Monday soccer: Adairsville girls, Cass boys collect home wins

Six of the local high school soccer teams were in action Monday night with mixed results. The Adairsville girls and Cass boys earned home shutout wins while the Woodland girls opened their 2023 campaign on the road with a 1-1 draw.

WOODLAND GIRLS 1, CEDARTOWN 1

The Lady Cats started their 2023 season Monday night with a 1-1 draw at Cedartown.

Brionna Carver scored the Woodland goal off an assist from Karyme Hernandez. Lady Cats’ keeper Abby Duncan recorded five saves.

Cedartown is now 1-1-1 on the season.

Woodland (0-0-1) hosts Cedartown Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m.

CEDARTOWN 3, WOODLAND BOYS 0

The Woodland boys lost their regular season opener Monday night at Cedartown, 3-0.

The Bulldogs led 1-0 at the intermission and added a pair of insurance goals in the second half to improve to 3-0 on the season.

Woodland (0-1) hosts Sonoraville Wednesday at 5:55 p.m.

ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 5, MURRAY COUNTY 0

Adairsville’s Lizzie LeMay scored three goals and had one assist Monday night to lead the Lady Tigers in a 5-0 blanking of visiting Murray County.

LeMay scored in the 2nd, 49th, and 56th minutes to complete the hat trick. Emma Ridley assisted on two of the goals.

Jessica Hogue gave Adairsville a 2-0 lead in the 18th minute and Gabi Becerra gave the Lady Tigers a 3-0 lead at the intermission with a goal in the 21st minute.

The loss drops Murray County to 0-3 on the season.

Adairsville (3-1) plays at Darlington Friday.

MURRAY COUNTY 3, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 0

The Adairsville boys stayed close with visiting Murray County Monday night playing the Indians to a 0-0 first-half draw.

Murray County (2-2) took advantage of some Adairsville miscues in the second half, however, to escape with a 3-0 non-region win.

“The boys played a great first half,” noted Tigers coach John Terrell. “We made some mistakes in the second half leading to multiple goals off penalty kicks. Our youth continues to show but we made improvements. We’re still dealing with some injuries too. We hope to be at full strength when region play starts.” Adairsville (0-4) plays Friday night at Darlington.

CASS BOYS 5, SONORAVILLE 0

Mason Madrid scored a pair of goals Monday night -- both on assists from Alex Hernandez as the Colonels built a 4-0 lead in the first half against visiting Sonoraville (1-2). Kayden Pineda put Cass up 1-0 in the 10th minute off an assist from Camden Hillhouse. Following the two goals by Madrid, Hillhouse put the Colonels up 4-0 with an unassisted net-finder in the 30th minute. After the intermission, Cass created multiple scoring opportunities but failed to finish until Christian Villela scored in the 65th minute.

Cass (3-1) hosts Woodstock at Cochran Stadium Thursday night.

SONORAVILLE 4, CASS GIRLS 1 The Lady Colonels trailed just 1-0 at the intermission but allowed a trio of second-half goals Monday night to visiting Sonoraville in an eventual 4-1 non-region loss.

The Lady Phoenix improved to 2-1 on the season.

Senior Anna Marsala scored the only Cass goal in the second half off a penalty shot.

The Lady Colonels (1-2) host Woodstock Thursday at 5:30 p.m.