COLORADO SPRINGS — In the battle of the Sabercats, Fossil Ridge broke through for the school’s first girls soccer championship.
Fossil Ridge edged Castle View on Wednesday at Weidner Field, 1-0, in the Class 5A title game. The SaberCats from Fort Collins used a header by Teagan Myers late in the second half to fend off the Sabercats from Castle Rock in a well-played showdown between two evenly matched teams making their first title game appearances.
Castle View had the game’s first true scoring chance about 12 minutes in, when Fossil Ridge junior keeper Shay Masters came out to block a shot at the top of the box, and then found herself out of position when Castle View repossessed the ricochet. But the Fossil Ridge defense came up with a couple of key blocks to keep the game at 0-0.
Halfway through the first half, Fossil Ridge had its first chance when junior Lily Wale fired a shot from inside the box that went just over the crossbar. Fossil Ridge continued to push the tempo down the stretch of the half, but couldn’t cash in as Castle View sophomore keeper Elly Bowers stood tall and her defense prevented any unobstructed looks.
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With 13:07 left, the stalemate was on the cusp of cracking when Castle View was called for a handball in the box. That set Wale up for a penalty kick. Bowers dove right and blocked it, then grabbed the loose rebound before more Fossil Ridge players could swarm in and touch it.
But Wale had her redemptive moment about six minutes later when her perfectly placed cross found the head of Myers. The senior headed it in off the turf, off Bowers’ diving hand and into the net for a 1-0 Fossil Ridge lead with about eight minutes left.
A couple of minutes later, Castle View had a great look at an equalizer, but couldn’t put it home. Masters made a diving save off a free kick just outside the box, then Castle View’s Jaya Dern rushed in and kicked the rebound just over the net. The Fossil Ridge defense did the rest to earn the trophy.
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