{"id":698113,"date":"2026-10-29T04:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/698113\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T04:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T04:36:17","slug":"sacred-heart-defeats-christian-academy-in-field-hockey-state-title-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/698113\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Heart defeats Christian Academy in field hockey state title rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlky.com\/news-team\/26ed9cd5-2f18-4c8c-901d-4b47c06e949b\" aria-label=\"Britt Del Barba profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26ed9cd5-2f18-4c8c-901d-4b47c06e949b_1684534277.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Britt Del Barba\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Sacred Heart Academy Valkyries defeated the Christian Academy of Louisville Wednesday night in the KHSAA field hockey state championship.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The two teams are familiar with each other, having met in last season\u2019s title game, where the Valkyries defeated the Centurions 3-1. This year\u2019s title game marked the fifth meeting between the two teams this season, facing off against each other just nine days ago at regionals.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Christian Academy was looking for their first win against Sacred Heart this season. Amelia Ohr scored the opening goal for the Centurions, knocking in a loose ball.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Sarah Beneke tied the game for the Valkyries before the end of the quarter, scoring off an assist from Avery Brown.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Sacred Heart took the lead in the second quarter when Layla Lococo scored off an assist from Victoria Ostos. Mills Webber extended the Valkyries\u2019 advantage to 3-1 with a goal in the third.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Ella Hodge pulled Christian Academy within one in the final minutes, but Sacred Heart\u2019s defense held firm under late pressure to secure the team\u2019s second consecutive state championship.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">It is the sixth title for Valkyries head coach Eleanor Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">\u201cIt&#8217;s pretty unreal. Super proud of the girls. We had a great night,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cCAL played a great game. It was a hard-fought game; we played them five times this season. It&#8217;s mentally tough, so I was very happy to come out on top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The championship carries added meaning for the Valkyries. It is the final season for high school field hockey as a KHSAA-sanctioned sport in Kentucky, making this the team\u2019s last chance to add a state title banner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacred Heart Academy Valkyries defeated the Christian Academy of Louisville Wednesday night in the KHSAA field hockey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[8267,74262,74260,74257,4794,654,5,74258,6563,16065,74263,1936,130,74259,64764,74261],"class_list":["post-698113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey","tag-assist","tag-avery-brown","tag-centurion","tag-christian-academy","tag-defense","tag-game","tag-hockey","tag-opening-goal","tag-quarter","tag-sacred-heart","tag-sarah-beneke","tag-season","tag-team","tag-title-game","tag-valkyries","tag-victoria-ostos"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117522345993008482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}