GENOA — Eastwood senior midfielder Delaine Zura scored the walk-off goal eight minutes and 53 seconds into overtime, giving the Eagles a 3-2 victory over Woodmore in a Division III district final Saturday.

Zura’s 15-yard shot came from a short high through ball from senior forward Saylor King, who had already made her mark scoring the Eagles’ first two goals.

“Saylor and I just had a great combo,” Zura said. “It’s a one-two that we’ve been working on all season and she hit it back to me and it was a one-time finish into the back of the net.”

King had taken the ball off a throw-in, sent her pass to Zura 10 yards forward and slightly to the right, catching Zura perfectly, who sent her shot left past Woodmore senior goalkeeper Layla McGinnis.

“My back was turned and then I saw Delaine running and I put her through and then she finished,” said King, who is playing her first year of varsity soccer after three years of volleyball.

Eastwood coach Julie Cross did not know how to react once Zura’s shot hit the net.

“I didn’t even know if I was allowed to run on the field yet,” Cross said. “I saw it hit the net and I just sprinted. I was pumped.

“I had this feeling that we were going to come out on top — I mean, I just always have, and I was waiting for it to happen.

“And, what a fun way for it to happen, for it to be over and everybody gets to rush out to Delaine and Saylor and to all of our seniors and the team.”

Eastwood (15-3-1), which won its sixth straight Northern Buckeye Conference title (shared with Maumee and Oak Harbor), advances to the regional semifinals to play Apple Creek Waynedale (13-5-1) Tuesday at Sandusky High School.

Woodmore sophomore forward Kelsey Kaylor, who had five goals in the Wildcats’ 6-1 district semifinal win over Genoa earlier in the week, scored the game’s first goal, beating a defender and Eastwood senior keeper Jordan Jensen nine minutes and seven seconds after the opening kickoff.

It only took 19 seconds for Eastwood to respond with the same combination of Zura and King, only switching roles with King scoring and Zura getting the dish. The tandem tied the game 1-1 with 30:34 still remaining in the first half.

“I got the ball from (senior defender) Reilly (Might), I dribbled through everybody and spotted her in and she was with me and she found the back post,” Zura said.

On an assist from sophomore midfielder Piper Sutton, King got her second goal just 22 seconds after the second half kickoff, driving down the sideline to score and put the Eagles up 2-1.

“I was dribbling down the left side of the sideline, got past the defenders and I was going to cross but I shot it,” King said.

Eastwood held on to its one-goal lead for nearly 35 minutes, but with 4:53 remaining Woodmore sophomore midfielder Izzy Helmke fired a 40-yard shot that went over and cleared Gensen’s outstretched arms, tying the game again and ultimately sending it into OT.

During the 35 minutes between second half goals, Woodmore had more shots, making it appear as if the Eagles’ were being conservative to protect their lead, but Eastwood coach Julie Cross said that was not the case.

She thinks it may have happened because her players were losing their wind.

“The first half we were being conservative,” Cross said. “I have a lot of girls who aren’t feeling their best right now. They’ll get rest tomorrow (Sunday) and we’ll be good.”

Woodmore outshot the Eagles, 16-10, including 10-9 in shots on net with Gensen making eight saves and McGinnis making seven.

There were six fouls whistled against Eastwood, seven on Woodmore, and the Eagles had a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Woodmore coach Jeff Helmke said it was Eastwood’s defense that ultimately decided the game.

“We were supposed to have more possessions,” Helmke said. “Credit to them because we had a hard time connecting passes this game, which was something we did very well the last game (win over Genoa).

“Their possessions, we didn’t mark very well, and they take advantage of everything,” Helmke continued. “You have to do everything well against them.”

Woodmore, which left the NBC for the Sandusky Bay Conference River Division this year, saw its season end at 12-5-1.

Eastwood defeated the Wildcats, 2-1, during the regular season, too, and the rivalry continues despite the two schools now being in separate leagues.

“I’ve played with one of them my whole entire soccer career so there is definitely a rivalry when we play them,” Zura said.

“It’s been since my freshman year and even before that. We’re both pretty equal so each game could go either way. It depends on who wants it more and who puts more effort there.”

In addition, Eastwood’s district final win avenged a loss to Woodmore in last year’s district final, which was also played at Genoa.

“It’s a fun rivalry,” Cross said. “They put together a good team every year and it seems we somehow never fail to meet them in the district tournament.

“It’s always a big thing during the season, too, when we play them, especially earlier this year. That was the first time we had seen them since we lost to them last year, so that was a big one.

“They are not in the league anymore, but I think we’ll continue to see them at this point in the tournament,” Cross continued.

Helmke says even though his team was able to get a win against the Eagles last year and had opportunities to win this one away, never count Eastwood out.

“This rivalry, game-in and game-out, we always expect a good game,” Helmke said. “They’ve been top of the league, top of Northwest Ohio for years, so you always have to bring it with them.”