The Hamilton Southeastern boys soccer team won its last home game of the season, beating Homestead 5-1 Saturday afternoon.
Isa Sayeed scored the Class 3A No. 10 Royals’ first two goals, with Austin Springer and Brenden Hench each making an assist. That gave Southeastern a 2-0 halftime lead. The Royals then quickly added a goal to open the second half; Kam Greenwald found the back of the net, with Vincent Manning providing the assist.
The Spartans got on the board in the second half, but Southeastern answered with two more goals, both scored by Jack Hyatt and assisted by Evan Dawdy.
The Royals are 9-3-2 and finish their regular season Tuesday at 3A No. 11 Noblesville.
Fishers also scored a 5-1 win over Homestead, with that game taking place Saturday evening at the Tigers’ field.
Yuto Nakamae and Cam O’Connor both scored two goals for 3A No. 9 Fishers, with Angel Roque Granados getting one goal. Reese May handed out two assists, while Roque Granados, Lay Day and Noah Reinhart all had one assist.
The Tigers are 11-3 and finish the regular season Tuesday at 3A No. 15 Greenfield-Central.
Carmel and Guerin Catholic played to a 1-1 tie Friday at the Golden Eagles’ field.
Class 2A No. 3 Guerin scored first, in the first half. Daniel Cloran got the Golden Eagles’ goal on an assist by Tommy Hartman. The 3A No. 17 Greyhounds tied the game late in the second half; Ted Piha got the goal with Jackson Hoover making the assist.
On Saturday, Guerin Catholic played two games at the Zionsville Classic. The Golden Eagles dropped a 3-0 decision to Glenbrook (Ill.) South, and lost 5-1 to Munster.
Carmel is 8-3-3 and Guerin Catholic is 7-4-3. Both teams are back in action Tuesday with home games: The Greyhounds host Harrison and the Golden Eagles play 1A No. 13 Lafayette Central Catholic.
Westfield dropped a Saturday game to Plainfield 6-1.
The Shamrocks were dealing with injuries throughout the match, with six players taken off for various issues. Miguel Ayala scored Westfield’s goal on a penalty kick.
The ‘Rocks are 8-6-1 and host Avon Tuesday. It will be Westfield’s regular-season finale and Senior Night.
GIRLS GAMES
The Noblesville girls soccer team picked up a 4-2 win over Penn Saturday in a battle between two top 10-ranked 3A teams.
The No. 8 Kingsmen got on the board first, but the No. 3 Millers answered with two first-half goals to take a 2-1 halftime lead. Meskerem James scored Noblesville’s first goal, then Ava Bramblett put one in the net right before halftime.
Penn tied the game in the second half, but the Millers again responded with two quick goals in the game’s final seven minutes. Bramblett scored her second goal off an assist by Jenna Chatterton, then Chatterton got a goal with less than two minutes left, with James assisting.
Noblesville is 10-0-3 for the season and travels to 3A No. 1 Hamilton Southeastern on Wednesday to play for the Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship.
Carmel, ranked No. 2 in 3A, went on the road Saturday to 3A No. 12 Zionsville and won 3-1.
It was a hot game, as the field temperature reached 115 degrees during the second half. But the Greyhounds kept their cool, scoring just two minutes into the game when Kelsie James found the back of the net from a Susie Soderstrom assist.
The Eagles tied the game in the 21st minute, but Carmel got the lead back 11 minutes later, when Emily Roper scored from an Emma Antoine cross. That gave the Greyhounds a 2-1 lead, and they extended it in the 55th minute when James got her second goal of the game, with Roper assisting. Erin Baker had two saves.
Carmel is now 11-0-3 and hosts Westfield on Monday.
Hamilton Heights finished third at the Hoosier Conference tournament, which finished up Saturday at Northwestern.
The Huskies lost to Western 2-1 in the semi-finals, but rebounded to beat West Lafayette 2-1 in the third-place game. Heights is 7-2-4 for the season and will host Oak Hill on Monday.
Fishers played to a 1-1 tie with North Central on Saturday.
Aubrey Robertson scored the Tigers’ goal in the fifth minute of the game. But the Panthers came back with the equalizer later in the first half, and the score stayed tied in the second half.
Fishers is 8-1-5 and plays at Guerin Catholic on Wednesday.
Guerin Catholic played two games on Saturday, falling to 3A No. 9 South Bend St. Joseph 2-1 and tying Penn 0-0.
The Golden Eagles are 4-7-2 and finish the regular season Wednesday by hosting Fishers.
Fishers’ Taylor Stone makes a header during the Tigers’ Saturday game with North Central. (Kirk Green)