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Avon booters earn trip to state championship game

MIDDLETOWN, Nov. 18 – After four straight years in the semifinals, the Avon High girls soccer team is going to the state championship game.
Senior J.J. Gower ripped a pair of second half goals to lead No. 8 Avon past RHAM, 2-1 on Tuesday night at Middletown High. Avon (16-3-1) has earned four one-goal decisions. They’ll face New Canaan in the Class L finals. The Rams blanked Masuk on Wednesday, 3-0. It’s Avon’s first trip to the finals since 2003 .

“This was kind of rebuilding year for us, but from Day 1 they’ve done an outstanding job developing, every practice and every game,” Avon coach Jim Murray told the Manchester Journal Inquirer. “We emphasized keep working, keep building, and good things would happen.”

Gower gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead, taking an assist from Grace Lennon and ripping a shot from 20 yards away with 26:52 left in the game. She made it 2-0 with another blast from 25 yards away with 11:46 remaining.

“This whole season people were talking us down, that we weren’t good enough and we couldn’t do it,” Gower told the Journal Inquirer. “We wanted to prove to everyone and ourselves that we are good.”

Gower has scored a team-leading 17 goals for the Falcons, who have won eight straight since dropping a 2-1 decision to Ellington on Oct. 23.

Avon 2, RHAM 1
At Middletown
Avon (16-3-1)        0 2 – 2
RHAM (16-1-2)      0 1 – 1

Goals: J.J. Gower (A) 2, Ashley Russo (R); Assists – Grace Lennon (A); Saves – Kaylan Conard (A); Brittney Lovett (R)

 

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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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