Lady Champs make splash in win

Cascade banged home a pair of goals early and went on to defeat visiting Forrest 4-2 on a gloomy Tuesday.

The regular season finale victory pushes the Lady Champions' overall record to 5-5 and 5-2 in District 11-A/AA, which places them third in the standings.

Third-seeded Cascade hosts No. 6-seed Community in the opening round of the district tournament at a time and date yet to be determined.

Forrest (4-4, 3-4) had a chance to take an early lead as Taylour Allen lined up for a penalty kick less than 4 minutes in. The Lady Champs caught a break as her shot attempt sailed over the crossbar.

In the 17th minute, Cascade's Ashley Bledsoe crossed a ball in front of the net to teammate Laura Jett, who promptly headed in the pinpoint pass for a 1-0 lead.

After being just off on a pair of free kicks at the top of the box, Bledsoe sailed in a goal from a near-impossible angle over the outstretched arms of Lady Rocket goalkeeper Shannon Warren in minute 30.

With less than 6 minutes to go in the first half, Anna Wiser got Forrest right back into the match with a score off an assist from Allen.

The score remained 2-1 in Cascade's favor for the next 36 minutes until Lauren Ware put the Orange and Black back up by two goals.

Wiser kept the rain-soaked crowd on edge with her second goal coming in the 76th minute.

Katie Moulder came off the bench to provide some insurance late with the final Lady Champion score.

Kayla Carden tallied 13 saves as the victorious goalie.

Middle Tennessee Christian 1, Community 0: In Murfreesboro, Courtney Henderson scored the decisive goal on a penalty kick rewarded on a controversial foul in the box.

Viqueen Megan Smith filled in at goalkeeper to hold the district's second-place team to the one score.

Community plays at Webb on Friday afternoon at 4:30.

Columbia 5, Cascade 1: On Saturday, Bledsoe provided the lone goal for the Lady Champions against their Class AAA foe.