When the Trion High School girls ‘soccer team needed a spark this season, coach Marcia Thompson didn’t have to go off the grid to get results.
Senior striker Allison Hudgins answered the call again Friday night in the GHSA Class A Division II final against Irwin County, scoring both goals for the Lady Bulldogs in their groundbreaking 2-1 win at Upson-Lee High School in Thomaston.
It’s the first GHSA girls’ soccer state championship for any school in the Times Free Press coverage area, which includes the Northwest Georgia counties of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and Whitfield. Trion is located in Chattooga County.
Whitfield County’s Coahulla Creek Lady Colts came up just short Wednesday in the Class AA title game, which was the first GHSA girls’ soccer state final for an area program.
(READ MORE: Coahulla Creek girls fall in GHSA soccer final against Pike County)