The Lady Indians found themselves up five goals after the first half, and rode that momentum to a 9-3 final Tuesday evening at Rabun County in a big region matchup.
Maddie Mullis got the scoring started with a strike from 25 yards out. Addie Higbie then recorded goals off assists by Stasa Beratovic and then Mullis. She secured another hat trick when she scored off a helper from Lily Desta. She wasn’t done quite yet – Higbie scored an unassisted goal to make it 5-0 going into the break.
In the second half, Maddie LeBlanc connected with Gemma Farris, who scored to push the lead up to 6-0. Bailey Crumley found the back of the net prior to a PK by Higbie, her fifth goal of the match. The final tally came from Crumley on an assist by LeBlanc. Rabun scored its three goals in the final 10 minutes of play.
The No. 8-ranked Lady Indians are now 6-2 overall and 3-1 in region play
Boys still unbeaten
The Indians hadn’t given up a goal all season – Tallulah Falls’ boys had outscored opponents 59-0 – until Rabun County scored on a header off a corner kick in the first half on Tuesday.
But TFS regrouped at the half and fought back to a 2-1 win to stay undefeated.
Austin Ball and Clay Kafsky scored on direct free kicks, and the Indians (8-0, 4-0 region) were able to maintain control the rest of the way to the win. Ball’s goal made him the sole all-time goals leader in TFS history with 34 career goals.
The TFS soccer teams took on Elbert County after press time Thursday.
– Brian Carter