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Girls soccer: Moon, Montour claim wins in WPIAL tournament openers

Two West Hills area schools passed their opening-round tests Monday in the WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer tournament.

No. 5 seed Moon opened play by blanking Hampton, 4-0, at Tiger Stadium, while No. 8 seed Montour needed extra time to edge Franklin Regional, 3-2.

The Tigers, who scored all four of their goals in the opening half, advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday against Plum, which beat Shaler, 4-0, Monday.

The location and time of Thursday’s game will be announced later.

Moon, which tied for the Section 2 championship with West Allegheny this year, improved to 13-3 overall.

The Tigers reached last year’s Class 3A title game before losing.

Montour, meanwhile, raised its record to 12-5-2 by squeezing past Franklin Regional.

With the win, the Spartans will take on top-seeded Fox Chapel, an 8-0 winner over No. 16 seed Indiana. The match will be played Thursday, and the location and time will be announced later.

In Montour’s first-round game, Franklin Regional scored first to take a 1-0 lead, but the Spartans pulled even when Kira Hobbs scored her first goal of the season off an assist from her sister, Irelynn Hobbs.

Kira Hobbs put Montour in front 2-1 before Franklin Regional tied it at 2-2.

Irelynn Hobbs then gave the Spartans the win in overtime, converting a through ball from Grace Bannon for the game-winning goal.



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