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Panther Arias plays in all-star soccer game
WICHITA — Great Bend record-holder Xali Arias competed for the winning Kansas team in the recent Kansas-Oklahoma All-Star Soccer Match at Friends University's Adair-Austin Stadium.
Arias broke Great Bend's single-single record with 33 goals along with seven assists. The Panthers finished with a 9-8 record and won three WAC road matches. Arias has 51 career goals with an eye on Yesenia Garcia's school record of 74 goals.
The Kansas girls beat Oklahoma 2-1, and the Kansas boys won 4-2. The matches were sponsored by FC Wichita Academy.
Hutchinson's Player of the Match winner Rhyan Galyon, a Miami Dade, Fla. signee, and Goddard’s Presley Schmidt, a Wright State signeee, the Kansas goals.
Wichita Carroll’s Caleigh Carpenter, a Pittsburg State recruit, contributed an assist.
Hutchinson's Rhyan Galyon swept “Player of Match” honors with two goals, including the go-ahead goal. Maize’s Emery Atchison, a Denver Metro recruit, added a goal. Wichita Trinity Simon Graham delivered two assists.
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