Dreams lived and died on Tuesday in the PIAA playoffs.
Selinsgrove’s field hockey team, so close to reaching to the state title game in the past decade, finally made it — thanks to a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over Donegal in the Class AA semifinals in Hershey.
Their counterparts from Lewisburg suffered a cruel fate. The Green Dragons’ girls soccer team came up just short in its state semifinal against District 4 rival Loyalsock, losing on penalty kicks in Hughesville.
The Seals looked like their decade of frustration in the state playoffs was going to continue as they trailed Donegal 1-0 with a minute to play. But Hope Burke scored with 31 ticks on the clock to force overtime, and Ashtin Klingler scored in the seven-on-seven overtime period to lift Selinsgrove to its first-ever PIAA title game.
The Seals, now 23-1, will play in the final at noon Saturday at the Zephyr Sports Complex in Whitehall. Selinsgrove’s opponent will be Lehighton, the only team to beat it this year.
Lewisburg, trailing 1-0 at halftime, tied it early in the second half on a goal by Kalyn Fisher, but could not get the second goal.
After 110 minutes of soccer, the Lancers pulled it out 3-2 on penalty kicks to end Lewisburg’s season at 21-3-1. Loyalsock will meet Springdale in Saturday’s title game at HersheyPark Stadium at noon.
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