Fifth-ranked Noblesville and No. 7-rated Hamilton Southeastern advanced to the final at Class 3A Sectional 8 Thursday at the Royals’ field.
Southeastern won the first semi-final, getting past Pendleton Heights 3-0. The game was scoreless at halftime, but the Royals broke through when Izzie Wallace headed in a goal from a cross by Claire Wilkinson.
Layla Brown scored HSE’s second goal, and Molly Harris made a deep kick for the third goal, with Maddie Bellaver getting the assist.
The Millers cruised through the second semi-final, taking care of Anderson 6-0. Noblesville scored three goals in each half, with Carly Hudnall finding the back of the net first on a breakaway 10 minutes into the game.
Hundall scored again in the first half, with Katherine Bettner making the assist, and Keeley Hoopingarner added an unassisted goal. Also scoring for Noblesville were Lauren Chatterton, Autumn Strong and Haley Heinzelman, who assisted Strong’s goal.
The Royals and the Millers will play for the Sectional 8 championship at 6 p.m. Saturday. Southeastern is 13-5-1 for the season, while Noblesville is 11-2-3.
University reached the final of Class 1A Sectional 37 at Sheridan Thursday, beating Tipton 5-2.
Shelby Wood, Halle Von Ah and Lillian Klemsz scored goals to put the Trailblazers up 3-0 in the first half before Tipton scored late in the half to make it 3-1. Tessa Hudson scored twice in the second, both off through balls, before Tipton pulled one back late for 5-2.
“It’s a great start to hopefully a good weekend for us,” said UHS coach Maddy MacAllister.
University will play Western Boone in Saturday’s sectional championship, which kicks off at 7 p.m. The Trailblazers are now 11-4-1.
Hamilton Heights lost to Class 2A Sectional 24 host Yorktown 3-2 on Thursday.
The Tigers led 1-0 at halftime, then scored a second goal two minutes into the second half. Madison Bickett got the Huskies on the board in the 49th minute, but Yorktown pushed the lead up to 3-1 with 20:20 remaining.
Emily Stirn scored Heights’ second goal off a rebound with 4:04 left in the game.
The Huskies finished their season with a 9-8-2 record.