TECUMSEH — Free State High junior Morgan Matthews is picking up where she left off last season.
Matthews, who led the FSHS girls soccer team with 10 goals last season en route to receiving All-Sunflower League honorable mention, had a goal and an assist in the Firebirds' season-opening 2-1 victory Tuesday at Shawnee Heights.
"I think we're fortunate this year," FSHS coach Jason Pendleton said, "in that we have a lot of creative players doing things offensively. Morgan is a key part of that. Michelle Garcia and Meridith Mayo and at midfield Kristin Bock and Katy Vormehr, all those players provide us with a potential threat on the offensive end.
"Tonight was probably as creative as I've seen us play."
Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Matthews scored in the 48th minute off a pass from Mayo on a play that was started by Bock. Seven minutes later, Garcia scored the game-winner off a through ball from Matthews.
"Obviously we want to get the season off with a good start," Pendleton said. "Winning is a good feeling right now. They've worked hard for a long period of time. I think they understand, more important than the win, we played really well. The team felt good about that. But there's a lot of things we need to work on overall."
The Firebirds, who outshot the Thunderbirds 30-5, travel to Manhattan on Saturday.
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