Geneseo 5, Pekin 1

Pekin's girls' soccer team’s season came to an end Wednesday with a loss to Geneseo in the Class AA Richwoods Regional.

The Dragons fell 5-1 to the seventh seeded Maple Leafs, with Breanna Zimmerman scoring Pekin's lone goal.

Pekin trailed 3-0 when Zimmerman scored at the 21:30 mark of the first half. It looked like the Dragons would be down only two going into the break, but in the final minute of the first half, Geneseo struck twice to double its advantage.

"That was a crushing blow," said Pekin coach Edgar Sandoval. "We were down two. We were about to get the wind and go downhill which is a huge advantage there."

The game was called after a few minutes of play in the second half due to lightning and a tornado warning.

All-sectional forward Jordan Wagner and Justine Boone each had a pair of goals for Geneseo (10-1-3) which advances to Saturday's 11 a.m. championship against host Richwoods (15-2-1).

Pekin finished the 2006 season with a 6-10-1 mark and its their third straight third place finish in its final year as members of the Mid-State 6 conference.

“Moving to the Mid Illini is going to be tough, but as a program, we’re making progress," noted Sandoval of a PCHS program that has gone 23-25-6 the past three years after going 23-83-6 in the first seven years.