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Central girls advance to state soccer semifinals

Aberdeen Central’s Jayda Hammer, center right, celebrates scoring a goal with teammate Taryn Hettich, center as Morgan Fiedler, far left, joins the party during Saturday’s playoff match with Watertown at Swisher Field. In on the play for Watertown are keeper Katelyn Hanson, bottom right, Hannah Walburg (12) and Makenna Blank, foreground right. Central went on to defeat Watertown 3-0 to advance in the playoffs. Photo by John Davis taken 10/9/2021
The top-seeded Aberdeen Central girls’ soccer team defeated Watertown 3-0 in the State AA quarterfinals behind a dominant second-half performance on its home turf of Swisher Field Saturday. The win gives Central a combined regular season and postseason record of 13-1 and marks the program’s second state semifinal berth in three years. The Eagles held slightly more possession and registered more shots on goal in the first half, but the two teams went into halftime tied scoreless. Central’s first goal came in the 50th minute from senior forward Jayda Hammer. Hammer initially attempted an overhead kick in a crowded penalty box that ricocheted off the crossbar, then gathered the loose ball and fired the shot into the bottom right corner of the net. “We did a better job in the second half of keeping the pressure on them, finding the open situations and putting the ball in front of the net where it’s dangerous,” said Central coach Merle Aske. The Arrows created qualit

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