There were

several announcements made during Tuesday night's match between the McIntosh

and Fayette County varsity girls soccer match. At one point the loudspeaker

announced that the Lady Chiefs were ranked first in the state and first

in the nation in the Fox Sports poll. Perhaps the most surprising announcement

came after senior forward Julie Herdic scored her first of three goals

on the evening. As near as anyone can tell, that goal gave her the most

goals in girl's high school soccer for the state of Georgia.

"I did

some research," said Coach Stephen Buckner. "There wasn't a

set record but the highest career total in the state I found belonged

to a student at Tift County High School who had 163 goals in three years."

Herdic now

has 166 goals and is 16 goals shy of cracking the national top 10. The

number one femal goal scorer in high school history has 180.

As for the

macth between the county rivals, Mcintosh won 6-0 but Fayette County gave

the Lady Chiefs their toughest game of the season, so far. The Lady Tigers

held McIntosh scoreless for over 30 minutes. Geneva Baran scored a goal

with just over seven minutes to play in the first half. The Lady Chiefs

exploded for five goals in the second half. Herdic netted her hat trick,

while aLauren kopec and Alicia Schulz each added one.

"When

you get six goals from five assists, you know the team game is working

very well," said Buckner. "Fayette County worked hard and stopped

a lot of what we trying to do early on."

McIntosh will

face Eagle's Landing on Friday for the first time in school history. Next

week, they will face Westminster on Monday at 5:30 p.m. and then will

travel to North Carolina for a game with the number two team in the nation.

"The girls

really enjoy the responsibility of being number one," said Buckner.

"We've entered the toughest part of our schedule and we'll see where

we fit in."

In the next

month, the Lady Chiefs will face six out of state teams; two from North

Carolina, one from Alabama, one from Colorado, one from Wisconsin and

one from California. They will also face Walton, which tied Starr's Mill

on Tuesday night, 2-2.

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