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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hurricane girls fall to University 1-0 in championship game
BECKLEY -- Kaylynn Petrisin's goal in the 62nd minute held up and unbeaten University beat Hurricane, 1-0, Saturday in the girls state Class AAA soccer championship game.
University had lost in last year's title game to Nitro at the YMCA Youth Sports Complex in Beckley.
Neither team managed much offense. Hurricane, which had beaten Jefferson 1-0 in the semifinals, had three shots on goal and University, a 1-0 semifinal winner over George Washington, had two.
Goalkeeper Hillary Dewitt earned the shutout for University (23-0-2).
Hurricane (16-1-5) lost its first game of the season.
Class AAA boys
George Capel and Brian Runyon scored goals to lead defending champion Parkersburg to a 2-0 win over Woodrow Wilson.
Parkersburg (21-2-2), which beat Martinsburg 2-0 in the semifinals, won its sixth state title under coach Don Fosselman.
Parkersburg avenged a 2-1 loss in the regular season to Woodrow Wilson (16-4-3).
Capel, who also had a goal in last year's title win, scored in the 29th minute and Runyon added a goal in the 71st minute. Parkersburg goalkeeper Spencer Griffey posted the shutout.
Class AA-A girls
Charleston Catholic allowed just one shot on goal and beat Weir, 3-0. Charleston Catholic outlasted Weir for the second straight year in the title game.
Emily Blake, Donovan Reed and Victoria Thomas scored goals for the Irish (20-1-4). Rachel Silverman had two assists and Blake had one.
Weir finished 16-4-4.
Class AA-A boys
Seth Ritchie scored two goals to lead Charleston Catholic to a 4-2 win over Weir, giving the Irish a sweep of the Class AA-A championships.
Ritchie scored in the 16th and 49th minutes. Tommy Trupo and Alex Higgins scored the other goals for the Irish (22-1-1), who trailed 2-1 at halftime.
Weir (14-4-2) got its first goal when a Charleston Catholic player knocked the ball into his own net in the 28th minute. Weir's Stephen Felton scored in the 39th minute.
