The GU16 Tarhills, coached by Heidi Martin, delivered a nail-biting win against the Strikers for the D2 Rec Cup Finals. As it turns out, they had faced this opponent three other times throughout the season (with mixed results), and knew they had their work cut out for them. They adjusted their formation to counter the opponent’s strengths, and after 80 minutes of regulation, the score was tied 2-2. They then went into two 5-minute overtime periods, with no additional goals. It came down to 5 penalty kicks for each team. The Tarhills had been practicing for this possibility and it paid off. The girls who took the penalty kicks delivered, and our keeper made a clutch save against their opponent’s strongest player to secure the win. The Tarhills will advance to the State semi-finals on December 15
th at 11:00am at Starfire. If they win that game, they will play for the state championship at 4pm the same day.