MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Signal Mountain’s continued run of dominance in Class A girls’ soccer has a common theme to it.
The Lady Eagles’ passing was again a thing of beauty as they advanced to the state title matchup for a third straight year, and they unleashed 17 shots and scored four times in the first half of a 5-0 semifinal victory over Cosby on Thursday night at the Richard Siegel complex.
Kicking up mud with every stride, senior star Camilla Mincey went through the middle of the defense early, passing back and forth with senior sidekick Kennedy Ethridge, who boomed home the first goal for the second straight day, this time in the fifth minute. Ethridge had scored in the sixth minute of a 3-0 quarterfinal win against Madison Magnet.
“Since our rise to the top of Class A soccer two years ago, we said we are going to pass to our team without the fear of messing up, for better or for worse,” Signal Mountain coach Richard Northcut said. “The first half we played directly into the wind on a difficult playing surface and still did really well.
“Everyone played well, even our subs. We were one-two touch passing and it was good soccer.”