2017 Stats

Scoring	Halves	Corners	Dummies	Assists	Goals	Points
Hallie Klanke	42	41	2	20	24	70
Katelyn Heying	42	30	4	5	9	27
Margaret Pigott	42	2	6	8	5	24
Mallory Heying	42	8	0	12	6	24
Isa Yanes	39	3	0	2	8	18
Elle Kimball	34	24	0	6	4	14
Caroline Romme	42	1	0	2	4	10
Kyli Jackson	42	1	0	2	4	10
Madison Janky	37	1	2	0	4	10
Anna Woltering	39	15	2	4	2	10
Brigid Linder	42	7	0	5	2	9
Bella Bryson	23	0	1	2	1	5
Moira Kelley	42	1	0	1	2	5
Hania Crow	42	1	0	2	1	4
Alex Moss	42	1	0	2	0	2
Emma Dalinghaus	16	0	0	1	0	1
Nicole McEnroe	22	0	0	1	0	1
Natalie Golubski	25	0	1	0	0	1
Amanda Hamm	19	0	0	0	0	0
Chyna Schiltz-Ragsdale	7	1	0	0	0	0
Itsy McCormick	17	1	0	0	0	0
Kate Goza	25	0	0	0	0	0
Carly Raunig	24	0	0	0	0	0
Meg Ramaekers	13	0	0	0	0	0
Allyiah Calvert	12	0	0	0	0	0
Molly Hartnett	16	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		138	18	75	76	245

Goal Keeping	Games	Saved	Goals	Shutouts	GAgainst
Calvert	5.50	9	4	5	.727
McEnroe	9.35	25	5	12	.535
Hartnett	6.05	14	2	10	.331
Games
21
Corners	138	6.57
Goals	76	3.62
Goals Allowed	11	0.52
Dead Ball Goals	20	0.95
DB Goals Allowed	4	0.19

State Final

Game 21: 27 May at Bethel College vs. BV Southwest (0-2)

It's over—after 7 straight we fell to the T-Wolves, all in the blink of an eye. 

We seemed to be having most of the opportunity and most of the possession, but then the T-Wolves got a ball forward into the box where we fouled. PK. 

Less than 3 minutes later Macy Ruffalo hit this beautiful, tough-angle shot that was probably a cross, but still, made it 2-0—the final score. 

We kept battling, hit a couple of posts, but we just couldn't get a ball into the net. Southwest stayed organized, changed formations at a key moment to finish off the win. 

Congrats to Coach Pendleton and his girls—great season, a great state title. 

Our seniors were just a phenomenal team-first group that should leave that legacy for us to build on for next year. They always played hard, and played for one another. And they cared about our school and our program. Thank you, Caroline Romme and Brigid Linder and Anna Woltering and Itsy McCormick and Katelyn Heying and Hania Crow and Chyna Schiltz-Ragsdale. It was an honor to coach you.

Stats. First Half:  Saints: Shots: 11 (6). Corners. 4 (K. Heying 2. Klanke. Linder)

T-Wolves:  Shots 5 (4) Corners. 2

9:15 Briley. PK. 

6:33 Ruffalo (give and go followed by a great through ball down the left sideline)

Second Half:  Shots: 6 (3). Corners. 3 (K. Heying 2. Klanke). 

T-Wolves:  Shots: 2 (0). Corners. 0. 

KC Star:

Blue Valley Southwest stuns Aquinas for 5A girls soccer championship

BY CHARLES CHANEY

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NORTH NEWTON, KAN. 

For the last six years, St. Thomas Aquinas has ended Blue Valley Southwest’s season. Not this year.

BV Southwest beat Aquinas 2-0 to win the Class 5A girls soccer championship on Saturday.

“We’ve lost to them (Aquinas) every year,” BV Southwest coach Jason Pendleton said. “It’s really special to get this win over them.”

For the Timberwolves, bringing home their first state championship is extra special after beating Aquinas.

“Coming into this and them thinking they were going through,” sophomore Gracely Briley said. “It made it a little bit more sweeter.”

