Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
BREWSTER—For the first time in the program’s short, two-year history, the Reardan soccer team is heading to the 2B state playoffs. The girl’s squad clinched its spot with a 2-1 victory over the Brewster Bears in a District 6/7 crossover game Saturday, Nov. 6.
Reardan arrived in Brewster after falling in the NE2B championship to St. George’s 3-0 Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Both teams had several opportunities to score in the opening minutes. Reardan freshman Noelle Raczykowski and senior Ayden Krupke both had shots narrowly miss the net, while St. George’s had one shot hit off the top of the goalpost and another get saved by Reardan sophomore goalkeeper Jaylee Abrahamson.
Then, 31 minutes into the game, Reardan took the lead when a Krupke shot deflected right to Raczykowski, whose shot gave the visitors a 1-0 advantage. Brewster answered back 30 seconds later and tied the match on a goal by Ami Mora.
The score was 1-1 at halftime.
Ten minutes into the second half, Raczykowski struck again off a Krupke assist to give Reardan a 2-1 lead.
“The thing about both goals was they were done with short passes,” Reardan head coach Brian Scott said. “Anytime we score, we want to do it purposefully…so I felt it was build-up play that contributed to both goals.”
Reardan never relinquished its lead and controlled the ball in the final minutes to secure its victory.
“We didn’t want to play defense on our half the whole time, but we like to stretch the team wide because of the way we were playing,” Reardan head coach Brian Scott said. “I thought we played pretty well overall. We had the majority of good chances in that game, and we were able to finish.”
The team celebrated its arrival in the 2B playoffs after coming into the postseason ranked fourth of five NE2B teams. Reardan became the second District 7 team to qualify for state after St. George’s beat Liberty Bell 3-0 in its crossover Saturday.
Reardan will learn its playoff opponent and seeding for the 12-team tournament Sunday morning, with the expectation being the team will start on the road. The state playoffs begin Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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