The Lowry High School girls soccer team completed its season last week with a pair of matches against Elko County foes.
Lowry hosted Northern 3A East regular season East champion Spring Creek on Tuesday, Oct. 26, with Spring Creek winning 5-1.
The Spartans jumped on the board in the 24th minute, as Jacey Lindquist got through the Lowry defense and got off a shot from close range for the 1-0 lead. Spring Creek added to its lead in the 33rd minute on a penalty kick by Shyann Lamb.
On the play leading to the penalty kick, the Lady Bucks were whistled for a foul in the box, as the two players battled shoulder to shoulder and without little contact.
The Spartans scored their third goal in a nine-minute span as Megan Borresch scored in the 33rd minute to give Spring Creek a 3-0 advantage at halftime.
Lowry cut the deficit to 3-1 in the 51st minute, as Britain Backus crossed a pass to her older sister, Emily, who put in the back of the net.
In the 73rd minute, Avery Beatty scored to give the Spartans a 4-1 lead and two minutes later, Abigail Waldron closed out the scoring.
Lowry knocked
off by Elko
Lowry traveled to Elko on Thursday to round out the season and lost 5-2 to end the year at 5-10-1 overall and 2-8 in the Northern 3A East.
After 20 scoreless minutes, Elko got on the board on a shot by Peyton Jacaway.
Less than a minute later, Jacaway scored gain to make the score 2-0.
Early in the second half, the Lady Bucks trimmed the deficit to 2-1 after a shot by Emily Backus.
Midway through the second half, Elko extended the margin to 3-1 on a goal by Dani Ramirez. That excitement was short-lived as Lowry's Elizabeth Aguilar answered back to make it 3-2.
That was as close as Lowry got with Elko adding two goals late.
The Lady Bucks missed out on the playoffs that will be played in Winnemucca this weekend.
In the opening round of the Northern 3A Regional Championships in Winnemucca on Thursday and Wooster will play Elko at 3 p.m.
That winner will play Truckee on Friday at 2 p.m.
Churchill County and South Tahoe meet in the other opening-round game on Thursday at 3 p.m. That winner plays Spring Creek on Friday at 2 p.m.
The championship match is set for noon on Saturday at noon.
The two finalists advance to the NIAA 3A State Championships at Pahrump Valley High School on Nov. 11-12.
