defenders, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Starlee Woodbury fires a shot past the Uintah goalie for the Flyers first score of the game, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Starlee Woodbury, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Aubri Challis drives to the goal, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Courtney Atencio, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Ashlyn Smith, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Starlee Woodbury leaps over the Uintah goalie, Dixie vs. Uintah, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Kenzie Done, Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Brooklyn Lott drives toward the goal, Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Header by Brittany Terry, Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Madi Hansen drives past a Morgan defender, Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Brooklyn Lott celebrates her goal late in the contest, Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Desert Hills vs. Morgan, Girls 3A State Soccer Playoffs, St. George, Utah, Oct. 15, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m.
Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.