By LIONEL TIPTON
WICHITA, Kansas – Playing for the final time as high school soccer teammates, sisters Kyia and Nevaeh Kelly created a lasting memory Saturday.
They scored both of Rose Hill’s goals in the Rockets’ 2-1 victory over Louisburg in the Class 4-1A third-place match.
Trailing 1-0 after the Wildcats scored in the fifth minute, junior Kyia scored an unassisted equalizer in the 10th minute.
It remained tied until the 69th minute, late in the second half. A free kick resulted from a Louisburg foul. Rockets senior Paige Winter took the kick from nearly the same angle as a corner kick to the goalkeeper’s right, sending the ball toward the net.
Nevaeh, a senior, was in the right place at the right time to deflect it off her right shoulder past Wildcats senior goalkeeper Allison Bro