Wildcats have won 7 straight after victories against Tonganoxie, Ottawa

Louisburg junior Erin Lemke sneaks a shot past the Tonganoxie goalie Monday in Tonganoxie. Lemke scored two goals in the Wildcats’ 6-0 win.

The Louisburg girls soccer team didn’t
let a little wet weather get to them earlier this week – in fact – the rain did
little to cool off a Wildcat team that has been on a hot streak.

Louisburg picked up a pair of road wins Monday and Tuesday and now have seven consecutive victories as the Wildcats have just one game left on the regular season.

The Wildcats scored 14 goals in
two games as they defeated Tonganoxie, 6-0, on Monday and then turnaround to
play Ottawa on Tuesday and came away with an 8-0 victory.

Bad weather forced the Wildcats to
move their game with the Cyclones from Ottawa High School to Ottawa University
and they were able to play on turf. That move certainly didn’t slow the
Wildcats down as they jumped out to a 3-0 halftime lead and scored five more
times in the second half to complete the shutout.

“The girls came out playing very aggressive and dominated the game start to finish,” Louisburg coach Kyle Conley said. “The defense played very well for the most part only allowing one shot. Offensively, we struggled to get a shot on net the first half, missing on four extremely good opportunities.

“The second half, our movement was much
better and we were able to play our game. I was very excited with how hard we
played and how well we possessed. The girls played hard and did a nice job.

Junior forward Mackenzie Scholtz
continued her torrid scoring streak as she added a hat trick to her line to
lead the Lady Cats. Fellow junior Erin Lemke added two goals, including the
match’s first score.

Midfielder Trinity Moore put the Wildcats
up 2-0 with a goal that was assisted by Leia Shaffer. Scholtz then added a goal
shortly before halftime to make it 3-0.

Scholtz found the back of the net to open the second half thanks to an assist from Olivia Barber and then scored again after an assist from Lemke made it 5-0. Lemke made it a six-goal match less than two minutes later.

Sophomore Emma Christy scored her first
varsity goal as she converted a penalty kick late in the second half and then
Louisburg got its final score on an own goal from Ottawa that was knocked in
after a corner kick from Lily McDaniel.

Against Tonganoxie, the Wildcats got out
to a slow start but picked it up in the second half after a goal from Scholtz
and another from freshman Reese Johnson. Scholtz, Lemke, Moore and Morgan
Messer each added scores to put the game away.

Goalie Carson Buffington recorded
shutouts in both matches, while the defense of Kaitlyn Lewer, Julianne Finley,
Avery O’Meara, Hallie Hutsell and Madison Quinn helped limit the opportunities.

“Tonganoxie played a very packed-in style,” Conley said. “We absolutely dominated start to finish, but struggled to put the final pass together. We made some adjustments at halftime and made much better passes and possession.

“I was very happy with our execution in
the second half and our level of play. They girls played much quicker and
executed much more efficiently. We possessed and moved the ball very quickly
and were able to break down their 6 girls on their back line. I was very proud
of their second half performance.”

Louisburg will try and make it eight wins
in a row Thursday when it hosts Spring Hill for Senior Night. The match is set
for 4:30 p.m.

“The girls will come out and be ready to play a really, really
good Spring Hill team to honor their senior teammates,” Conley said. “Our games
with Spring Hill are always action-packed and quality games. They are extremely
well coached and will come ready to play.”