Lania Hite’s assault on the opposition’s net continued Thursday night. The Trigg County junior scored five goals to lead the Lady Wildcats to a 9-1 win over Todd County Central at Josh Nichols Field.
Hite’s first goal six minutes into the contest was the 50th of her career and came off a corner kick. Freshman Addison Humphries scored four minutes later to extend Trigg’s lead to 2-0.
For the next 20 minutes, progress had a lull as neither team could capitalize on the looks they got.
Freshman Leiah Hite took a pass from Alyssa Southwood and scored with three minutes left in the half for a 3-0 Lady Wildcat lead.
Todd County Central answered a minute later when Melanie Chamberlain scored off a feed from Hannah Oliver.
Hite scored the first four goals of the second half to put the contest out of reach. She scored two unassisted goals and added markers from Olivia Noffsinger and little sister Leiah.
Hallie Joiner and Zoe Miller both found the back of the net in a three-minute stretch to close out the Lady Wildcat scoring.
Lania Hite now has 54 goals in her career, which ranks fifth in TCHS history.
Trigg County outshot Todd County Central 34-4. Anna Sink had two saves for Trigg, while Darby Delph stayed busy for the Lady Rebels and finished with 17 saves.
Todd County Central (0-3) will host University Heights Academy Saturday, while Trigg County (3-1) travels to Lyon County Monday for a district showdown.
EXTRA POINTS
— Lania Hite trails Jordan Woodall, who scored 55 goals, for fourth on Trigg County’s all-time scoring list. Trigg County Hall of Famer Lauren Frazier scored 140 goals in her Lady Wildcat career. Hite only trails her, Hannah Futrell (72), and Madisen Ireland (62) on the list. Thursday night, she passed Alyssa Richardson (53).
— Leiah Hite notched three assists for the second straight game.
— Trigg County is 3-1 for just the second time in program history and the first since 2009.
— Todd County Central played without leading scorer Madison Henderson who was under the weather. She is expected to play in Saturday’s game with University Heights.
— Chamberlain’s goal was the second of the season and the fifth of her career.
— Trigg County has won five straight over Todd Central and leads the all-time series 15-4.