After their first match of the season, a 1-0 Aquinas win, was called because of lightning, there was unfinished business for BV Southwest. A 40-minute lightning delay put a hold on everything, but when the game resumed, BV Southwest supplied the fireworks.

It started when Briley knocked home the first goal on a penalty kick in the 31st minute. Briley slipped to the turf, and then took off running — and so did the Timberwolves.

Minutes later, sophomore Macy Ruffalo hit a lob over the head of Aquinas goalkeeper Nicole McEnroe to give the Timberwolves a 2-0 lead in the 33rd minute.

“I wish I could say that was intentional,” Ruffalo said. “I was trying to place it in the box and got lucky.”

Shot after shot, Aquinas put the pressure on BV Southwest and the Timberwolves never relented. Aquinas took 11 total shots, and junior Jillian Patton made five saves.

“Jill has been solid all season,” Briley said. “We wouldn’t be the same team without her in net.”

Another corner kick went nowhere as Patton remained a wall in net all match long.

“I gave it my all,” Patton said. “It’s an amazing feeling to break their streak.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/high-school/article153091959.html#storylink=cpy

State Semi-finals

Game 20: 26 May at Bethel College vs Maize (3-0)

Ok, 3-0 might be a little deceiving.

Let's start with the BWhite Player of the Match—Nicole McEnroe.  Maize is winning the midfield early in the match.  They have Hallie doubled every time she receives a ball.  They are beating us to most balls.  So we are a little on our heels when they win a ball from Hallie, nicely move it through their midfield and then over Romme (and the ball also beats Crow—not good!) leaving their best 1 v 1 with Nicole. She comes out big, defeats the shot with an unreal kick save. Check it out!

That play got us jazzed, now ready to play. A short time later we get a corner that changes the game. We head the ball down in the box for Kyli to get the ball pushed towards goal. Their defender stops the shot with her hand: red card, PK. We go up 1-0, and they have to play the rest of the match with 10 players. So.

We added a nice corner-kick goal and a breakaway at the beginning of the second half before just coasting.

Probably our frosh, as a group, had their best match of the year—Goza saved a sure goal; Yanes was our best center midfielder; Kimball brilliant and so tough up top; Moira played her most physical match of the year; Carl Jr. shut down the side; Pam gave us good play underneath, at center mid, and at defensive center midfield; and Molly added another clean sheet, although she needs to thank Kate. Check it out!

Today will be another intense, physical match. Southwest is a very good team who is well coached and who knows us—as well as we know ourselves.  

STATS:

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 14 (5) Corners: 5 (Klanke 2, Kimball, Moss, K. Heying)

11:21 M. Heying (Klanke's corner creates an intentional handball to stop a goal: red card and PK)

6:45 K. Heying (Klanke's corner bends to the back post for a great head-in)

Maize: Shots: 3 (1) Corners: 0

Second Half:

Saints: 14 (8) Corners: 3 (Bryson, Raunig, Jackson)

39:04 Klanke (Woltering chips the ball over the top)

Maize: Shots: 3 (1) Corners: 0

Catch-it Kansas

NEWTON, Kansas. Maize high school girls’ soccer team has been to state nine years in a row, and for nearly a decade has been the high standard of soccer in Wichita. St. Thomas Aquinas girls’ soccer team has won state seven years in a row and is known as the well-established power of Class 5A. Friday night in Joe Goering stadium was where one of the dynasties fell as Aquinas powered past Maize 3-0.

Mallory Heying was the first to score for Aquinas on a penalty shot early in the first half. It was just five minutes later when undoubtedly the most incredible play of the game occurred when Senior Katelyn Heying scored with a header with an off the corner kick assist from Sophomore Hallie Klanke. 

“We play really well together, we feed off of each other,” said Klanke. “We know what each other will do and what we need to do for each other,” said Heying.

Which proved to be true throughout the game. 

Aquinas came out fired up in the second half and scored within a minute, reversing the roles of Heying and Klanke, this time Klanke scored off the assist from Heying. 

Maize Senior Raquelle Hardin, had 10 saves from the 20 shots fired from Aquinas. The goals were the most allowed by Hardin in a single game this season.

