Double Take

Seminole sweeps soccer District titles

In dramatic fashion the Seminole girls got by Spruce Creek to win their first District title in program history.

 

After nearly 100 minutes in scoreless back-and-forth match, Kaiya Coulthart put a header into the upper right corner with 1:17 left in the second overtime to send the Seminole girls into the FHSAA 7A Regional Tournament.

 

The Seminole Girls will travel to Jacksonville to face top-seeded and U.S. Number 1 Creekside (16-0-1) on Feb 4 in the FHSAA 7A Regional 1 quarter-finals.

 

Seminole dominated early on in the game with several scoring opportunity before the teams settled into their back-and-forth contest.

 

Youssef Faid and Alejandro Martinez had a pair of goals each to lead the Seminole boys in their 4-0 win over DeLand in the District championship.

 

The Noles seemingly took the lead with 28 mins left in the first half only to have the goal waved off for a hand ball. Three minutes later, Martinez found 

the back of the net when the Senior redirected a Seminole corner kick for the only goal the host would need.Seminole took a 2-0 lead into the half en route to the win.

The Seminole Boys will also travel to Jacksonville to face top-seeded Creekside on Feb 4 in the FHSAA 7A Regional 1 quarter-finals.