CLASS 6A
 
At Stryker Complex, Wichita
 

 
BLUE VALLEY

Coach: Will Stoskopf

Record: 10-8-0

Regional results: beat Shawnee Mission South, 2-1; beat Olathe West, 2-1 (PKs, 5-3).

State quarterfinal: at Blue Valley North (16-2-0), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Sophia Mir, sr., Mid; Calle Sartino, sr., F; Jordan Sight, sr., Mid; Mary Kate Weinrich, jr., Def.

Worth noting: Tigers have doubled last year’s win total with this year’s 10-win season. … Bulk of losses came in ultra-tough Eastern Kansas League, which has produced five state quarterfinal teams. … Tigers finished seventh in the league. … Among key wins were victories over defending 6A champion Blue Valley West and fellow 6A quarterfinalist Olathe Northwest. … Tigers started season 2-6 but have won eight of last 10. … Sartino leads team with 11 goals while Mir has 6. … Sight has 6 assists. … Stoskopf in second year as head coach of program, but has coached girls soccer for 27 seasons and won his 200th overall game this season. … He’s got 462 overall combined boys and girls coaching wins. … Tigers lost to quarterfinal foe Blue Valley North 4-2 in early April.
 

BLUE VALLEY NORTH

Coach: Skylar Roush

Record: 16-2-0

Regional results: beat Gardner Edgerton, 7-0; beat Shawnee Mission Northwest, 7-2.

State quarterfinal: vs. Blue Valley (10-8-0), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Jada Farrington, sr., Def; Evie Kincaid, fr., Mid; Camylle Graves, sr., Mid; Lauren Freberg, jr., F.

Worth noting: North enjoying best season since capturing Class 6A state title in 2007. … Mustangs jump-started season with wins over defending 6A champion Blue Valley West (4-1) and perennial 5A power St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0). … Only loss to Kansas team came to Eastern Kansas League rival St. James Academy 2-1 in next-to-last regular season game, denying Mustangs the league title. … Other loss came to St. Pius X (Mo), a 1-0 decision. … North also won state titles in 1998 and 2002. … Farrington is EKL defender of the year and is a four-time all-league selection who has scored 5 goals and has 3 assists this season. … Graves’ 13 assists are a school single-season record and she also has 11 goals. … Kincaid is one goal shy of tying the school record, scoring a team-high 19 goals. … Freberg has 14 goals and 6 assists. … North beat quarterfinal foe Blue Valley 4-2 in early April.
 

FREE STATE

Coach: Joe Waldron

Record: 9-8-1

Regional results: beat Wichita North, 4-1; beat Derby, 2-1.

State quarterfinal: at Maize (13-5-0), 5 p.m. Monday

Key players: Taylor Woods, sr., F; Riley Prier, jr., Mid; Lauren Woods, fr., F; Wittney Bogart, jr. Mid; Neylana Haque, sr., Mid; Cara Jefferies, jr., Mid; Amelia Wiles, sr., Def.; Meritt Hale, sr., GK.

Worth noting: Firebirds have reached the state quarterfinals for the second straight season, upsetting Class 6A West No. 2 seed Derby in the regional finals. … Free State has never qualified for the semifinals. … In last four years, Firebirds have played all 10 of their postseason games on the road. … Firebirds finished last in the Sunflower League in 2022 and 2023, getting a total of one league win those two seasons and just three wins overall. … Firebirds improved to 12th in the league last year and doubled win total from previous two seasons to six and then moved up to 10th in the league this season with a school-record nine wins. … Taylor Woods leads team with 11 goals and 4 assists. … Lauren Woods has added 9 goals and 5 assists. … Prier has 8 assists. … Haque has 5 goals. … Hale has played every minute in goal this year and has 69 saves and 3 shutouts.
 

MAIZE

Coach: Jay Holmes

Record: 13-5-0

Regional results: beat Wichita Southeast, 8-0; beat Dodge City, 3-0.

State quarterfinal: vs. Free State (9-8-1), 5 p.m. Monday

Key players: Aleksah Moreno, sr., Def; Kaylee Ingalls, so., Mid; Taylor Gray, jr., Mid; Taylor Dill, jr., F; Mikaela Llamas, so., F; Lexee Shipp, jr., Def.

Worth noting: Eagles have won 20 straight regional titles and have 22 regional titles overall. … Eagles have 17 semifinal appearances. … Best state finish was runner-up showings in 2008 and 2014. … Eagles finished third in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail I League behind Derby and Maize South. … Two of Eagles’ losses came to 5A unbeatens Bishop Carroll and Eisenhower. … Moreno is a four-year starter who moved from midfield back to centerback position after early-season injury to Jadyn Perales. … She has 3 goals and 3 assists. … Llamas leads the team with 14 goals and has 6 assists, while Gray has 10 goals. … Ingalls has 8 goals and 7 assists. … Dill leads team with 12 assists and also has 8 goals. … Shipp teams with Moreno to lead a defense that’s posted 10 shutouts this season and allowed 17 goals overall.
 

MILL VALLEY

Coach: Justin Crawford

Record: 15-2-1

Regional results: beat Lawrence, 5-0; beat Blue Valley West, 3-1.

