May 20, 2025

Second-half surge sends C-M soccer past Perry

Tigerhawks break scoreless tie with pair of second-half goals

By Troy Hyde
Victoria Woods

Colfax-Mingo sophomore Victoria Woods, left, shoots the ball up field against Van Meter earlier this season. Woods scored her seventh goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Perry on May 12. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

COLFAX — Victoria Woods and Lily Anderson scored one goal each, Ashlyn Finch delivered her first assist of the season and the Colfax-Mingo girls soccer team downed Perry, 2-0, in non-conference action on May 12.

The Tigerhawks scored both goals in the second half and a scoreless first 40 minutes.

Lily Anderson

Colfax-Mingo freshman Lily Anderson (8) (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

It was the seventh goal of the season for Woods, and Anderson scored her fifth of the spring.

Emmalyn Buchman had five saves for the Tigerhawks, who improved to 10-1-3.

Perry (6-7-3) was led by Cate Erickson, who made 17 saves.

Colfax-Mingo takes a four-match winning streak into the postseason and hosts Benton Community (4-9-3) in a Class 1A Region 7 quarterfinal at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Colfax.

The Tigerhawks defeated Benton, 7-1, earlier this season.