Waisanen earned his 300 th career victory when Oviedo captured its district title. Oviedo’s long-time success has been directed by head coach Scott Waisanen, who is one of the winningest soccer coaches in Florida prep history. “Once we tied the game, we knew we had a chance going forward. “I think my daughter was the one who won the ball at the arc and played it back to Addi and she was 20-some yards out. Gatica’s daughter, junior Hailey Gatica, won a contested ball and slid it over to Stikeleather. With 12:40 remaining, Stikeleather, a senior midfielder, emerged in traffic to get a good look that she buried to tie the game. “We had been working on getting the ball to the end lin aned crossing it in all season, and Ellie was right there and she had a beautiful finish,” Gatica said. Pavey brought hope with her goal 46 th minute, finishing off a teammate’s perfect pass. The Lions then took a 2-0 halftime lead on a one-on-one play in the penalty area in the 26 th minute.īut the second half was all Gulf Breeze while playing with the wind. Starting the game with the wind in its favor, Oviedo got a goal off the game’s first corner kick less than eight minutes into play. This includes a 16-1 domination of three region playoff opponents. In their last six games, the Oviedo Lions had outscored opponents by a combined 30-1. Gulf Breeze won back to back crowns 20-plus years ago, and was state runner-up in 2019, as well as carrying the banner in the Panhandle for decades. Oviedo has won four state titles, including 2017. The game matched two of Florida’s most decorated soccer programs. We knew we had to play our hearts out and that is exactly what we did.” “We knew it was going to be a tough game. “It was brutal,” said Pugh, who has signed to play collegiate soccer at Georgia Southern. The conditions for the state title game, however, won’t mirror what Gulf Breeze and Oviedo encountered Friday with a wind-chill dipping to 37-degress and a 19 mph north wind blowing from nearby Pensacola Bay. Lourdes has allowed just nine goals all season and recorded shutout wins in their past 10 games before a 6-1 victory Friday against Land-O-Lakes Sunlake in their state semifinal matchup. This time, another high-power challenge awaits in facing Miami-Lourdes Academy (18-1-2) for the Class 6A title next Friday at Spec-Martin Stadium in DeLand. The result returns Gulf Breeze (19-2-1) to another state championship appearance, following the last one in 2019. And we ran the gauntlet in region one, so I liked our chances.” “I think out of the four regions in the state (Class 6A), region one was… if not the toughest…. “This post season run has been about grit and determination and my girls have it,” said Gulf Breeze third-year coach Albert Gatica. Just like the Dolphins have done throughout postseason after falling behind early in games, yet never flinching. Region Boys Basketball roundup: Three Pensacola-area teams stay alive Washington punches ticket to first Final Four in 30 years “And as a group we trusted each other and the wind was with us and we made it happen.” “So our whole team was pressing the ball and it worked. “I saw the clock was ticking down and I knew something else needed to happen,” said Pugh, who just one-upped her dramatic game-winning goal Tuesday in the second overtime of the region championship.
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