Making its second state final four appearance and first since 2002, Waynesville advanced to the championship game with a 5-0 victory against Winchester Eastern in the semifinals. For years, the games had been held at MAPFRE Stadium, the Crew’s old home. These are the first state soccer championships being held at the new home of the Columbus Crew. Waynesville finished the season 17-6-0, while Ottawa-Glandorf, which was making its first state championship game appearance, finished 21-2. They did a great job of showing real grit out there and battling on the field.” We worked every minute to play better and better and play wide, play fast and find the back the net. “We started off the season with the idea that we wanted progress not perfection,” third-year coach Kelley Bricker said, “and these girls have worked hard every single game to get better and better and better. Waynesville took 15 shots to five by Ottawa-Glandorf. Waynesville outscored its six tournament opponents 25-0. The defense, led by junior goalkeeper Gracyn Armstrong, did the rest. It was Whitaker’s team-best 16th goal of the season and her first since the third round of the playoffs. “She had a bunch of shots earlier in the game. “It was only a matter of time,” senior defender Kate Handle said. When she turned, she had a great angle, and I believed that it would go in.” and I knew that she could hit it because we do it in practice all the time. If you don’t hit the shot, you don’t, but I took it and I made it. “This is the state championship,” said Whitaker, who committed to Tusculum University in May. After a corner kick, she corralled a loose ball in the center of the penalty box, let it drop to her feet, touched it once and then drilled it into the top of the net as one defender raced at her. Senior Emma Whitaker’s scored the only goal with 27:38 to play in the game. I’m just grateful to be on this team, and I just knew this was the year.” Ever since June, we’ve been coming out and and getting better. I’m just incredibly proud of us because we put all of our effort into this. “I’m speechless because every year we go into the season with our main goal of winning the state championship,” senior defender Savanna Amburgy said, “and we’ve never gotten this far in school history. Waynesville High School’s girls soccer team claimed the school’s first state team championship in any sport by beating Ottawa-Glandorf 1-0 in the Division III final at Field on Friday (November 12, 2021). *Article written by David Jablonski for the Dayton Daily News.ĬOLUMBUS - Those signs honoring state championship teams outside cities across Ohio, Waynesville can put one up now.
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