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Top Sports ’11-’12: Late goals by Leeza and Merce propel Lady Eagles to “another” city league crown

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Written by Joel Macklin, The Eagle Staff Reporter

Two late goals propelled the Obama girls soccer team to the city league title on Monday night, as they  beat Allderdice 2-1. Allderdice may have beaten the Eagles in two previous games it meant nothing in this annual “turf war” for the city championship. While it was the first Obama girls soccer city championship, in reality it marks 5 straight city titles for the Schenley/Obama banner.

Forward Merce Lemon Pierce scored the game winning goal that ensured the Eagles victory. Leeza Tokarski scored in the last 6 minutes of the game bringing the score to 1-1. 36 seconds later Merce and the Eagles smashed through the Dragon’s defense and got the tie breaking goal. In the end, Obama won ending their season at 11-5 while Allderdice remained 11-4 without the championship win. Obama is now advancing to the state competition level. As for the idea of more championships, Merce said, “We have good potential for the future”.