Two Hendersonville-area girls soccer teams will play for state championships Friday, Oct. 30, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga.
Liberty Creek topped Tullahoma 3-1 in the TSSAA Class AA semifinal Wednesday, Oct. 28, and Merrol Hyde beat Cascade 6-0 in the Class A semifinal the same day. Both programs are one win away.
Liberty Creek 3, Tullahoma 1
The Wolves (17-4-2) and Wildcats (16-4-1) traded early goals. Ivy Weigel buried a straightaway shot in the seventh minute to put Liberty Creek ahead 1-0, according to Sumner County Sports on X. Tullahoma answered a minute later, taking the ball from the keeper and lobbing in a long shot to tie the match at 1-1.
Liberty Creek pulled away in the second half. Avery Baker scored to make it 3-1, sealing the win.
The victory sets up a championship matchup against top-seeded South Gibson. A win would give Liberty Creek its second straight Class AA title and, according to Sumner County Sports, its third in four years.
The Tennessean listed Liberty Creek senior Addie Medina as a top player to watch entering the tournament, with 19 goals and nine assists on the season.
Merrol Hyde 6, Cascade 0
Merrol Hyde controlled the match from the start, building a 4-0 lead before finishing with a 6-0 shutout. Senior goalkeeper Emma Kate O'Neill entered the tournament with 52 saves on 63 shots, allowing just two goals and recording 10 shutouts in 18 games, according to the Tennessean's tournament preview.
The Class A championship will be a rematch with Westview, which beat Merrol Hyde 2-0 in last year's title game, the Tennessean reported. Merrol Hyde has reached the past six Class A championship games and won titles in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
What's next
Division I state title games will be played Friday, Oct. 30, at Finley Stadium. Merrol Hyde faces Westview in the Class A final, and Liberty Creek takes on South Gibson for the Class AA crown.
