WATKINSVILLE — The White County girls soccer team took Oconee County down to the wire in a top-10 playoff battle on the road Monday.
But it was the second-ranked Lady Warriors (14-2 Region 8-3A No. 1 seed) from Watkinsville getting past the No. 6-ranked Lady Warriors (14-5 Region 7-3A No. 3 seed) from Cleveland, 3-2, in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs.
After Oconee County's Kate Elliot and Kylie Wilson scored the game's first two goals which led to a 2-0 halftime lead, White County's offense came alive, scoring two straight goals.
Hazen Ramey's header off a corner kick from Rachel Harris with 35:06 left to cut the deficit in half, 2-1. Later on, with 7:43 left in the game, Harris booted another corner kick and Madison Hunter headed it to the back of the net to tie the game, 2-2.
It looked as if the game was head to overtime until Elliot struck again with 2:02 to go, giving Oconee County the lead, 3-2.
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD, Monday, April 26
CLASS 3A
Westminster girls 10, Cherokee Bluff 0
North Hall girls 5 at Stephens County 4
Oconee County girls 3, White County 2
CLASS A PUBLIC
Atlanta Classical Academy girls 2, Commerce 1 2OT
Towns County girls 3, Drew Charter 2
CLASS A PRIVATE
Holy Innocents girls 5, Lakeview Academy 3
SECOND ROUND GIRLS SOCCER SCHEDULE
(Games listed by date and classification, highest to smallest)
(Games listed by visiting team in alphabetical order)
(Area teams highlighted in bold)
Tuesday, April 27
CLASS 3A
Greater Atlanta Christian girls (R5, S2) at Lumpkin County (R7, S1), 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28
CLASS 6A
Lassiter girls (R6, S2) at Buford (R8, S1), 6 p.m.
CLASS 4A
Flowery Branch girls (R8, S3) at Marist (R6, S1), 5 p.m.
Jefferson girls (R8, S3) at Northwest Whitfield (R7, S1), 6:30 p.m.
CLASS 2A
Banks County girls (R8, S3) at Model (R7, S1), 5:30 p.m.
Pace Academy girls (R6, S2) at Rabun County (R8, S1), TBD
Union County girls (R8, S2) at Lovett (R6, S1), 5:30 p.m.
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