<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3VbdSY_1GwrpJWt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3VbdSY_1GwrpJWt00" width="695" height="464" ><figcaption>Amanda Soults, 8, dribbles the ball during a game at Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. [Photo by Hanna Maglio]</figcaption></figure>SPRING HILL – The Springstead Eagles (3-0) fell behind early but picked up steam and finished strong in a dominant 7-3 win over the Hernando Leopards (2-1-1) on Monday night. Junior Amanda Soults found the goal on four separate occasions and nearly scored on multiple more for the home team in the cross-town showdown at the Eagles’ Nest.“We came out and Hernando, they really came out strong, pushing us on the wings, and really kind of dominating us in the middle,” said Springstead girls soccer coach Sarah Bell. “So, we had to make some adjustments at the water break. We switched our formation up and then we started really playing a lot stronger in the middle and actually being able to develop a lot of stuff.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4KaAIR_1GwrpJWt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4KaAIR_1GwrpJWt00" width="1023" height="683" ><figcaption>Neleia Gonzalez, 12, attempts to take control of the ball from Samantha Didion, 23, during a game at Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. [Photo by Hanna Maglio]</figcaption></figure>The Leopards opened the matchup as the aggressors, immediately pressuring and putting points on the board when Ensley Fernandez’s shot grazed off the goalkeeper’s hands only two and half minutes into the game.The Eagles would fire right back less than five minutes later as Soults rifled the first of her quartet of goals past Hernando’s goalkeeper on Monday. Fast forward to 14 minutes left in the first half and Soults would make it back-to-back scores as she celebrated with an aerial flip.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1X9Ban_1GwrpJWt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1X9Ban_1GwrpJWt00" width="1023" height="711" ><figcaption>Amanda Soults, 8, maneuvers the ball around Neleia Gonzalez, 12, during a game at Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. [Photo by Hanna Maglio]</figcaption></figure>Sophomore Ava Sanden would close out the first half scoring with a kick from the right side of the goalie box to the left end of the net, beyond the outstretched hands of the Leopards’ goalkeeper. After the game, Eagles Head Coach Sarah Bell discussed how well Soults and Sanden mesh together on the field and how a new addition to the team opened up opportunities for the pair on Monday night.“[Freshman Amelia Tate] has been dealing with an injury since coming into the season,” Coach Bell said. “So, this is really her first game where she got a lot of minutes, and her difference in the middle really made a big difference. It was allowing us to get some of those balls to Amanda and Ava… It is really great having both of those girls up top… They work really well together. They have phenomenal speed, and they communicate so well… Just the two of them up top give a lot of defenses trouble. They work together, so it really gives us a lot of diversity on offense having them both there.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2NMwVc_1GwrpJWt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2NMwVc_1GwrpJWt00" width="959" height="1023" ><figcaption>Amanda Soults, 8, heads the ball during a game at Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. [Photo by Hanna Maglio]</figcaption></figure>Soults got back to work after the break, completing the hat trick with just under 25 minutes left on the game clock and responding to a Leopards’ score which had cut the home team’s lead to one moments earlier. After allowing the score by Hernando early in the second half, Springstead would outscore the visitors 4-1. Soults notched two of her goals in the final 40 minutes including a late exclamation point goal with seconds left on the clock.“Amanda, she has been working hard since the season started,” Coach Bell added. “She actually has not found the back of the net, until this game, a lot. The past two games, I believe she had like four assists one game and one goal, and like two assists in another game. So, tonight she really was able to make it all work.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3RmvNt_1GwrpJWt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3RmvNt_1GwrpJWt00" width="1023" height="975" ><figcaption>Neleia Gonzalez, 12, attempts to take control of the ball from Samantha Didion, 23, during a game at Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. [Photo by Hanna Maglio]</figcaption></figure>Looking ahead, Head Coach David Shrader and the Leopards will travel to take on the Pasco Pirates on Friday while the Eagles will host the Mitchell Mustangs at 8:00 PM on Thursday. While there may not be enough time to change much strategy-wise before her team’s next matchup, Coach Bell wants to see her girls “build on what they did” on Monday regarding movement.“Amelia, hopefully she will still be up for playing in that middle, that way we can really kind of start getting a solid performance,” said Bell. “Since this is only the third game in, we have been trying out players in new positions and kind of moving around and seeing how they work well together, and I think we are starting to click. So, I would like to see the stuff that we have been laying the groundwork for to really start coming together and just working better.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0K7qTy_1GwrpJWt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0K7qTy_1GwrpJWt00" width="874" height="1023" ><figcaption>Sofia Caceres, 2, passes the ball during a game at Springstead High School in Spring Hill, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. [Photo by Hanna Maglio]</figcaption></figure></div></body>

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SPRING HILL – The Springstead Eagles (3-0) fell behind early but picked up steam and finished strong in a dominant 7-3 win over the Hernando Leopards (2-1-1) on Monday night. Junior Amanda Soults found the goal on four separate occasions and nearly scored on multiple more for the home team in the cross-town showdown at the Eagles’ Nest.

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SPRING HILL – The Springstead Eagles (3-0) fell behind early but picked up steam and finished strong in a dominant 7-3 win over the Hernando Leopards (2-1-

Soults and Springstead Hand Hernando Their First Loss

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