High School Sports

Pleasant ending for Pleasant Hill at Missouri girls state soccer tournament

Rachel Kolich of St. Pius X takes a shot, but Pleasant Hill's Adelynn Link stands in the way to block it for Pleasant Hill on Thursday at Swope Park.
Rachel Kolich of St. Pius X takes a shot, but Pleasant Hill's Adelynn Link stands in the way to block it for Pleasant Hill on Thursday at Swope Park. Special to The Star

Pleasant Hill ended its girls high school soccer season with a win on Thursday in the game for third place at the Missouri Class 2 state tournament.

Pleasant Hill finished its season 18-9 after beating St. Pius X in the noon game at Swope Park. Both teams lost in the state semifinals on Wednesday, setting up Thursday's midday showdown. St. Pius X finishes its season 19-6-1.

O'Fallon's Christian High beat Notre Dame of Cape Girardeau 1-0 for the Class 2 state title.

Class 1

St. Vincent played Principia for the Class 1 championship later Thursday. Earlier, Lone Jack beat Fatima 4-1 in the game for third place.

Class 3

Kearney (22-1) plays Rockwood Summit Friday at 2 p.m. in a state Class 3 semifinal at Swope Park. The other Class 3 semifinal, at noon Friday, features Incarnate Word (21-6) vs. Union (21-1).

The Class 3 championship is Saturday at Swope at 2 p.m.

Class 4

Both Class 4 state semis at Swope feature Kansas City-area teams.

The first, at 4 p.m., sees Lee's Summit West (22-1) taking on Eureka (19-5-1). The second, at 6, pits Park Hill (20-3) against Jackson (19-4).

The winners play for the state title on Saturday at 4 p.m.

This story was originally published May 31, 2018 at 3:38 PM with the headline "Pleasant ending for Pleasant Hill at Missouri girls state soccer tournament."

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