{"id":71078,"date":"2026-05-24T01:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/71078\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:43:08","slug":"mya-leon-hat-trick-leads-st-charles-east-to-regional-title-st-charles-north-geneva-also-win-titles-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/71078\/","title":{"rendered":"Mya Leon hat trick leads St. Charles East to regional title; St. Charles North, Geneva also win titles \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/st-charles-east-preps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/st-charles-east-preps\/\">St. Charles East <\/a>sophomore Mya Leon continued to extend her school record for goals in a season as she earned a hat trick to lead the Saints to a 5-1 victory over Bartlett to win the Class 3A St. Charles East Regional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Sophia Wollenberg also scored twice as the Saints improved to 19-0-5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cMya continues to impact matches in big moments,\u201d Saints coach Vince DiNuzzo said. \u201cThe players we have on the team is a big reason she is having so much success. The entry balls, through balls and visions from (Lilli) Margewich and (Anika) Dodrill, were spot on today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Mia Olenek made six saves and had an assist. Dodrill, Margewich, Strotkamp and Leon also had assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cIt is always special to lift a plaque and we do not take these opportunities lightly,\u201d DiNuzzo said. \u201cThe girls are playing really well and we are excited about the opportunity to compete next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The Saints, who have won 13 straight regional titles, will meet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/st-charles-north-preps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/st-charles-north-preps\/\"> St. Charles North <\/a>on Tuesday in the sectional semifinals back at St. Charles East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The North Stars (8-6-4) traveled to the Class 3A West Chicago Regional title game and beat the host Wildcats 3-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Madi Shanahan\u2019s 30-yard free kick gave the North Stars a 1-0 lead. They wouldn\u2019t need any more offense but picked up a pair of insurance goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/geneva-preps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/geneva-preps\/\">Geneva<\/a> (13-6-1) received two huge saves from goalkeeper Skyla Rothaar to keep Plainfield East off the scoreboard as the Vikings prevailed 2-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Bridget Burke and Lila Clemons scored and Claire Reeve had two assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cThe girls put together a fantastic 80 minutes of soccer,\u201d Vikings coach Megan Owens said. \u201cOur offense created a multitude of scoring opportunities in the box, our midfield connected well and controlled the run of play, especially in the second half, and our defense did a fantastic job of shutting down their most dangerous player and eliminating other goal-scoring opportunities. The girls played together as one with grit and heart and I couldn\u2019t be prouder of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph body-copyright\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jWnXZRq4f5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/20260523\/girls-soccer\/girls-soccer-roundup-leons-hat-trick-leads-st-charles-east-to-regional-crown-scn-hinsdale-centr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Girls soccer roundup: Leon\u2019s hat trick leads St. Charles East to regional crown; SCN, Hinsdale Centr<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cGirls soccer roundup: Leon\u2019s hat trick leads St. Charles East to regional crown; SCN, Hinsdale Centr\u201d \u2014 Daily Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/20260523\/girls-soccer\/girls-soccer-roundup-leons-hat-trick-leads-st-charles-east-to-regional-crown-scn-hinsdale-centr\/embed\/#?secret=jWnXZRq4f5\" data-secret=\"jWnXZRq4f5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Charles East sophomore Mya Leon continued to extend her school record for goals in a season as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,29214,31042,1980,2262,31045,31044],"class_list":["post-71078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-preps","tag-girls-soccer","tag-kane-county-front-headlines","tag-premium","tag-st-charles-east-preps","tag-st-charles-north-preps"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116627020540360598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}