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Sandy • Two teams looking to make a mark in girls' soccer — and to fill their trophy cases with a state crown for the first time — squared off on Saturday.

And in Rio Tinto Stadium, Cedar High and Desert Hills each had about 150 supporters at the Class 3A state championship game.

But a swell of noise rose quickly from the Cedar fans when Nicole Jenkins and Holly Carpenter broke to the Desert Hills goal nine minutes into the second half. With only one defender to ward off both of the Reds, Carpenter got the ball over to Jenkins, and her shot put Cedar in the annals.

Cedar made that goal stand up, and the Reds grabbed their first state crown with a 1-0 victory.

"She made the perfect ball and I just tapped it in," Jenkins said. "It was so amazing. You work all season for that one moment, it was so amazing to complete it."

"This is the first one. It would have been for either team," Cedar coach Scott Kamachi said. "This is great for the program. It's not just about us — it's the parents, the city and all the club coaches out there getting these kids ready to play for high school."

The last time the two region rivals met, Cedar (14-6) was shut out in a 4-0 loss. Earlier in the schedule, the Reds had beaten Desert Hills (14-5) by a 4-3 count.

"I'm very proud of their effort, we played well today," said Thunder coach Shaley Allen. "We came out to play and had a great first half. We came out a little slow out of the locker room but, as you could see, we had some great opportunities there in the end."

Desert Hills had a couple of good chances in the final minute, but a shot from freshman Ashley Beckstrand went wide left with 42 seconds remaining.

In the frantic final moments, just as the clock approached 10 seconds, a foul was called on Cedar, and Thunder sophomore Mackenzie Done quickly placed the ball done for a direct kick.

But, from 25 yards out, Done's shot sailed high over the goal.

Cedar junior defenseman Bailey Robinson described the last moments as "nerve-wracking" as her team tried to keep the ball from getting by Reds keeper Shay Bauman.

"It was really tough and I felt like we really pulled it together," Robinson said. "Our defense has been so solid, and we practiced that forever to try to hold it together. I think we did amazing."

Robinson played a big role — actually two big roles — in what turned out to be Desert Hills' best chance at scoring.

With six minutes left in the first half, the Reds defender hesitated and then tried to clear the ball away as it rolled near the Cedar box. But it deflected off Thunder forward Madelyn Hansen and back to the goal as Bauman had also come out to try to stop the attack.

Hansen rushed for the ball and nearly got to it for a tap into net, but Robinson raced there at the last moment to knock it out of bounds.

"I knew it was my fault when I kicked it up against her. I knew it had to be me that got it out," Robinson said. "I thought she was already there and the ball was in the goal. I was just so mad that I took her out at the end with my foot when I got to the edge.

"It was my fault, it was my job to get it out," she added. —

Cedar 1, Desert Hills 0

O Both Cedar and Desert Hills go for the first girls' soccer state championships in their schools' histories, with the Reds prevailing.

• On-goal chances are few and far between for both squads until Desert Hills has five good shots in the last 10 minutes, but comes up empty each time.

• The victorious Reds have only five seniors on the squad; Desert Hills has only four.