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October 23, 2025
North Union’s Sam Price (5) dribbles with possession during the second half of action during last week’s postseason match against Bishop Ready. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

NU girls soccer program suffers first-round loss to Bishop Ready

 

By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette

The history-making season of the North Union girls soccer team came to an end on Tuesday.

The Lady Cats lost 5-1 to Bishop Ready in a Division IV sectional semifinal at NU.

They finished the season with an 8-8-2 record, giving them their most wins ever in a season.

North Union was seeded fifth, its highest-ever seed for a post-season tournament, and hosted its first tournament match in the history of its fouryear program. “Realistically. I don’t know if anybody would have seen this a year ago,” North Union Head Coach Bill LeRoy said. “With us moving up to Division IV it might have been a stretch, but there was a lot of buy-in with this …

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