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Postseason Soccer Recaps: Lady Mustangs, Mustangs continue in tournament action 

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Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press

GIRLS 
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 
Lynchburg-Clay moves on in postseason
 

The No. 7 seeded Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs won their Division V SE District Quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at LCHS by defeating visiting No. 10 seeded Fairland by a 3-0 score. 

The shutout win by LCHS included two goals scored by freshman Lacey Warner and one goal from sophomore Kylie Tong. 

Assists were made by sophomore Everleigh Barry, senior Savannah Bell and senior Caraline West. 

At goal in the first half for Lynchburg-Clay was Bell with two saves. Sophomore Kendra Doss played keeper for LCHS in the second half. 

LC’s win improves their overall record to 7-9-2.

Next for LCHS is a district semifinal match on Tuesday, Oct, 27 against No. 2 seeded Minford at Hillsboro High School with a 5:30 p.m. scheduled start. 


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BOYS SOCCER
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 
Lions end season against Northwest in district quarterfinals 

The No. 9 seeded Fairfield Lions boys soccer team lost their Division V SE District Quarterfinal match on Thursday to the host No. 8 seeded Northwest Mohawks by a 5-1 score. 

The loss by FHS ends their season with an overall record of 10-7-1.

Seniors for Fairfield are Mason Lightle and Levi Hughes.


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BOYS SOCCER
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 
Tigers fall to Ironton in district quarterfinals 

The No. 12 seeded McClain boys soccer team had their season come to a close on Thursday (Oct. 22), falling to the host, No. 5 seeded Ironton, by a 4-0 score in the Division IV SE District Quarterfinals at IHS. 

Seniors for the Tigers are Case Robbins, Gabriel Sims and Antonio Miglietta. 

The Tigers finished their ’26 season at 4-11-3 overall. 

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BOYS SOCCER
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026
Mustangs continue in postseason tournament 

Lynchburg-Clay, the No. 3 seed in the SE District Division V, won their quarterfinal match on Thursday (Oct. 22) by defeating No. 19 seeded Portsmouth West by a 7-0 score at Lynchburg-Clay High School. 

The Mustangs had a hat trick from freshman Colton Short, two goals scored by senior Alexander VanFleet and one goal each scored by junior Darryn Odum and junior Quin Wells. 

Assists were made by Odum with two and VanFleet with two. 

At goal for LCHS was junior Tanner Roberts. 

LCHS improves to 14-3-1 overall this season. Their next tournament match is Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Jackson High School where they will face the No. 6 seeded Eastern Warriors at 7:30 p.m. in the semifinals. 

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BOYS SOCCER
Thursday, Oct., 22, 2026
Wildcats fall to Eastern in quarterfinals 

Facing the No. 6 seeded Eastern Warriors on Thursday (Oct. 22), the Whiteoak Wildcats battled strong, but after regulation ended the Division V SE District Quarterfinal match went to overtime where the Warriors defeated Whiteoak, 3-2. 

Whiteoak had goals scored by sophomore Lucas Pollard and junior Rowan Roades. An assist was made by senior Joao Portilho. At goal for WHS was freshman Koltyn Spitznagel with eight saves. 

Seniors for Whiteoak are Tre Lamb, Abe Flader, Gideon Swingle and Joao Portilho. 

WHS ends the season at 10-8-0 overall. 
 

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