The Garretson/Dell Rapids Blue Dragon girls soccer team finished their 2019 regular season with two matches this past week, one on Tuesday, September 24th and the other on Thursday, September 26th.
The Blue Dragons had their final home match of the season on Tuesday night against the Dakota Valley Panthers. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. Despite spending most of the first half on the Dakota Valley side of the field, the scored remained 0-0 at the half. The Blue Dragons got the first goal of the match in the second half on a goal scored by Madi Ljunggren. With less than 10 minutes left, the Panthers got a goal on a free kick after a penalty to tie the game at 1-1. The match ended at 1-1 for the Blue Dragons’ third draw of the season.
Garretson/Dell Rapids finished the regular season on the road at Sioux Falls Christian on Thursday. The two teams went back and forth throughout the first half, but the difference in the match was two Charger shots placed just over the fingertips of the Blue Dragon goalkeeper. Sioux Falls Christian won the match 2-0.
The Blue Dragons end the regular season with a record of 4-5-3. Garretson/Dell Rapids is currently in the 6th spot in seed points with a few teams still needing to finish their regular season. If the Blue Dragons remain in the 6th spot, they will qualify for the playoffs which will begin on Tuesday, October 8th. The top six teams in seed points qualify for the playoffs in Class A.