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Brooksby propels Bobcats
By Wade Denniston
Published:
Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:40 AM CDT
Sky View’s girls soccer team didn’t let the loss to powerhouse Alta keep it down very long.

The Bobcats bounced back less than 24 hours later.

Freshman Jessica Brooksby scored the first two goals of her career, as well as added an assist, to lead the Bobcats to a 3-1 road victory over the Orem Tigers on Wednesday afternoon.

“It was a really solid game for us, a consistent effort and it was really good for us to not have a letdown, especially after playing a real tough one with Alta at (Real Salt Lake’s) Rio Tinto (Stadium),” said Sky View head coach Doyle Geddes, whose team fell to the Hawks 2-1 on Tuesday night.

“... It was a good bounce back for us.”

Brooksby gave Sky View (2-2-0) a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute when she scored her first goal of the match. Sophomore Stacy Bair had the assist.

That duo hooked up again 10 minutes later when Bair, who was on the receiving end of a Brooksby pass, found the back of the net for a 2-0 lead.

“(Brooksby) returned the favor,” Geddes said. “... There’s a nice, kind of invisible thread between the two of those players.”

Brooksby, on an assist from Mia Felts, made it 3-0 in the 62nd when she scored her second goal of the match.

The Tigers (3-1-0) avoided the shutout courtesy of a Megan Sackett goal in the 75th.

For Orem, this was its second match in as many days. The Tigers are also in action today against Lehi in their region opener.

“I think what Orem did is they kind of looked past us because they open their region (today),” Geddes said. “I was surprised they even played us.”