Maize finishes its season 15-4, while Aquinas will face Blue Valley Southwest tomorrow trying to earn its eighth straight state title and 17th overall. 

“The tradition helps us, the girls believe and they expect it to happen,” said head coach, Craig Ewing. “We’ve got consistency.” 

Serving his 30th year as a head coach, Ewing has been at St. Thomas since the program started. So he is familiar with consistency. 

“I have a consistent staff, so we have an overall same philosophy,” said Ewing. “That’s been one of our keys to success is to have a defensive and offensive philosophy and everyone buys in.”

Wichita Eagle:

5A girls soccer: Shorthanded Maize falls to Saint Thomas Aquinas

By Charles Chaney/Eagle correspondent

Published May 26 at 9:28 p.m. | Last updated May 26 at 9:30 p.m.

St. Thomas Aquinas, BV Southwest to play for Kansas 5A girls soccer title

BY CHARLES CHANEY

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NORTH NEWTON, KAN. 

St. Thomas Aquinas reached its ninth straight Kansas girls soccer championship game Friday, beating a shorthanded Maize team 3-0 in a Class 5A semifinal game at Newton-Bethel College Athletic Complex.

The Saints (16-3-1) overwhelmed Maize, scoring all three of their goals after a first-half red card against the Eagles.

“We were on the fortunate end of the red card tonight,” Aquinas coach Craig Ewing said. “We have to use this momentum going into tomorrow.”

In the 29th minute, Kaylee Swanson was called for an apparent handball in front of the Maize goal, leading to the ensuing red card. Aquinas’ Mallory Heying converted the penalty, putting the ball in the top right corner for a 1-0 lead. 

In the 33rd minute, sister Katelyn Heying scored on a header off a corner kick from Hallie Klanke, giving the Saints a 2-0 halftime advantage. Seconds into the second half, Klanke received a nice through ball from Anna Woltering and tapped it in past Maize keeper Raquelle Hardin.

Aquinas tallied 20 shots, including 10 in the first half. 

Maize had a seventh-minute breakaway by Elizabeth Palmer, but her shot was deflected by Aquinas keeper Nicole McEnroe. In the 65th minute, Maize’s lone second-half opportunity, Makayla Toth appeared to have an open net but Aquinas freshman Kate Goza cleared the ball. 

Aquinas, which faces Blue Valley Southwest (16-3-1) at 2 p.m. Saturday, will look to win its eighth consecutive state championship.

“We’re going to bed early tonight,” Klanke said. “We know it’s all on the line tomorrow.”

St. Thomas Aquinas 3, Maize 0

Halftime: Aquinas 2-0. Aquinas: M. Heying, PK, K. Heying (Klanke), Klanke (K. Heying), Shots: Aquinas 10-10—20, Maize-3-1—4. Saves: Aquinas, McEnroe 1-0—1, Hartnett 0-1—1 ; Hardin, 4-6—10

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/high-school/article153000919.html#storylink=cpy

State Quarters

23 May at STA in Quarterfinals vs. Shawnee Heights (10-0)

Ok, you don't see a lot of spreads in the State Quarterfinals, but that is just what the girls did tonight against a Shawnee Heights team who had just knocked off undefeated De Soto, fallen only 1-0 to Washburn Rural—so unexpected.

What we did do was attack the baseline early and often; we framed well, picking up some easy goals.  I believe we cashed 4 STA balls in the first half.  And less than 2 minutes in Hania got us on the board following Brigid's nice corner-like deadball. Early goals have been one of our best formulas all year: when we get them, we tend to win.

It was a night where a lot of things just went well early.  It reminded me of our Liberty game from Mo-Kan—just an unexplainable spread against a pretty decent team. (Let's make sure we don't have a similar follow-up game to the Liberty one.)

Freshman Maggie Ryan got her first varsity minutes tonight, playing some center midfield and some defensive center midfield.  She played well. 

And her cousin, Kyli Jackson was named BWhite Player of the Match. Her back post header for the goal capped off a great match where she won ball after ball and just kept moving the ball quickly through our midfield.

