Class AAAAAA Girls:
Walton 9, Milton 8
Visiting Walton stunned Milton 9-8 in the girls Class AAAAAA title game to win its first state title and end the Eagles’ run of six straight. The familiar rivals have played in the last three championships, but Milton’s reign reaches back much further. Milton had won 10 of the 11 state titles the GHSA has handed out in the highest classification prior to Saturday and had not lost to an instate opponent since its loss to Chattahoochee in the 2009 finals.
Riley Ewing got Walton off to a fast start after netting a pair of goals in the first half and giving the Raiders a 6-4 edge at intermission. Walton pushed the lead to 8-5 in the second half, before Milton netted back-to-back goals to pull within one.
Walton took a 9-7 lead with four minutes but Milton answered with 2:04 on the clock to cut it to 9-8. The final two minutes were an excruciating and tense game of keep away against Milton’s all-out attack.
Ewing finished with two goals, and teammates Hunter Corvin and Erin McBride also added two goals apiece.
Milton traveled to Walton on March 10 and left with a 14-9 victory. The nine goals by Walton in March and on Saturday were the most allowed by Milton against any Georgia school this season.
