GROTON - They have been here before, and now the Groton girls' soccer team is hungry and motivated for a different result.
The Tigers, who fell in the Class A state championship contest a year ago, will get another chance to play for the state title when they face Sioux Falls Christian at 5 p.m. Saturday at Crane-Youngwirth Field in Yankton.
This year the squad heads into the final game with a new coach, but one that is familiar with postseason soccer. Matt Baumgartner was a member of Aberdeen Central's state runner-up squad in 2013.
"I’ve been in a title game before, these girls have all been in a title game before. I’ve been a runner-up and they’ve been a runner-up before," Baumgartner said, "so hopefully we can correspond that and look for the right path this time."
While Baumgartner is new to the Groton coaching ranks, he is not foreign with the players. He coached the likes of seniors Laila Roberts, Brooklyn Hansen, and Kennedy Hansen on a traveling team last sum
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