If there were any questions how the Park City High School girls’ soccer team would fare in the new and very much improved Region 10, the Miners delivered an emphatic answer Thursday afternoon.

Park City scored three goals in the first 12 minutes of play en route to a 6-2 win over visiting Judge Memorial. Sophomore forwards Jessica Dancy and Allie Gordon each had two goals, while sophomore winger Maggie Reigelsperger and junior Anneke Efinger rounded out the goal scoring for the Miners.

“It’s always nice to beat Judge,” said Park City head coach Chip Cook. “They’re a good, solid soccer program and they have great athletes. It’s a nice win.”

The Miners got on the score sheet early when Efinger sent a perfect through ball past the Judge backline toward a streaking Reigelsperger who slotted it home. Minutes later, Reigelsperger whipped a cross into the box to the far post where Dancy promptly buried it into the back of the net.

Not too long after that, Dancy outmuscled a Bulldog defender for the ball outside the 18-yard box and beat the Judge goalkeeper to give Park City an early 3-0 lead.

“I think we’re starting to put some stuff together,” Cook said. “We have our momentary lapses where we still lose focus. But what they were able to do today was not by accident. It’s what we’ve been working on.”

After Judge star forward Danielle Gaztambide put one back for the Bulldogs to cut Park City’s lead to 3-1 early in the second half, the Miners upped their lead to 4-1 when Efinger headed the ball past the Judge keeper off a corner kick.

Both of Gordon’s goals would follow en route to the win.

“If you can keep the ball, you give yourself a shot (at scoring),” Cook said. “We have a number of people who can hold possession and make great choices with the ball. We’re really happy with the way we played today.”

Cook circled the performance of senior Sophie Frankenburg, who started on the Miners’ backline and helped thwart many of the Bulldog attacks, especially from the speedy Gaztambide.

“She played fantastic,” Cook said. “She’s never really played back there, but she’s just a really strong athlete and she was up to the task.”

She also mentioned senior defender Emily Corrington, who she says has been solid all year and makes “the right decisions on the ball.”

“We’ve got so many people on this team who can contribute to our success,” Cook said. “Once we get a flow going, we’re a hard team to stop.”

Throughout the preseason and now into region play, the difference for Park City is often overall team speed. With speedsters like Reigelsperger, Dancy, Gordon and freshman Allison Casey, the Miners have the ability to light up the scoreboard in a hurry, as evidenced Thursday against Judge.

“I think whenever you have speedy players you’re fortunate,” she said. “So much of that is just what you come with. They come with their speed and, actually, we’re fortunate enough because we get them and their fitness.

“We keep them fit; we don’t have to get them fit.”

The Miners, now 4-4 and 2-0 in Region 10 play, have scored 10 goals in their two region matches and are preparing for Tuesday’s showdown with rival Wasatch (4-3) in Park City.

“Always a tough battle,” Cook said. “Our games are always competitive.”

As for thumping the Bulldogs, Park City’s head coach is pleased with the overall state of the team.

“It’s a nice place to be,” she said.