Production was off the charts: Yes, Hallie had 3 goals and 2 assists, but Isa had a goal and an assist; Elle a goal and an assist; Katelyn, a goal, an assist and a dummy leading to a goal, Brigid had 3 assists from left back, one a t-ball; Madison and Marge and Natalie created dummies that lead to goals; Alex was in the 18 when she slipped Elle that nice ball she finished. We just constantly got groups forward, coordinated in their attacks. It was good soccer and fun to watch.

Now, if we can just figure out the corner in the next two days, who knows? 

The fact that Heights did not get a shot off is a tribute to Hamms' "we all play defense," and in this one we all did. We played two sets of 4 in the back, 2 keepers. So we had an intensity and a desire to take away space throughout the lineup. 

We now get the rematch of last year's state semi-final against Maize. They just might be interested in a little revenge. We better be ready to go.

We stand 15-3-1, heading to our 14th straight final four—that's just nuts and pretty unexplainable. In our previous 13 trips, we have tallied 10 State titles, 2 State runner-ups and a third place finish.

STATS:

First Half:  Shots: 20 (15) Corners: 6 (Hallie 3, Woltering 2, K. Heying)

38:38 Crow (Linder bends the deadball like a corner kick off the keeper)

38:31 Woltering (Klanke T's it through the K. Heying dummy)

29:28 Yanes (Kimball T's it through the Janky dummy)

21:30 Klanke (Linder T's it through Pigott Dummy)

17:42 Jackson (K. Heying launches the long Box-ball to the back post for the header)

4:42 Kimball (Moss find Elle's feet)

1:20 Klanke (Linder finds her once again)

Heights: Shots: 0 Corners: 0

Second Half:  Saints: Shots: 10 (6) Corners: 9 (Linder 2, Ryan, K. Heying 2, Klanke, Crow, Kimball, Yanes)

32: 03 K. Heying (Klanke finds her back post)

27:27 M. Heying (Yanes boxes it through 2 dummies)

11:44 Klanke (Woltering goes through)

Heights: Shots: 0 Corners: 0

Regional Finals

Game 18 at STA in Regional Finals vs. Mill Valley (4-0)

Well, we got our rematch, taking advantage of those rare opportunities when we get to play against a team who had beaten us during regular season.

And the shot totals might have mirrored the first match, but our opportunities were glaringly better in this one.  Our girls came out of the locker room with some attitude and that approach translated into one of our better matches.

BWhite acknowledge Hallie Klanke as the BWhite Player of the Match. And my she was in other-planet mode. Hallie was everything that makes her such a special player—her speed on display, her ability to score from distance with those remarkable chips, and her ability to attack the baseline with such precision that she gives others great opportunities to score. She create 5 corners is just the first half—5!

But B wanted to make sure that the defense got a big-time shoutout as well, as they shutdown everything.  Mill Valley may have scraped up a couple of shots during the match, but they create zilch that was dangerous.  So Kelley and Moss and Linder and Romme and Crow–wow! (with Ramaekers and Raunig getting minutes as well in the back.) 

Overall though, we just created so much during that first half. Hallie, yes, created 5 corners, but we created 10 as a team.  No, we did not score (well, maybe we did—watch this!). We also just blew up the baseline crossing balls—no, our framing was not great, but we were dangerous, and this danger occurred against a very fine defensive team. Despite giving up 4 goals, Mill Valley's keep made quite a few nice saves again against us.

We got a break in the other games as well as both the 1 & the 2 seed went down, eliminating the anticipated match against BV Southwest. If we see them now, it will be in the Sate Finals.

So let's get to a 14th straight final four!

STATS:

First Half: Saints: Shots: 15 (8) Corners: 10 (K. Heying 2, Klanke 5, Kimball 2, Crow)

35:25 Klanke (Kelley finds Hallie's feet for her to move forward to chip it from distance)

18:33 Klanke (Mallory finds Hallie through)

11:43 K. Heying (Klanke t's it through the Marge dummy)

Jags: Shots: 2 (0) Corners: 0

Second Half: 

Saints: Shots: 12 (4) Corners: 3 (Kelley, Klanke, Kimball)

0:37 Linder (Direct kick)

Jags: Shots: 2 (1) Corners: 0