Elena Jenkins scores in her first game of the season as Freeport beats Avonworth 6-1 to reach the Class 2A final

FOX CHAPEL. Junior Elena Jenkins scored in her first game of the season as Freeport beat Avonworth 6-1 on Monday, Nov. 2, at Fox Chapel’s James M. Burk Athletic Facility to reach the WPIAL Class 2A girls soccer championship game for the second straight year.

Jenkins had missed Freeport’s first 18 games with a broken collarbone suffered in the preseason. She did not start. She entered midway through the first half and scored on her first shot on goal, and Freeport (15-2-1) led 1-0 at halftime. Avonworth (12-3-6), the Section 3 champion, had not allowed a goal in its first two playoff games, shutouts of Keystone Oaks and North Catholic.

Avonworth’s three losses all came in a 0-3-2 start against a non-section schedule built to test it, and it had not lost since. Under coach JC Mahan the Antelopes have won multiple WPIAL titles, and they reached the semifinal on the two shutouts.

Freeport scored five times in the second half. Norah Chverchko scored for Avonworth, and the game stood at 2-1 before Freeport scored four goals in the final 22 minutes. Maggie Conger scored two of the second half goals, and Brinley Sullivan, Makenna Woodside and Ella McConville scored one each.

Junior Cecilia Schlegel scored no goal and set up three of the six. Conger added an assist to her two goals, and Tess Hanak and Sophia Conger had one assist each. Freeport’s six goals came from five players, and through three playoff games the Yellowjackets have outscored their opponents 13-1. Freeport remained without the injured Camryn Woods.

Freeport (16-2-1) advanced to the championship game against No. 4 Burrell at F.N.B. Stadium on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. Burrell had beaten top seeded South Park 4-2 in the first semifinal at Fox Chapel. The final is a rematch of the 2025 championship game, which Freeport won 1-0 on a goal by Jenkins, and it is the ninth meeting between the Section 2 rivals in three seasons. Avonworth (12-4-6) played at South Park in the third place consolation game on Wednesday, Nov. 4, and lost 3-1. South Park took the district’s third and last PIAA berth, and Avonworth’s season ended there.

Goals: First half, Freeport, Jenkins; second half, Avonworth, Chverchko; Freeport, Conger 2, Sullivan, Woodside, McConville. Halftime: Freeport 1, Avonworth 0.