By Don Nelson
The Liberty Bell High School girls’ soccer team played to two regulation-time ties last week, winning one of the games in a shoot-out while dropping the other.
At Bridgeport on Thursday (Sept. 24), the Lady Lions stood at 1-1 after regulation play, thanks to a penalty kick by Cassidy Butler. But while goalkeeper Lauren Ochoa defended well in the shoot-out, Liberty Bell “didn’t shoot well” and Bridgeport prevailed, said coach Lincoln Post.
“We didn’t play well in the first half, but showed definite improvement in the second half,” Post said.
The Lady Lions played a consistently better game when they hosted Omak on Saturday (Sept. 26), Post said. “They [Omak] have a strong defense and goaltender,” the coach said.
Ochoa kept Omak out of the net while the Lady Lions couldn’t connect for a score, so regulation play ended at 0-0. In the shoot-out, Stella Gunnip-Hunter, Aden Jones and Cece Odell scored in the best-three-out-of-five contest while Ochoa stopped Omak, giving Liberty Bell the victory.
“Overall, we’re doing well,” Post said this week. “We’re getting better, and the young players are really stepping up.”
Liberty Bell hosted Oroville on Tuesday (Sept. 29), and travel to Okanogan on Thursday (Oct. 1).
