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HERSHEY — There were plenty of remarkable facets to Lewisburg’s win in the Class 2A boys soccer state championship game Saturday.

HERSHEY — Southern Columbia’s aggressive mentality was on full display Friday during the Class A girls soccer championship game.

HERSHEY — For the first 12 minutes of Saturday’s Class 2A boys soccer state championship game, Lewisburg didn’t seem to be firing on all cylinders.

HERSHEY — Saturday seemed like any other game day for the Lewisburg boys soccer team.

LEWISBURG — The members of the 2015 Lewisburg boys soccer team felt as though they had something to prove.

HERSHEY — Evelyn Cook maintained faith that she and her Southern Columbia teammates could do something special this year, even though their girls soccer season had more than a few bumps along the way.

HERSHEY — A near steady stream of words came from the mouth of Southern Columbia goalkeeper Mackenzie Palacz for all 80 minutes of the Class A girls soccer state championship game Friday.

HERSHEY — Loren Gehret made several key plays Friday, and all of them helped Southern Columbia win its second girls soccer state championship in three years.

KINTNERSVILLE — Selinsgrove’s defense had an answer for almost everything Villa Joseph Marie threw at it Tuesday night.

OLEY — If Lewisburg’s seniors wanted to forge a place among the Green Dragons’ greatest teams from the recent past, they knew their road couldn’t end in the state semifinals again.

CATAWISSA — Loren Gehret might have been surprised when she looked up to see a huge space in front of her.

BERWICK — Abigail Parise won the ball near midfield after a long clear.

CATAWISSA — Karly Renn is willing to put in the work to be successful.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Several times during Saturday’s District 4 Class 3A girls soccer final, Selinsgrove senior Annalise Bond ran forward from her center back position to take a throw-in deep in the Seals’ offensive end.

DANVILLE — Lewisburg wanted to set the tone early Tuesday in its boys soccer Class 2A first-round state game.

HERSHEY — Shortly after winning the Class 2A boys cross-country state title in 2019, Lewisburg set its sights on a repeat.

SELINSGROVE — Senior Katelynn Stover said she felt as though she let her teammates down Saturday during the District 4 Class 3A girls soccer final.

HERSHEY — As the defending Class 2A boys state cross-country champion, Lewisburg knew the other teams were gunning for them Saturday.

HERSHEY — Warrior Run coach Cory Dufrene and his staff had a simple message to the girls cross-country team on Saturday — do what you've done all season.

Lewisburg senior James Koconis made sure the Green Dragons got the second half of Wednesday’s boys soccer district semifinal off to a good start.

BLOOMSBURG — For more than 79 minutes Thursday, Lewisburg goalkeeper Lauren Gross and a defense led by junior Elena Malone shut down every Bloomsburg scoring chance.

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg boys soccer team found itself in an unfamiliar position Wednesday — tied at halftime.

McALISTERVILLE — East Juniata senior Kierstyn Fogle raced down the right side of the field and ripped a shot that hit the crossbar.

SELINSGROVE — For most of the first 60 minutes Saturday, Danville hung tough with top-seeded Selinsgrove in a District 4 Class 3A boys soccer semifinal.

SUNBURY — Shikellamy and Selinsgrove both had multiple chances in the second half and overtime to score the game-winning goal Saturday in a District 4 Class 3A girls soccer semifinal.

BLOOMSBURG — Midd-West lost its regular-season finale to Bloomsburg by eight goals, and had a seven-goal loss to the Panthers earlier in the season.

WELLSBORO — Lewisburg scored four goals in the final 14 minutes to pull away for a 5-0 win over Wellsboro in a District 4 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinal Friday.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Wyalusing Valley seemed to have all the momentum early in the second half Wednesday.

LEWISBURG — Ella Reish wanted to close out the regular season on a positive note.

Lewisburg senior Ella Reish has received numerous accolades during her high school career for her artful play on the soccer field.

MIFFLINBURG — When Kara Koch drew a two-minute suspension late in the third quarter Thursday, it wound up deciding Lewisburg’s game with Mifflinburg.

SUNBURY — Lewisburg junior Jacob Hess was looking forward to racing against Williamsport’s J. Henry Lyon on Saturday during the Heartland Athletic Conference Invitational boys cross-country race.

SUNBURY — Led by Coyla Bartholomew’s win, Danville had three of the top six finishers in Saturday’s Heartland Athletic Conference Invitational girls cross-country race.

SELINSGROVE — Jess Alba and her Selinsgrove teammates went to school on their Sept. 30 overtime loss to Lewisburg.

Zoe Tomko tries to take things one step at a time.

LEWISBURG — If Rylee Dyroff had time to make a list of pros and cons before playing a ball near the sideline late in the second quarter Thursday, she may have just let it be.

DANVILLE — Brook Karchner needed a skilled cutman and lengthy attention Wednesday after a field hockey ball was sharply struck and hit her just above the right eye.

WILLIAMSPORT — Eden Miller made her varsity debut for Selinsgrove on Wednesday in the District 4 girls tennis team tournament.

SUNBURY — Shikellamy scored two second-half goals to break open a scoreless game at halftime, and defeat Midd-West 2-0 in Heartland Athletic Conference-Division I girls soccer Tuesday.

DANVILLE — Behind victories from Rory Lieberman and Coyla Bartholomew, Danville dominated boys and girls cross-country races against Central Columbia and Mount Carmel on Tuesday.

SUNBURY — Excitement is building around the Shikellamy boys soccer program.