SHERIDAN – The Rock Springs Lady Tigers have had a strong second half of the season and will look to keep the run going at state starting on Thursday.
The Lady Tigers enter Thursday’s State Championships as the top seed from the West. They open bright and early at 9:30 a.m. against the fourth seed from the east, Cheyenne East. For the past six season, the east has swept the west in the opening round of the tournament.
The Lady Thunderbirds finished the season with an overall record of 9-7-2 but struggled in conference play. Against the rest of their conference, East finished 3-5-2. In the East Regional Tournament, the Lady T-birds opened with a win in the 4 vs. 5 matchup to qualify for state. They upset Sheridan by one, 2-1.
East was beat by top seed Laramie 6-0 in the second round and again tasted loss in the third-place game against second-seed Cheyenne Central, 3-1.
Jessie Erickson scored 10 goals in the regular season to lead the Lady Thunderbirds. Abby Morillon finished with seven while Dani House, Katie Loken and Sydney Miller each added four goals. Morillon also had nine assists on the season.
East has a high-powered offense scoring 50 goals on the year. They have only allowed 25 with goalie Mackenzie Paintner finishing with 50 saves.
Rock Springs finished with a record of 14-6 overall. The ladies won five of their last seven regular-season games and continued the run at the 4A West Regional Tournament.
The Lady Tigers opened the tournament with a strong 3-0 win over Riverton. The followed it avenging losses to Kelly Walsh and Natrona to win the next two and the tournament championship.
During the regular season, Madisyn Cantrell was an offensive key leading the team with 15 goals. Jasmine Ramirez, Delia Griffin and Otilia Martinez had several key goals throughout the year. Martinez finished with six assists in the regular season with Cantrell and Kia Comstock also among the assist leaders.
Rock Springs scored 35 goals on the season while allowing 31. Zoe Baldwin was among the 4A leaders on defense with 143 saves in the regular season.
Girls State Tournament Schedule
4A
Courtesy of Wyopreps
Thursday, May 26
(#4E) Cheyenne East vs. (#1W) Rock Springs – 9:30am
(#3W) Kelly Walsh vs. (#2E) Laramie – 9:30am
(#3E) Cheyenne Central vs. (#2W) Natrona – 2:30pm
(#4W) Evanston vs. (#1E) Gillette – 2:30pm
Friday, May 27
Consolation Round
East/Rock Springs loser vs. Kelly Walsh/Laramie loser – 9:30am
Central/Natrona loser vs. Evanston/Gillette loser – 9:30am
Semi-Finals
East/Rock Springs winner vs. Kelly Walsh/Laramie winner – 2:30pm
Central/Natrona winner vs. Evanston/Gillette winner – 2:30pm
Saturday, May 28
2 Friday 9:30am winners vs. each other – 9am Consolation Championship
2 Friday 2:30pm losers vs. each other – 11am 3rd Place
2 Friday 2:30pm winners vs. each other – 2pm Championship
3A
Thursday, May 26
Star Valley vs. (#1 NW) Worland – 9am
Newcastle vs. (#1 SE) Torrington – 9am
Pinedale vs. (#1 NE) Buffalo – 2pm
Cody vs. (#1 SW) Jackson – 2pm
Friday, May 27
Consolation Round
Star Valley/Worland loser vs. Newcastle/Torrington loser – 9am
Pinedale/Buffalo loser vs. Cody/Jackson loser – 9am
Semi-Finals
Star Valley/Worland winner Newcastle/Torrington winner – 2pm
Pinedale/Buffalo winner vs. Cody/Jackson winner – 2pm
Saturday, May 28
2 Friday 9am winners vs. each other – 9am Consolation Championship
2 Friday 2pm losers vs. each other – 11am 3rd Place
2 Friday 2pm winners vs. each other – 10am Championship
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