GREEN COVE SPRINGS - Six goals in the first half allowed the Clay High girls soccer team to cruise to an 8-0 district semifinal win over Columbia and put the Lady Blue Devils in the Tuesday final against top seed Lincoln. Lincoln beat a late-surging Ridgeview High team 6-1. Ridgeview had a pseudo upset of Middleburg 3-0 in the district opener.

"We have been finding the net lately in our last week of the season," said Ridgeview coach Trevor Clark, who finishes 5-6-1. "We had a three-game win streak going and had some momentum for the Middleburg game."
Middleburg, under first-year coach Joy Rosano, finishes at 7-7-1.
At Clay, the dynamic scoring duo of Brooke Bunton and Kirra Dodson went right to work with four goals before the first half water break with senior Kaygen Williamson adding a goal as the Blue Devils, 12-1-1, will travel to Tallahassee Lincoln, 12-5-1, for the district final on Tues., Jan. 30.
Lincoln has on its schedule a 1-0 loss to St. Johns Country School on January 13 and also a 2-1 loss to defending 2A champion Lakeland Christian on January 20. Lakeland Christian beat St. Johns in the Class 2A championship last year. Lincoln also lost a 2-0 game to No. 2 nationally-ranked Ponte Vedra on December 28.

Fleming Island knocks out Oakleaf; Sharks next

FLEMING ISLAND - Fleming Island High girls soccer coach Taylor Berry has her team in a definite David vs. Goliath district semifinal after defeating Oakleaf 4-2 in their district 3-6A opener on Thursday.
Fleming Island got three goals from Sophia Pontieri against Oakleaf who ends their season at 4-8-1. Fleming Island improves to 7-7-3.
Ponte Vedra, now 15-1-1 after a BYE, travels to Fletcher to take on the Golden Eagles with a number two ranking on the MaxPreps national poll behind Archbishop Mitty of California. Ponte Vedra's most recent game was a 3-2 win over Montverde Academy, ranked 29th nationally.
On the opposite end of the bracket, Nease (10-2-3) and Fletcher (11-7-4) play for the other spot in the district final.

Lady Raiders roll to game two

ORANGE PARK - Despite a 13-1-0 season record and a number two ranking behind Beachside High's 8-5-2 record, the Orange Park Lady Raiders soccer team was bent on showing off their value with a dominating 8-0 win over Riverside in their district 3-5A opener on Thursday.
With scoring sisters Rylynn and Ryanne Robinson; now 21 and 25 goals, respectively, finding the net at will, Orange Park, No. 2, advances to their district semifinal on Mon., Jan. 29 against No. 3 Pedro Menendez, 6-7-0, and a 9-0 winner of Terry Parker in their district opener.
Beachside enters the tournament against No. 4 St. Augustine with the Yellow Jackets beating Englewood 8-0.
Orange Park's lone loss was a 6-1 game to Oakleaf on November 28.

Lady Indians advance over Williston

By Randy Lefko
Sports Editor

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - With top scorer Kiersten Shaw going scoreless, Keystone Heights girls soccer coach Roger Laurent found three more scorers to get a 3-2 district 3-4A semifinal win over Williston to advance to their district championship against P.K. Yonge on Tues., Jan. 30 at Williston High School.
Keystone Heights, the No. 2 seed at 12-5-1`, won their district opener 7-0 against Fort White with Shaw bashing in five goals.
With Shaw getting an assist for the Williston game, Kayle Buchanan, Alee Horton and Ella Hutchins all got the goals for the Indians' win over Williston.
Hutchins and Townsend scored two goals against Fort White in that win.
P.K. Yonge, at 12-3-3, beat Interlachen 8-0 and Newberry 8-0 to advance to the final. P.K. Yonge lost 3-2 to Bolles last year in the Region 1-3A final. Bolles lost to eventual champion Montverde Academy in the state semifinal.

Spartans open title run Tues., Jan. 30

By Randy Lefko
Sports Editor

ORANGE PARK - St. Johns Country Day School's girls soccer team got about a week of preparation with BYEs for all four district 3-2A teams as the Spartans (10-2-5) will start their annual trek to the region and state playoffs with a semifinal home opener against St. Joseph Academy (6-7-2) on Tues., Jan. 30.
St. Johns lost 2-1 in last year's Class 2A championship to snap an 11 titles in a row streak.
On the opposite side of the bracket, Christ's Church Academy (7-4-1), No. 2, hosts University Christian (10-1-2).
St. Johns two losses were to Bartram Trail and Chiles; Bartram Trail (12-4-1) was twice the 7A champion in the past three seasons and ranked 27th nationally. St. Johns is ranked 24th. Chiles (11-3-3) is ranked sixth in Class 6A and will play for their district title on Mon., Jan. 29 against Niceville.