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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
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Sarah Finnegan
Briarwood Girls Soccer State Championship 2017
The Briarwood girls soccer team competes against St. John Paul II during the AHSAA State Championship game on May 12, 2017 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Al.
HUNTSVILLE — Sarah Adcock, Sarah Adcock, Sarah Adcock, Sarah Adcock, Sarah Adcock, Sarah Adcock.
That pretty much tells the story, as the Briarwood Christian School senior forward scored six goals to account for all her team’s scoring, as the Lions won the Class 4A/5A AHSAA Girls Soccer State Championship by a 6-0 count over St. John Paul II Catholic on Friday evening.
The double hat trick finished off a monumental tournament for Sarah, as she put a total of 10 shots in the back of the net for Briarwood over two games. Her twin sister Maggie assisted on four goals Friday.
Sarah Adcock struck first midway through the first half, then added another goal five minutes before halftime. But in the second half she turned on the jets, with her last three goals in the final 15 minutes of the match.
“She really turned it up when we needed it,” Lions coach Ryan Leib said. “We weren’t our best in the first half. It was disjointed – couldn’t get a flow to the game. Then Sarah stepped up. She has great speed to get in behind the defense, and her drive — well, she just won’t quit.”
The Mercer University signee finished the season with 54 goals, which puts her on the association’s individual records list in 10th place. (Lions legend Cat Reddick holds down the third, fourth and eighth spots for most individual goals in a season.)
Sarah Adcock was, unsurprisingly, named the most valuable player of the tournament.
Overall, the Lions fired 16 shots at SJPII keeper Alex Pressnell, with 11 shots on target. Pressnell had five saves. Caroline Duffee was barely tested in the Briarwood goal, saving both Falcon shots that she faced.
“It’s good when your keeper doesn’t have to do much work,” Leib said.
The victory gives Briarwood (15-5-3) nine state girls soccer championships in the program’s history, setting a new AHSAA record. The Lions were previously tied with Fort Payne.
“We’ve been talking about that one for a while,” Leib said. “I told the girls afterward that this was part of their legacy.”