In four combined games in the opening round of the 2022 ASAA Division II State Soccer Championships, the Kenai and Soldotna girls and boys combined for only two goals and a single first-round victory earned by the Kenai boys over Ketchikan.
Division II Soccer State Championships: Boys First-Round Game Results
Kenai Boys 1 – Ketchikan 0
The #5 seed Kenai boys defeated Ketchikan 1-0 and advance to a winner’s-bracket, semi-final on Friday at 3 p.m. against #1 seed Juneau at Service High School.
Wade James, with a corner-kick assist from Enrique Mercado, scored in the waning seconds of regulation time to secure a 1-0 Kardinal boys victory over #4 seed Ketchikan at Eagle River on Thursday.
Kenai won back-to-back state soccer championships in 2018 and 2019 and missed the opportunity to three-peat with spring championships cancelled in 2020. Kenai finished 5th in 2021.
Juneau 5 – SoHi 0
The Division II #1 seed Juneau shutout the #8 seed Soldotna Stars 5-0 in opening round action at West Anchorage.
Juneau advances to play Kenai in the 3 p.m Friday pairing at Service High School.
Division II Soccer State Championships: Girls First-Round Game Results
Homer Girls 1 -Kenai Girls 0
Homer’s Ava Halstead scored off a deflected ball with 15 minutes remaining in the second half for a 1-0 victory over the #6 seed Kenai girls.
The #3 seed Homer advances to play #2 Grace Christian in the winner’s-bracket, semi-final on Friday at 1 p.m. at West Anchorage High.
The Kenai girls will face Soldotna in the 9 a.m. consolation round game at West with the winner advancing to Saturday’s fourth-place game.
Grace Christian Girls 2 – SoHi Girls 1
The #2 seed Grace Christian Grizzles held-off the #7 seed SoHi Star girls 2-1 at Eagle River.
The Grace girls scored a first-half goal and added a second-half goal for a 2-0 lead before the Stars scored on a Jolie Widaman goal late in the game. SoHi goalie Sunny Miller turned away numerous Grizzlie attacks for the Stars.
The Stars and Kardinals meet at 9 a.m. Friday with the winner advancing and the loser closing-out tournament play. Grace advances to play Homer at 1 p.m. at West in the winner’s bracket.
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