Wolverines beat LaConner in shootout, 1-0

FHHS senior forward Clara Brand settles the ball in front of the LaConner goal.

It will rank as one of the great games of the Friday Harbor High soccer program, and one of the more memorable.

Senior midfielder Hannah Starr heads the ball to a teammate....

LaConner and FHHS battled for two halves and had a 0-0 draw after 80 minutes. Overtime didn’t add anything to the score, so it came down to a shootout, with Wolverine keeper Rhiana Franklin getting a glove on the Braves’ last shot to end the game.

This year’s squad plays entertaining soccer, and has been making fans all season; this game emptied the stands as fans & players engulfed Rhiana after her huge save. She told me, “We work on this at practice, and it really helps that our players are all good PK (penalty kick) shooters. That makes me better. On that last shot I was lucky, but it helped that I was prepared.”

The Wolverines are at home tomorrow with Meridian.

The afternoon's shadows lengthened as did the scoreless minutes for FHHS junior goalkeeper Rhiana Franklin, here taking away the breakaway by the Braves.

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