Orchard Farm, St. Charles, FHN Head to Sectionals

ORCHARD FARM - The Orchard Farm soccer team will try and continue its history-making post-season run on Tuesday.   

The Eagles (15-7), fresh off their first ever district title, play host to Winfield (14-9-1) in a Class 1 sectional contest at Luxembourg Field at 5 p.m. The winner advances to quarterfinal-round play on Saturday.   

Orchard Farm knocked off Lutheran 4-2 on Wednesday to claim the school's first district championship. Winfield defeated Canton 5-0 to win its district tournament.   

The Eagles are out to even the score with Winfield, which beat Orchard Farm 2-1 on April 14 in Winfield. The Eagles entered that contest with a 9-0 record.   

Junior Alexis Robbers leads Orchard Farm with 26 goals. Brooke Burckhardt has 22 tallies.   

Winfield is led by sophomore Sarah Entwistle with 19 goals. Freshman Kesley Ziegemeier had 13 goals. Senior keeper Abby Jordan has recorded 10 shutouts this season.

ST. CHARLES- The district champion St. Charles Pirates (14-10) will go a head to head with Visitation Academy (17-5) on their home turf in the Class 2 sectional game at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The Pirates clinched the spot on Thursday with the team’s 2-1 win over Trinity Catholic in two overtimes. Visitation Academy comes off of a 3-0 win against Villa Duchesne on Friday to win the Class 2 District 5 championship game.  The Vivettes scored all three goals in the second half.

Erika Teson leads the Pirates with 25 goals, while Courtney Young, of Visitation, has 20 goals. The winner of the Pirates vs. Visitation game will play in the quarterfinal game Saturday against the winner of the St. Francis Borgia/St. Dominic game. 

FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH-  Top-seeded Francis Howell North knocked off Francis Howell High 2-1 to win the Class 3 district title on Friday.

On Tuesday afternoon, FHN (16-6) will face Fort Zumwalt West (18-6) in Class 3 sectionals. The game is set for 7 p.m. at Francis Howell North. 

FHN's Kelsey Fouch has 18 goals and five assists for the team while goalie Erika Wind has nine solo shutouts. Fort Zumwalt West's Maggie Richard leads the team with nine goals and seven assists on the season. Goalie Emilee Johnson has 13 shutouts. 

The winner of this game will play the winner of the Incarnate Word/Pattonville matchup in the quarterfinals Saturday.