Wildcats get second straight win with shutout of Chanute

Louisburg senior Adyson Ross dribbles the ball up the field Tuesday during the Wildcats’ home match against Chanute.

After going through a little bit of a losing skid, the Louisburg girls soccer team has now put together back-to-back wins to help right the ship.

In its second game in as many days Tuesday, the Wildcats scored nine first half goals and came away with a 10-0 victory over Chanute to improve its record to 7-3 on the season.

Seven different players scored for Louisburg and the Wildcats got a hat trick from sophomore Rowan Yows. 

“We knocked the ball around pretty good,” Louisburg coach Ben York said. “We came off a game (Monday) where we worked really hard and having games back-to-back nights is never easy. We got a little dribble-happy at times, but it was a good outcome.

“Chanute is in the first year of their girls soccer program, and I know in two or three years they will be winning a lot of games. There aren’t a lot of girls soccer programs down in their area, so I was glad we could get them on the schedule and give them an opportunity to play someone relatively close.”

Yows got the scoring started in the first five minutes as the Wildcats took an early lead. Less than a minute later, Yows scored again, this time on an assist from Lexi Hampton.

Hampton recorded her second assist moments later when she found junior Ellery Allen, who took the left-footed shot and scored. Hampton was on the other side of the scoring a minute later, when she found the back of the net on an assist from Riley May. 

Senior Brylee Diederich got in on the scoring with 18 minutes left in the first half on an assist from fellow senior Adyson Ross. Ross then found sophomore Baileigh Johnson with a pass up the filed, who scored her first goal of the contest.

Lola Edwards, Hampton and Yows followed it up with three straight goals to end the first half and the Wildcats held a 9-0 advantage.

Goalie Macy Lemke got the chance to try the offensive side of the game for a change to start the second half, and her teammates made sure got the opportunity to get in the scoring column. 

Two minutes into the match, Lemke dribbed the ball down the field and took a shot that hit off the crossbar and Lemke was able to follow it up for her first varsity goal.

“She darn near knocked the goal over with her first shot,” York joked. “We tried to get her in a couple times before this, but it was really neat to see her get that goal. I know the girls were really excited for her.”

The Wildcats will try and make it three straight wins Tuesday when they host Ottawa for a Frontier League match. Varsity is slated to begin at 6 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.

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