East Hamilton’s Jaxon McClure keeps the ball from White House defenders Sloan Dailey,17, and Brock Fogle, 34, in Murfreesboro Tuesday.
Staff Photo by Jake Daniels, Chattanooga Times Free PressMURFREESBORO, Tenn. – East Hamilton goalkeeper Fielder Dennis spent 110 minutes of game action observing and cheering for his teammates, but in the span of about five minutes of penalty kicks, he turned into a Hurricanes hero.
Dennis stopped a shot and watched another sail wide, the latter pushing the Hurricanes to the Class A/AA state semifinals with a 7-6 penalty-kick advantage over White House after a 2-2 tie at the Richard Siegel Soccer Complex.
Chattanooga Christian later beat Page 2-0.
East Hamilton (16-2-3) will face the winner of another quarterfinal between Greeneville and Kingsbury at 5:30 p.m. today.
Dennis, a first-year soccer player, said nerves were the first thing that came to mind when coach John Millard informed the sophomore he was going in for the shootout.