State quarterfinal: vs. Olathe Northwest (12-4-2), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Kate Martin, sr.; Lauren Welch, sr.; Calista Marx, sr.; Jamie Ricker, jr., Jenna Lloyd, jr., Ava Edwards, jr.; Sydney Nash, jr.; Biti Hasabu, so.; Lyci Manirad, so.; Paige Frost, so.; Mallory Fitzgerald, fr.; Lyla Cinotto, fr.

Worth noting: Jaguars reached the quarterfinals for the fifth straight season with Crawford in his first year as head coach of the program. … Jaguars captured the 2023 Class 6A state title after taking second in Class 5A in 2022. … Mill Valley was co-champion of the Sunflower League this season with a 11-1-1 record in league play, sharing the title with Olathe West which handed the Jaguars’ their lone league loss. … Tie came to fellow 6A quarterfinalist in regular-season finale. … Only other loss came to 5A quarterfinalist St. James Academy in season opener and both losses were by 2-1 scores. … Jaguars have played four overtime games this season. … Regional final win over Blue Valley West knocked out the defending Class 6A state champion. … Edwards and Marx are leading goal-scorers with Frost leading in overall points. … Ricker has nine shutouts in goal.
 

OLATHE NORTHWEST

Coach: Chris Graham

Record: 12-4-2

Regional results: beat Olathe South, 2-0; beat Shawnee Mission East, 2-1 (PKs, 3-2).

State quarterfinal: at Mill Valley (15-2-1), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Ruby Wexler, sr., F; Avery Miller, so., F; Ava Patterson, sr., Mid; Alexa Regas, jr., Def; Kristen Keller, sr., GK.

Worth noting: Northwest reached the state quarterfinals for the sixth time in the last nine years, edging Shawnee Mission East 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout in the regional finals. … Ravens lost in quarterfinals last year to eventual state champion Blue Valley West 1-0. … Ravens’ top state finishes are third-place showings in 2019 and 2023. … Northwest was Sunflower League runner-up this season with a 10-1-2 league record. … Only league loss came to Olathe East and ties came against quarterfinal opponent Mill Valley and Olathe West, the latter a 0-0 game. … Northwest started season 2-3 with losses to fellow 6A quarterfinalists Blue Valley and Blue Valley North and 5A power Blue Valley Southwest. … Wexler leads team with 10 goals, while Miller has seven. … Keller has allowed just 16 goals and has posted 8 shutouts.
 

TOPEKA HIGH

Coach: Derek Snook

Record: 7-10-1

Regional results: beat Garden City, 2-1 (PKs, 5-3); beat Wichita Northwest, 3-1.

State quarterfinal: at Washburn Rural (16-2-0), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Natalie Barnes, jr., F; Raelee Shipley, jr., Mid; Emma Schell, fr., Mid/F; Myia Elwood, sr., Def; Hailey Caryl, fr., Def; Ciera Belaire-Serna, jr., GK; Dana Chavarria, jr., Mid; Alexa Aguirre, sr., Mid.

Worth noting: Trojans won second regional championship since 2019, upsetting No. 3 seed Garden City in a 5-3 shootout and then topping Wichita Northwest 3-1 in regional finals. … Trojans went into postseason as No. 14 seed in the 6A west bracket. … Quarterfinal appearance is third overall in Snook’s 13 years as head coach. … Barnes leads team with 21 goals and has 4 assists. … Schell has 11 goals and 8 assists, her assist total the most for a Trojan freshman in recent history. … Belaire-Serna has 120 saves and has two shootout wins. … Shipley has 4 goals and Aguirre has 4 goals and 4 assists. … Trojans entered postseason on four-match losing streak before pulling off regional upsets. … Five of losses came to teams alive in the state quarterfinals.
 

WASHBURN RURAL

Coach: Brian Hensyel

Record: 16-2-0

Regional results: beat Wichita West, 9-0; beat Manhattan, 4-1.

State quarterfinal: vs. Topeka High (7-10-1), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Kate Hinck, sr., F; Destiny Higgs, sr., Mid; Zahra Friess, sr., F; Delaney Hill, sr., Mid; Allie Schroeder, jr., Mid; Addy Kaberline, sr., Def; Peyton Merrick, jr., Def; Dayne Shriver, jr., Def; Emma Wong, jr., Def; Madison Lemke, sr., GK.

Worth noting: Quarterfinal appearance is 21st overall for the Junior Blues, who have reached the state semifinals 11 times in program history. … Junior Blues have four state runner-up finishes – 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2022. … Rural also has finished third six times and fourth once. … Rural won eighth straight Centennial League title and 12th in last 13 years, outscoring league foes 34-2 this season. … Junior Blues handed 5A quarterfinalist St. James Academy its only loss with a 3-1 win, coming days after first-ever program win over Blue Valley West. … Junior Blues also have wins over 6A quarterfinalist Blue Valley (3-0), 5A quarterfinalist Kapaun Mt. Carmel (3-0) and 4-1A quarterfinalist Hayden (7-0). … Team has 11 seniors, six of whom will play college soccer. … Hinck has 25 goals this season and became program’s all-time leading goal scorer with 79 in her career. … She was Centennial League player of the year last year. … Friess is transfer from Cair Paravel who has scored 10 goals this season and had 87 in three years with Lions. … Higgs has 9 goals and 12 assists. … Merrick and Shriver have combined for 10 goals from defender positions. … Lemke has 9 shutouts and has allowed 7 goals in 18 games. … Rural has scored most goals and allowed the fewest goals of any team in 6A.