Having chased down a long, well-placed pass and then worked her way across the pitch from left to right to create a favorable, if brief, shooting opportunity with just about 12 minutes left in a still-scoreless match this past Tuesday, Chillicothe High School soccer Lady Hornets junior forward Juliann Gabrielson gets a good shot away at Kansas City: St. Pius X’s goal from only 15 yards away. While having good pace, the rushed shot went almost-directly at netminder Kate Lewis, who made the semi-routine save. Only a couple of minutes later, the first of two Chillicothe hand-ball infractions inside its only penalty area in the late going set up the first of SPX’s two penalty-kick goals by Meg Giffin, tipping the tense Midland Empire Conference match in Chillicothe the visitors’ way by a final 2-0 count. (BUTCH SHAFFER/C-T PHOTO)
Edged 1-0 at Kansas City a year earlier, Chillicothe High School’s soccer Lady Hornets denied defending Midland Empire Conference champion St. Pius X any goals…
