Girls Soccer Fayetteville blanks Rogers Heritage, 4-0

ROGERS --The Fayetteville Lady Purple Bulldogs kept a tight grip on second place in the 7A-West Conference with a 4-0 win over Rogers Heritage on Tuesday night at Gates Stadium.

Freshman forward Georgia Templeton scored two goals, while Abby Vaught added a goal and an assist for the Lady Purple'Dogs. Freshman Morganne Browning also chipped in two assists as Fayetteville led 2-0 at halftime and added two more goals in the second half.

Fayetteville coach Joe Thoma said he wants to see his team get in playoff mode, and the Lady Purple'Dogs looked the part against Heritage.

"Our pregame things was let's treat this like a playoff game," Thoma said. "We want to get in playoff mode. We want to get in a thing, let's score score goals. Let's defend smart and no dumb things. Every game's a big game now. We just want to take care of business. We're playing good, and we want to make people chase us a little bit.

"Sometimes in the second half of the season you get distracted or whatever. That first round of the state tournament you don't know who you're going to play and you have to be prepared."

Heritage keeper Micayla Faught turned Fayetteville away early, but Vaught got them on the board with 28 minutes, 30 seconds left before halftime. Six minutes later, Myra Tubb took a cross from Browning to make it 2-0 Fayetteville.

Templeton scored twice in the second half, one coming off a corner kick by Vaught, then added another late.

Fayetteville (13-3, 8-2 7A-West) travels to Springdale Har-Ber for a key matchup Friday. Heritage dropped to 4-11 overall and 3-7 in the league. The Lady War Eagles play at Bentonville West on Friday.

Rogers High 3, Van Buren 1

Leslie Barrales had a hat trick to lead the Lady Mounties to a 3-0 halftime lead and they cruised to the win..

Abby Revoir and Ashley Babbitt each added an assist for Rogers. The Lady Mounties host Bentonville on Friday.

Bentonville High 6, Springdale High 0

The Lady Tigers improved to 11-0 in the 7A-West with a convincing home win against the Lady Red'Dogs (3-8 7A-West).

Five different players scored a goal in the first half for Bentonville, which carried a 5-0 lead into halftime. Sarah Roberts added the fifth goal of the half with just 9.9 seconds left.

Taylor Muff put the sportsmanship rule in effect with 33 minutes to play in the second half. Bentonville has now scored at least six goals in four of its last five matches. Tylerann Reash, Ginger Olson, Angelina Diaz, Lauren Hargus each scored in the win as well.

Springdale Har-Ber 6, Bentonville West 1

Erika Orellana recorded a hat trick as the Lady Wildcats rolled to a big win in 7A-West play Tuesday.

Har-Ber raced out to a 5-0 lead by halftime and cruised to its seventh win in league matches. Meagan LaMendola scored twice for the Lady Wildcats as well and Kearstin Whitfield added a goal of her own in the rout.

Har-Ber moves to 7-4 in conference play and has won three of its last four, rebounding from a 6-1 loss to Bentonville High Monday while West falls to 3-8 in 7A-West play.

Sports on 04/26/2017

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