Philomath High’s girls soccer team spread the scoring around Tuesday night with goals from eight different players in a 9-0 Oregon West Conference win at Central.
The game ended at halftime under the mercy rule.
“It was a really good team effort,” Philomath coach Mat Phelps said. “We played good two- and three-touch soccer, finding each other’s feet for really quality goals. It was great to get a lot of different girls on the score sheet.”
Freshman Lilly Ellis got the Warriors started early, scoring in the second minute off an assist from junior Bella Nuñez and then adding a second goal three minutes later on a feed from senior Angelica Morales-Marquez.
Junior Bethany Cannon made it 3-0 in the seventh minute with an assist from junior Kya Bolton. Nuñez scored unassisted in the 16th minute and Bolton followed a minute later on a pass from freshman Sienna Smith.
Sophomore Autumn Wilson scored in the 22nd minute off an assist from senior Annaleise Brown and then set up Morales-Marquez for a goal in the 28th minute. Senior Ella Bumstead scored in the 29th minute with an assist from senior Lucy Thomas, and Brown moved up front and scored in the 31st minute on a feed from sophomore Jordyn Allen.
Philomath improved to 6-3 overall and 4-0 in the Oregon West. Central fell to 0-8 and 0-4.
The Warriors have posted three consecutive shutouts behind a defense anchored by Brown and senior goalkeeper Makena Sleeman. Philomath has outscored its Oregon West opponents 24-1.
Philomath hosts Stayton at 3:30 p.m. Thursday with sole possession of first place in the conference on the line. The Eagles enter the game at 6-1-1 overall and 4-0 in league play after a 2-1 win over Cascade on Tuesday.
Philomath 9, Central 0
Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Central HS, Independence
Teams (Record) 1 2 F Philomath (6-3, 4-0) 9 — 9 Central (0-8, 0-4) 0 — 0
Note: The game was stopped after one half on the mercy rule.
FIRST HALF—1, Philomath, L. Ellis (Nuñez), 2nd minute; 2, Philomath, L. Ellis (Morales-Marquez), 5th minute; 3, Philomath, Cannon (Bolton), 7th minute; 4, Philomath, Nuñez, 16th minute; 5, Philomath, Bolton (Smith), 17th minute; 6, Philomath, Wilson (Brown), 22nd minute; 7, Philomath, Morales-Marquez (Wilson), 28th minute; 8, Philomath, Bumstead (Thomas), 29th minute; 9, Philomath, Brown (Allen), 31st minute.
JUNIOR VARSITY—Philomath 6, Central 0. PHS Goals: Hernandez (Bilder), 8th minute; 2, A. Oster, 20th minute; 3, Bilder (R. Oster), 30th minute; 4, Harrington, 39th minute; 5, Davis (R. Oster), 48th minute; 6, Phelps (Stewart), 54th minute.