The Logan County Lady Cougars beat a good Russellville team 4-2 Monday to finish the 13th District regular season undefeated in district play.
On Monday, the Lady Cougars beat the Lady Panthers 4-2 to finish undefeated in the district. Logan County scored the first two goals. Giulia Sperandio finished a nice pass from Addie Corder for the first goal, and Kadyn Costello scored on a crossing pass from Bri Shelton. RHS did not give up and tied the score by 10 minutes into the second half.
After that it was all Logan County. Corder netted a goal of her own following a long pass from the back by Calista Petrie.
Costello sealed the victory on a penalty kick in the 74th minute.
Goalkeeper Brady Alsup turned away 8 of the Lady Panthers’ 10 shots on goal.
Russellville has not yet reported who did the scoring for the Lady Panthers.
On Tuesday, the Lady Cougars traveled to Muhlenberg County to take on the Lady Mustangs and came away with a convincing 7-1 victory. Corder opened the scoring with a blistering direct kick from 25 yards out.
After the Lady Mustangs tied the score on a penalty kick, Corder set up Kadyn Costello for her first goal of the night to give the Lady Cougars a 2-1 lead at the break. In the second half, it was all Logan County. Costello added two more goals to walk away with a hattrick. Not to be outdone, Freshman Maria Rogers collected a hattrick with 3 goals in 13 minutes late in the second half.
Shown in the picture are seniors Brianna Shelton (20), Campbell Hamilton (7), Linnea Pitts (21), Emma Elder (23), Guilia Sperandio (2), goalkeeper Brady Alsup, Addie Corder (24), Kadyn Cosello (11), Emma Allen (9) and Carli Jo Bruner (14).
Coach Barry McReynolds’ Lady Cougars finished the regular season with a 12-3-1 record and are ranked fourth in the region. Coach Eric Evans’ Lady Panthers are ranked fifth in the KHSAA’s RPI listings.
Team statistics are shown in the accompanying graphics.