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CALCUTTA -- Sophomore Leah Stewart scored in the second overtime to lift Beaver Local’s girls soccer team to a 1-0 win over Steubenville on Monday in a Div. III district semifinal at Beaver Local.
It was the third win over Big Red this season for the Beavers. All the matches were played at Pastore Field.
Tatum Duncan had 16 saves in goal for the Beavers.
Top-seeded Beaver Local is 14-5 and has scored 98 goals to its opponents’ 26 this season.
Beaver Local, a Div. IV state semifinalist last season, will play No. 2 seed Dresden Tri-Valley in the district final at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Harrison Central’s Wagner Field.
Tri-Valley beat Zanesville 8-0 on Monday in the other district semifinal.
The Scotties are 13-3-3 and have scored 74 goals this season while allowing 21.
In the MaxPreps Div. III state soccer rankings, Beaver Local is ranked 39th, while Tai-Valley is 40th.
The winner of the Tri-Valley-Beaver Local district final will play the winner of No. 4 seed West Holmes and No. 5 seed Philo in the regional semifinal.