Red blanks Blue in All-Star extravaganza

Sacred Heart's Kuhn wins inaugural Miss Field Hockey award

Christian Academy's Ellen West noticed the obvious discrepancy when she looked at each team's bench during the Senior All-Star Game at the University of Louisville's Trager Stadium on Sunday.

"It seemed like we had half as many girls as they had," she said. "I thought we'd get all worn out."

OK, so the Blue Team had eight more players than the Red Team, which finished the game with just one healthy reserve.

But the Red Team was no worse for the wear. West scored the only goal it needed and Ballard's Amanda Seeley (pictured) scored two more in a 3-0 win over the Blue Team.

Anyway, that personnel problem was just a little hitch in the Kentucky High School Field Hockey Coaches Association's groundbreaking event, which brought together most of the sport's best seniors for an entertaining game and introduced the Miss Field Hockey award winner, the Bunny Daugherty Defensive Player award winner and the Kentucky Select teams in one prestigious afternoon.

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Sacred Heart wins second straight state title

Even after Sacred Heart won the Apple Tournament in August, one question about the Valkyries still lingered in coach Liz Lewis' mind as she watched them on the field and considered what had been lost when 14 players graduated from the undefeated state championship team.

"Can they come together as a unit?" she wondered. "That's what made last year's team so special."

She has her answer now, once and for all, after the Valkyries finished a second consecutive perfect season on Wednesday night. Sacred Heart dominated Kentucky Country Day in the second half of the state final and rolled to a 4-1 victory at the University of Louisville's Trager Stadium.

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