A pair of 1-0 losses to Smithville (18-2) has seemingly been the only thing stopping the Platte County girls’ soccer team (17-3) as the Lady Pirates have won 16 of their last 18 games with the postseason around the corner.
Platte’ County senior Riley Smith, above, had a hat-trick in the 10-0 win over Ruskin on May 5.
Two of the Lady Pirates’ three losses have come to the Lady Warriors, along with a 1-0 loss to Staley (12-5) early in the year. Platte County has posted 14 shutout victories so far this season, most recently coming on senior night against Ruskin (1-10) on May 5.
In the last home game of her Platte County career, Riley Smith ended on a high note. The senior leading-scorer finished with a hat-trick in the 10-0 annihilation over the Lady Eagles.
Smith started her three-goal outing 3:01 into the contest and added her second score on a right-footed kick on a corner kick pass from Morgan Stewart with 31:34 left in the first half to give Platte County a 4-0 lead. Aleah Dixon and Mackenzie Shields filled in the other two scores between Smith’s second and third goals.
Dixon knocked down another goal in the ninth minute on a pass from Giada Cucchiara. Smith completed the hat-trick with 27:35 on the clock when the senior knocked down Platte County’s sixth goal of the game from the 9-yard line.
Avery Webster connected with Sloan Kassen and the junior kicked the ball from the 10-yard line to the goal in the 22nd minute. Rylee Burris and Cucchiara closed out the game with more Lady Pirate scores to give them a 10-0 win.
Platte County has one more regular season game at Grandview (9-10-1) on May 10 before the Class 3 District 8 Tournament at Van Horn High School. The Lady Pirates will be the No. 2 seed and open up against No. 7 seed Winnetonka (4-11-1) at 1:30 p.m. on May 14.