The IHSAA released new sectional alignments Monday for each of its class sports, and neighboring rivals Jasper, Southridge and Heritage Hills will again be grouped together in the same Class 3A sectional for five sports. Forest Park and Northeast Dubois stay in their most recent spots, but some football and soccer teams will switch.

Kaley Burch probably didn’t think about it, but she used the word “tradition” in outlining what the Heritage Hills girls soccer program has to look forward to.

For the moment, Darby Vinson has to do her best to sidestep trouble.

As the ball was played into the box with 20 minutes remaining, Jasper goalkeeper Shannon Sonderman did what she always does. She habitually knocked the ball down and pounced on it.

Thoughts from last year’s title contest flooded the field Saturday at Bretzville during the girls soccer sectional Class 1A championship.

A roundup of Jasper's 1-0 win against Corydon Central in Thursday's Class 2A girls soccer sectional semifinals.

Amanda Gogel kept telling herself, “It can’t happen again.”

If Doug Satterfield decided to put away the soccer balls, take out the stopwatch and morph his squad into a sprint relay team, he’s fairly certain who his anchor would be.

Maria Baer was pitched an idea. Then thought to herself, “This may not turn out so well.”

The preceding days’ rain left Forest Park’s pitch like a soggy sponge, equating to an offensive player’s nightmare — balls skip, traction is lost, unpredictability suppresses. Combine that with an officiating crew that enabled the soccer match to be played physically, and Lyndsey Korn loved every minute of it.

Battling for a rebound amid a scrum seemed as attractive to Elizabeth Day as having chickenpox during prom.

Ashley Humbert had just one goal in mind going into her senior season, and it was exactly that: score a goal. Just once.