Despite facing a grueling schedule, the Mountain Ridge girls soccer team lost just twice all season. For their efforts, the Sentinels captured the Region 2 title. 

Mountain Ridge went 11-1 in league play, winning the region by two games over Copper Hills and Corner Canyon. Overall, the Sentinels were an impressive 17-2, the best record the program has had in the school’s young history. 

The Sentinels rolled through region action, losing only to Copper Hills, 2-1 on Sept. 3. When those two teams met again at Copper Hills on Sept. 26, Mountain Ridge returned the favor with a 2-1 victory. Mountain Ridge outscored its region foes by a collective score of 44-13 and totaled 58 goals on the year while giving up just 22. 

In league games, Mountain Ridge was clutch in close games, winning five by a single goal. The team was also dominant in other contests, boasting seven victories by three goals or more. Mountain Ridge scored at least two goals in all but four games this season and tallied three or more goals 10 times. 

The season ended with a tough loss to a hot, talented Davis team in the Class 6A semifinals. 

Playing at Zions Bank Stadium in Sandy on Oct. 22, the Sentinels fell 5-0, their first loss in 10 games. Mountain Ridge fell behind 3-0 at halftime and couldn’t find the back of the net. 

The Sentinels qualified for the semifinals with a pair of state tournament wins. First, they took care of Region 2 foe Riverton in the second round 4-0 on Oct. 15. Playing at home as the No. 2 seed, Mountain Ridge added to a 1-0 halftime advantage with three more goals. It was the third win of the season over Riverton, as the Sentinels had previously defeated the Silverwolves 4-1 on Aug. 20 and 3-0 on Sept. 12. Kya Newton had two goals and an assist. Natalie Shober and Kelsey Goodwin also scored, while Kelsie Peterson and Kaislee Johnson had assists. McKinley Stowell and Kayda Rowberry shared goalkeeping duties, each earning half a shutout. 

In the quarterfinals on Oct. 17, Mountain Ridge got another home game. This contest was much tighter, with the only goal coming in the first half courtesy of Peytyn Bullard off an assist from Johnson. Stowell and Rowberry both got half a shutout again. 

The victory advanced the Sentinels to the semifinals against Davis. 

Three Sentinels reached double digits in goals. Newton paced the team with 16 goals and 11 assists. The junior will enter her senior season in 2025 with 54 career goals and 29 career assists. This season, she scored in 12 games and had two goals in a contest four times. Meanwhile, senior Jocelyn Wright had 12 goals and seven assists, while Johnson, a junior totaled 11 goals and seven assists. Goodwin, a freshman appears to have a big career ahead of her. She tallied five goals and two assists in her first season with the team. Rowberry had four shutouts in the net; Stowell had three. λ