The Starr's Mill Lady Panthers, ranked first in the state and

12th in the nation, faced the Heritage Lady Patriots on Saturday

night. Starr's Mill was intensely focused as they were to square off

against the third ranked team in AAA. Heritage had only lost once

during the season, but it was the Lady Panthers who struck first.

Janet Burke scored twelve minutes into the game off of an

Alice Martin pass. Burke scored again three minutes later off of an

assist from Kacy Murray. Allison Graham scored 14 minutes later,

making a Heritage comeback all the more unlikely. Alice

Martin scored an unassisted goal with eight minutes remaining in

the half to make the score 4-0 and Amanda Thurber got into the

action, scoring right before the half off of a Kacy Murray assist.

The second half was the same as the first. Kacy Murray

scored an unassisted goal three minutes into the second half.

Amanda Thurber netted her second goal of the game less than six

minutes later. Alicia Schulz then made a beautiful pass which Katey

Price headed into the net. Marcy Hubbard scored the final goal

for Starr's Millas she drove up the sideline and faked out the

hard charging Heritage keeper.

The defense for Starr's Mill was as impressive as they had been

all season, limiting Heritage to nine shots. Starr's Mill had 34 shots

in the game and kept up their torrid scoring pace and their

enormous amount of pressure. Starr's Mill will travel to North Gwinnett

High School for a game tonight at 7 p.m. The winner advances to

the final against the winner of the Woodward

Academy/Marist game. The Lady Panthers have defeated both teams this season.

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