Greenwood Christian held a 3-2 lead inside two minutes left Tuesday night at Shelbyville. A road victory seemed imminent.
The Golden Bears thought differently.
Ava Wilson scored to tie the match and seconds later Evelyn Kiefer delivered the game winner for an improbable 4-3 win over the Cougars (2-7-1).
Shelbyville (7-3-1) has won five straight and is 5-1-1 in the month of September.
Shelbyville and Greenwood Christian played to a 1-1 tie at halftime. The Cougars gained the lead in the second half before the Golden Bears’ stunning comeback.
Kiefer scored twice to run her Shelby County leading goal-scoring total to 18. Wilson’s goal was her 13th, second best amongst Shelby County girls soccer players.
Rebecca Valdez added her fifth goal of the season and Sophie Parker had two assists (17 this season). Emma Sandman also had an assist for Shelbyville.
Macy Cooley finished with six saves.
Shelbyville is at Greenfield-Central (4-5) Thursday.
In other prep events Wednesday:
Boys Soccer
Hauser 3, Morristown 1
At Hauser, the host Jets improved to 2-6 this season while the Yellow Jackets dropped to 2-8-2.
Boys Tennis
Triton Central 5, Morristown 0
The host Tigers improved to 13-6 this season with a makeshift lineup on Senior Night.
Tucker Hutchinson defeated Grant Kessler at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-0.
Avram Rund topped Tyler Schonfeld, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
And Oliver Gearlds defeated Austin Gabbard at No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Rund and Gearlds have played doubles matches all season.
Alex Crouse and Quinton Potts teamed up for a 6-0, 6-0 win over Bryce Bryant and Rylan Janes.
And Griffin Sego and Ashton Sturm paired for a 6-0, 6-0 win over Carson Essex and Jerry Riley.
Morristown is 1-8 this season.
In junior varsity matches, TC’s Cole Thomas defeated Brady Schonfeld, 8-0, and Ben Toth defeated Morristown’s Luke Stidham, 8-3.
Volleyball
Shelbyville def. Lawrence Central, 25-14, 25-13, 25-18
At Shelbyville, the host Golden Bears (12-7) improved to 9-4 in the month of September after dispatching of winless Lawrence Central (0-8).
Jaidyn Tackett (11 kills) and Shelby Lasure (eight kills) led the offensive attack. Karlie Lawson, Payton Jackson and Tackett each had three aces.
Emma Nolley recorded a team-high eight digs and Gracie Leffler finished with 26 assists.
Morristown def. Oldenburg Academy, 27-25, 25-23, 25-20
At Morristown, the host Yellow Jackets collected their fourth straight victory to improve to 8-8 this season.
Oldenburg Academy dropped to 7-8.
The visiting Twisters won the junior varsity match, 25-24, 25-6.
Waldron def. South Decatur, 25-10, 25-10, 25-16
At Waldron, the host Mohawks pushed their record to 11-6 this season against winless South Decatur (0-9).
Waldron also won the junior varsity match in straight sets.
Hauser def. Southwestern, 25-16, 25-13, 25-23
At Hauser, the host Jets improved to 14-7.
The Spartans dropped to 7-13.
Cross Country
Waldron 15, Morristown Inc.
In a dual meet, Morristown did not have enough runners to field a full team against the host Mohawks.
Hallie Ross led Waldron with a first-place finish in the girls race. Also competing were Cheyenne Lozier (third place), Sophie Hudnall (fourth), Audrey Hogg (fifth) and Riley Price (sixth).
Caden Sheaffer won the boys race and three of his Waldron teammates followed across the finish line. Will Larrison was runner-up ahead of Jared Crosby and Nathaniel Evans. Ethan Richardson (sixth), Skylar Ferguson (seventh) and Kyle Lacy (ninth) also represented Waldron.
For Morristown, Zavier Poole finished fifth in the boys race while Grace McLaughlin was runner-up in the girls race.
Also for Morristown, T.J Butcher finished seventh and Brayden Burris was 10th.
