For the first time since 2004, Chillicothe is headed back to the Regional Girls
Soccer tournament to face St. Francis DeSales Wednesday at Upper Arlington High School.
The Lady Cavs kicked their way past Unioto 3-1 for the Division 2 District championship Saturday at Jackson’s Alumni Stadium.
The win avenges a 6-1 Chillicothe loss at Unioto October 11th.
The Lady Cavs ended a 32 minute scoreless struggle when Jordan Matthews advanced a pass to Lindsey Schobelock who booted the ball into the goal with 7:55 remaining in the first half for a 1-0 lead. SEOAL Player of the Year Kasey Crow attacked the box just 3:29 later. The ball rebounded off the chest of Shermans goalkeeper Ashley Flautt back to Crow who sent the shot just inside the right goal post to put Chillicothe ahead 2-0 before the break.
The Cavs had the advantage in time of possession and had 17 shots on goal.
Unioto had limited opportunities, but cut the Cavs’ lead to 2-1 at 34:52 of the second half off a shot by Kyleen Muirhead. Later, Muirhead had a goal waved off which would have tied the game at 2-2. Morgan Gumm, kicking from the left corner, centered the ball in front of the Chillicothe goal. Cavs goalkeeper Kaitlyn Cunningham appeared to momentarily make a save but the ball skipped through her grasp and rolled into the goal off Muirhed’s header. The goal was disallowed however when the officials ruled Cunnigham was bumped into which dislodged the ball from her grasp.
Minutes later, Schobelock worked the ball between two Shermans defenders and gave Chillicothe an insurance score just 8 yards from the goal at 15:22.
It was the third District final appearance for the Shermans (12-3-3) in the six-year history of the program.
The win gives Chillicothe (14-3-0) a 3-2 series lead in their battle with Unioto.
A touching move by Chillicothe officials, former Cavs coach Pam Allen was asked to issue the Cavs District Champion medals to her former players. Allen stepped aside from coaching the Cavs while her husband battled cancer. She led the Cavs to their last regional appearance.
Chillicothe meets DeSales (14-4-2) Wednesday night at 7pm. DeSales edged Granville 1-0.

Hear the game podcast with Dan Ramey and Lou Postage below.
Girls Soccer Cavs-Unioto Pregame
Girls Soccer Cavs-Unioto First Half
Girls Soccer Cavs-Unioto Halftime
Girls Soccer Cavs-Unioto Second Half
Girls Soccer Cavs-Unioto Post Game













