By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

She wasn’t able to post another shutout, but Highlands sophomore goalkeeper Bailee Class found another way to keep her team in the girls high school soccer state tournament.

Class blasted a penalty kick into the net to win a state semifinal shootout against Central Hardin, 2-1, on Wednesday at Lexington Dunbar. She made saves on two Central Hardin kicks before taking her winning shot that went off the opposing goalkeeper’s fingertips and into the net for a 4-2 tiebreaker victory.

It was the eighth consecutive playoff win for the surprising Bluebirds, who finished the regular season with a 7-9-2 record. Class did not allow an in-game goal during six of those eight wins that have put Highlands in the state championship final for the first time

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