HARLAN — After being shutout by North Laurel this past Thursday, Whitley County returned the favor to Harlan County on Monday.
The Lady Colonels received a six-goal, five-assist game from Autumn Sawyers to knock off the Lady Black Bears, 10-0.
Sawyers now posses a 13th Region-best 47 goals, and 28 assists on the season.
Sawyers’ 47 goals in a season rank second in 13th Region history with Corbin’s Amerah Dixon, who accomplished the feat in 2012. Sawyers is also three goals away from breaking the 13th Region and Whitley County girls’ soccer program record of Reis Anderson, who currently holds both records with 49 goals.
“We played a good dame tonight,” Whitley County coach Michael Sawyers said. “We controlled the tempo of the game from the start. Our center mid, Madison Earls, picked up the speed of the game for us and the girls fed off of her energy.”
Deserae Haynes had three goals and two assists, Kimberlee White had one goal and one assist while Andrea Dees and Makayla Strunk both had one assist apiece.
Whitley County will be back in action Thursday on the road at 5:30 p.m. against Corbin.
