Five of the top 10 girls soccer teams in Class 3A are from Hamilton County, and they play each other quite a bit.
Two of them met up Wednesday at Noblesville’s White River Elementary School field: The No. 5 Millers and No. 9 Fishers in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference match-up. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.
Noblesville scored first, with Jenna Chatterton getting the Millers on the board with 7:02 left in the first half. But the Tigers answered back 58 seconds later, as Kenzie DeLong found the back of the net. The score would remain 1-1 at halftime and throughout the second half.
Noblesville is now 3-0-2 for the season, and 1-0-1 in the HCC. The Millers will play two games Saturday at the Zionsville Invitational. First up will be Evansville Memorial, the No. 1 team in Class 2A, then Noblesville will take on Walnut Hills from Cincinnati.
The Tigers are 3-2-2, 1-0-2 in the conference, and are off until Tuesday, when they host Hamilton Southeastern in the Mudsock game.
Hamilton Southeastern picked up an HCC win over Avon 2-0 on Wednesday.
This was another battle of top 10 3A teams, with the Royals No. 7 and the Orioles No. 10. Southeastern scored both of its goals in the first half. Six minutes into the game, Katie Reed made a corner kick which Claire Wilkinson placed into the side netting.
The Royals scored their second goal in the same fashion, with Izzie Wallace assisting Carly Count in the goal. Southeastern’s defense took over in the second half, only giving up one shot during the half.
The Royals are now 5-1-1, having played six ranked opponents in a row. Next up are more ranked teams, this team on a national scale: Southeastern will play at the Zionsville Invitational, taking on top-ranked Ohio team St. Ursula from Cincinnati. The Royals will also play Brunswick (Ohio), the No. 15-ranked team in the country.
HSE’s junior varsity beat Avon 6-2. Izzy Johnson scored two goals.
Carmel will also play at the Zionsville Invitational this weekend. The 3A No. 3 Greyhounds warmed up for the tournament by beating Pike 5-0 in a Wednesday Metropolitan Conference game.
Katie Soderstrom scored two goals for Carmel, with Kelsie James, Naomi Mann and Emma Antoine all scoring one. Ashley Witucki made two assists, with one each from James, Susie Soderstrom and Mann. The Greyhounds defense allowed the Red Devils no shots in the game.
“Several players had outstanding performances in tonight’s game,” said Carmel coach Frank Dixon.
The ‘Hounds are now 5-1, and 2-0 in the MIC. Carmel will take on the nation’s No. 23 team, Notre Dame Academy from Toledo, Ohio, then play Penn – the No. 1 team in Indiana and the country.
Sheridan saw its win streak come to an end on Wednesday, falling to Frankfort 4-0.
The Hot Dogs led 3-0 at halftime. The Blackhawks continued to fight hard in the second half.
“Earning player of the game honors for her incredible work rate throughout the game is senior midfielder Renee Zachery,” said Sheridan coach Kurtis Olsan.
The ‘Hawks host Faith Christian on Tuesday.
Fishers’ boys team beat
Noblesville’s Keeley Hoopingarner dribbles the ball while being defended by Fishers’ Maddie Essick (5) and Dianna Rollag (30) during the Millers-Tigers girls soccer game Wednesday at White River Elementary. (Kent Graham)
3-2 on Tuesday.
John Herron and Alec Vanyo gave the Millers a 2-0 lead in the first half. The Tigers got a goal before halftime from Zach Peskin. Fishers took the lead in the second half, first from a corner kick by Drew Gavit that Quinn Luckie pressured in. Luckie headed in the Tigers’ third goal off a cross from Zach Lilly.