Girls high school soccer in Lexington has been dominated in recent years by Lexington Catholic. In fact, the Knights haven’t lost to a city rival since 2019. It’s a span that has seen Lexington Catholic win 34 straight city games and four 11th Region titles.
But something extraordinary happened last October. The Knights, ranked No. 1 in the state by the final of the regular season, got in the 11th Region championship game.
Three Lexington teams actually ranked higher than No. 26 Madison Central — Lafayette (12), Paul Laurence Dunbar (16) and Frederick Douglass (22). Could the Indians’ postseason success against mighty LexCath last year buoy confidence of the teams inside Fayette County’s lines? It should.
And we’ll begin finding out when the season kicks off on Monday. Here’s a look at all nine Lexington teams ordered according to their approximate finish last year. Player honors and stats are from the 2023 season.
Quotes are coaches’ comments. Terry Quigley (33rd season). 23-2.
43rd District champion and 11th Region runner-up. , jr., second-team all-city, (17 goals, 17 assists), “a very strong midfielder;” , sr.
, second-team all-city (15 goals, 12 assists) and , sr. (6 goals, 8 assists) — “are quick and hard-working forwards.” “We always have a goal to get to the region final.
At the moment I’m not sure (about how we’ll play) because we haven’t decided on a system or who will play where.” Eight starters return. Senior and junior will likel.