The Marshals will advance to Thursday’s First Region Championship game for the fifth straight year on Thursday and will take on McCracken County. They beat Paducah Tilghman 2-0 and the Mustangs defeated Calloway County 2-1 in the second semifinal of the night.
McCracken County will be looking for a third straight Region 1 title after beating the Marshals in the last two championship games. In 2021 the Mustangs won 2-1 in a game that went into overtime and decided on penalty kicks and in 2020 they won 2-1. In 2019, the Marshals beat the Mustangs 1-0 in the title game.
Tuesday’s semifinal was scoreless through the first 20 minutes of the first half before Ethan Tabor’s goal put the Marshals on the board 1-0 and that would be the score at halftime. The Marshals protected the 1-0 lead but sealed the win with eight minutes to go when a foul on Paducah Tilghman set up a successful direct kick from Jericho Evans for the 2-0 win.
With a record of 15-4, the Marshals will meet the 16-4-3 Mustangs for a chance at their 16th Region 1 title.
