Recap
Grants Pass, OR — Cascade is continuing to play an aggressive offensive game with a win on the road at North Valley on Tuesday night. The Challengers started out strong with great passing strings in the first few minutes of the game. The intentional passing paid off as Jordynn Jones found the back of the net in the 5th minute. The North Valley Knights answered back in the 7th minute with a goal that tied the game at 1-1. The Lady Challengers continued to play hard and off a corner kick from Mae Ferreira to Katharina Gray, Cascade drew out the Knights defense and Jordynn Jones was able to find the back of the net for a second time in the 19th minute to gain the lead to 2-1. The Challengers continued to fire shots at the North Valley goal, but without success. Shots in the first half came from Emma Coats, Mae Ferreira, and Angelica Arce. The second half of the game started off strong with two shots from Angelica Arce and Jordynn Jones. The Cascade defensive line continued to fight to hold the lead throughout the second half with strong defensive connection of Mae Ferreira, Amelia Vanlandingham, and Brynn Coppedge. All three played all 80 minutes of the game. The Lady Challengers clinched the lead in the 62nd minute with a shot from Emma Coats that bounced off the crossbar, but was followed up by Angelica Arce to find the back of the net to put the score at 3-1. Cascade held the lead through the rest of the second half to win the game at 3-1. The Challengers will play Rogue River at home on Thursday at 4:00pm and also celebrate the seven seniors for Senior Night.