Portland — Kyra Teixeira tries to polish taking shots with her heel, backwards into the net, at Old Lyme High School's girls' soccer practices. It never works.

Then came another spectacular goal off a corner kick for Old Lyme, which has converted five corners this week.

Teixeira got the top-seeded Wildcats on the scoreboard off an assist from Maddie Ouellette about 14 minutes into the game Friday night, using the heel shot, on the way to a 4-0 victory over No. 2 Morgan in the Shoreline Conference tournament championship game.

Old Lyme (14-2-2) held that one-goal advantage at halftime in what became the Wildcats' third straight Shoreline title, making it an Old Lyme sweep in a boys' and girls' soccer championship doubleheader at Portland High School.

“We've been trying to teach them heel shots,” Old Lyme coach Paul Gleason said. “A lot of girls are reticent to do it. Kyra is a player that's willing to do anything, God bless her.”

“It was not high enough so you could head it,” said Teixeira, one of only four seniors on the Wildcats' roster this season. “I stand right where the goalie is … I was just there.”

Silja Forstein and Jenna Peduzzi each added a goal and an assist in the second half, as did super-freshman Mya Johnson, who now has 24 goals to her credit.

Gleason and Old Lyme boys' coach Marc Vendetti exchanged a warm hug as their two teams gathered for a combined photo at the end of the evening.

“We definitely need to score more. We weren't comfortable with the one,” Teixeira said. “… It's extremely tough (to win three titles in a row). Everyone's out to get you. You have a big target on your back. This one's definitely pretty amazing.”

“They put us on our heels,” Gleason said of Morgan, which was pressing to score, hitting the cross bar at the start of the second half.

And of his team's third straight league championship?

“It's next to impossible,” a hoarse Gleason said.

Gleason said he pleaded with Johnson at halftime to play her game and get the Wildcats more scoring opportunities, not just to play a kick-and-run game, falling into Morgan's style of play.

Johnson obliged him by picking moments here and there in the second half to put on a one-person show, gliding by the Morgan defense to create several dangerous opportunities.

She beat the final Huskies' defender and slid the ball into the middle for Forstein, who finally scored the Wildcats' elusive second goal, making it 2-0 with 27:17 remaining. Johnson then scored to make it 3-0 at the 19:15 mark on an assist from Peduzzi, who crossed the ball a bit ahead of Johnson and watched as her freshman teammate ran on to the ball and bashed it into the net.

Peduzzi scored the fourth goal with 11:14 left, assisted by Forstein.

“I said, 'Mya, you've got to pick your game up,'” Gleason said. “We want her to get the ball at her feet and do what she does. She scores by going by people with speed and with her foot skills. She's that good. The thing is, it comes from her; it comes from her heart.”

Johnson scored five times in Tuesday's 10-4 victory over Coginchaug in the tournament semifinals.

This Old Lyme team is vastly different from the senior-laden roster that won the Shoreline title a year ago, featuring a number of freshmen and sophomores in key roles, Johnson being one of them.

“When she's out there, she gives at least 150 percent,” Teixeira said of Johnson. “She's that freshman that pushes it to the limit.”

Old Lyme got eight clutch saves from goalie Tori Sims and a key clear from sophomore defender Julia Smith when the ball bounced down off the cross bar, a Morgan goal which would have tied the score 1-1.

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