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The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home playoff match against Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh, KS) by a score of 5-0.

	1	2	Final
Shawnee Heights	0	0	0
St. James Academy	2	3	5

Final score provided by T. Burton.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

St. James Academy (24-25)

Field Stats

Shawnee Heights has not entered any field stats stats.

St. James Academy

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	5	5	15
6	Elle Robinson (Jr)	1		2
7	Avery Rasmussen (Sr)		1	1
8	Keely Niehues (Sr)		1	1
10	Alexa Aylward (Jr)	1	2	4
11	Ella Coup (Jr)	1		2
12	Georgia Goodwin (Jr)	1		2
21	Coryn Jespersen (Sr)	1	1	3

Shawnee Heights has not entered any field stats stats.

St. James Academy

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	GWG
	Team Totals	5	6	10		1
2	Aubrey Malich (Jr)		2		.0
3	Leah Twellman (Fr)		1		.0
6	Elle Robinson (Jr)	1		1
7	Avery Rasmussen (Sr)		2		.0
8	Keely Niehues (Sr)		1	1	1.0
10	Alexa Aylward (Jr)	1		2		1
11	Ella Coup (Jr)	1		1
12	Georgia Goodwin (Jr)	1		3
19	Morgan Alles (So)			1
21	Coryn Jespersen (Sr)	1		1

Shawnee Heights

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80			5	7		5.000
1	M. Mertel (Jr)	80				7		0.000

St. James Academy

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		2		2	1.0	0.000
99	Emma Smith (Jr)	80		2		2	1.0	0.000

Shawnee Heights has not entered any goaltending stats.

St. James Academy

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals			1	1
99	Emma Smith (Jr)			1	1

Match Story

Kansas High School Soccer - St. James Academy knocks off Shawnee Heights

May 22, 2025: Lenexa, KS 66227

In Thursday's non-league outing, the host St. James Academy Thunder soccer squad scored a tight 5-0 victory over the Shawnee Heights Thunderbirds.

The Thunder (17-1) will now prepare for their outing against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS). The Saints go into the non-league outing with a 11-6 record. In their last outing, Saint Thomas Aquinas got by Sumner Academy (Kansas City, KS), 8-0, in a non-league outing.

SHHS @ SJA Soccer Match Info

Thu., May. 22, 2025 @ 6p

Game 18: SHHS @ St. James — Regional Championship

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home playoff match against Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh, KS) by a score of 5-0.

Rankings & Records

Shawnee Heights (24-25)

National	KS	Class
1,165	30	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	GF	GA
11-6-1	7-1	7-1-1	4-5	.639	.875	55	28

St. James Academy (24-25)

National	KS	Class
70	1	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	GF	GA
17-1	7-0	10-0	7-1	.944	1.000	61	10

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
Shawnee Heights	1.9	1.2	3.1
St. James Academy	1.9	1.7	3.4

Team Stat Comparison

Shawnee Heights		St. James Academy
55	Goals	61
44	Assists	59
353	Shots	121
1.070	Goals Against Average	0.556

Team Leaders

Shawnee Heights		St. James Academy	National Avg.
#21 Lailah Benz21	Goals	#10 Alexa Aylward23	5
#2 Nina O'Neill-Bolanos10	Assists	#21 Coryn Jespersen20	3
-	Shots	#10 Alexa Aylward30	13
#1 Mackenzie Mertel0	Goals Against Average	#99 Emma Smith0.556	2.305

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Shawnee Heights	3-2		St. James Academy	4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/8/25	De Soto	Shawnee Heights	(L) 6-1	4/14/25	De Soto	St. James Academy	(W) 4-1
4/10/25	Shawnee Heights	Piper	(W) 1-0	4/12/25	St. James Academy	Piper	(W) 8-0
4/14/25	Hayden	Shawnee Heights	(W) 3-2	4/24/25	Hayden	St. James Academy	(W) 1-0
4/28/25	Shawnee Heights	Washburn Rural	(L) 4-0	5/3/25	St. James Academy	Washburn Rural	(L) 3-1
4/29/25	Shawnee Heights	Lansing	(W) 5-0	5/20/25	Lansing	St. James Academy	(W) 9-0

Record Breakdown

Shawnee Heights (24-25)		St. James Academy (24-25)
11-6-1	Overall	17-1
7-1	League	7-0
3-4-1	Non-League	8-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-2	Common Opponent	4-1
7-1-1	Home	10-0
4-5	Away	7-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	2-0
11-6-1	In-State	14-1
0-0	Out-of-State	3-0