And to think, one more goal would have made it a baker’s dozen.
It was that kind of game Thursday afternoon for the Park City High School girls’ soccer team.
The Miners pummeled region rival Carbon, 12-0, having eight different goal scorers and putting on an offensive clinic throughout the match.
Senior Julia Kranstover registered a hat trick, while junior Jessie Sorenson tallied two goals. Other scorers were seniors Emily Hiatt and Sami Meyers, juniors Sophie Frankenburg and Sarah McInerney, and sophomores Rachael Papez and Savannah Shoon.
All in all, the Miners were the far superior team and it showed. Park City had its way with the Carbon defense; it was a rarity that the ball ever made it into the Miner back half.
Kranstover was a terror on the left wing and pestered the Dino’s throughout the game.
The Miners’ thumping of Carbon was the first game in region play and Miner head coach Chip Cook was pleased with her team’s effort and energy.
“It’s hard to say, I thought they played well and did a really good job with possession,” she said. “They challenged themselves a lot, too. Not just taking the first shot, to pass and find the open player and pass it around. They played as well as they could.”
As the goals began to pour into the goal, a few stood out. McInerney had a gorgeous trap, then turned and rifled a shot that went past the Carbon goalkeeper.
All day long the Miners’ wings were a force to be reckoned with as they got down the sideline at will and were able to play dangerous balls into the box and flash crosses across the six-yard line. Kranstover was the beneficiary from some nice wing play throughout the game.
Cook was able to get adequate rest for each of her key players and provide playing time for basically her whole active roster.
It’d be easy to let a 12-0 victory like that get to one’s head, but Cook reaffirmed that her squad this year is focused on the task at hand.
“They’re so levelheaded,” she said. ‘They’re such great kids and they get it. What is hard is that you start forming bad habits, thinking you have more time. In actuality against a more experienced team, you just get pressured.”
“That’s the thing we talked about, even if you can dribble, you don’t dribble,” Cook said.
Cook was pleased with the outing, but was more focused on the 1-1 tie that her team had rightfully earned against Waterford earlier on in the week.
“We just had one little moment of breakdown in the first half, and the second half we came out and adjusted our play a little bit and picked up the intensity,” Cook said.
Park City went down early at Waterford, but came back to equalize in the second half.
Next up for the Miners is a showdown with a highly-touted program from Strongville, Ohio, which is in Utah playing a few select teams. That match will be played Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Quinn’s Junction field.