Corner Canyon's girls soccer season ends with a 2-0 loss at American Fork in the 6A quarterfinals

DRAPER — Corner Canyon lost 2-0 at American Fork on Thursday, Oct. 15, in the quarterfinals of the 6A girls soccer tournament, ending the Chargers' season in the round they also fell in a year ago 13.

Senior midfielder Cambree Ballard scored both American Fork goals, taking her season total to nine, and goalkeeper Sofia Crowley kept a clean sheet 1. The UHSAA record carried by the Deseret News sports service lists the quarterfinal as Corner Canyon 0, American Fork 2 2, and the bracket lists it as No. 4 American Fork 2, No. 5 Corner Canyon 0 3.

The Chargers beat No. 12 Copper Hills 2-1 at home in the first round on Oct. 13 23. Layla Valadez scored and assisted in that match and finished the season with 11 goals and two assists, accounting for more than 40 percent of Corner Canyon's offensive output, the Draper Herald reported 1.

Corner Canyon entered the postseason 10-7 2; the American Fork Citizen, previewing the bracket on Oct. 10, also listed the Chargers at 10-7 4. The record shows 12 goals conceded across the 17 matches before the playoffs and 15 across all 19 including the two playoff matches, with the Chargers giving up two goals in four matches — three of those before the quarterfinal 2. Goalkeepers Olivia Edwards and Elissa Curry combined for six shutouts in the regular season, the Herald reported 1; the record also shows a 1-1 draw with No. 1 Lone Peak and a 2-0 win at Lehi on Sept. 29 2.

Thursday's match was the third meeting of the Region 3 rivals. The record lists American Fork's 2-0 win at home on Sept. 15 and Corner Canyon's 1-0 win in Draper on Oct. 1 2; the Citizen reported that the Chargers found the target in the second half of the Oct. 1 match 4. Ballard led American Fork with seven goals and six assists entering the playoffs, the Citizen reported, and Crowley had been credited with three shutouts 4.

The Herald reported that the Chargers were eliminated in last year's quarterfinals as well, losing 2-0 to eventual 6A champion Syracuse, and have not reached a semifinal in either of head coach Kelsey Haag's two seasons 1.

American Fork, which finished the regular season 11-6 4, advances to the semifinals on Monday, Oct. 19, at Zions Bank Stadium, where it faces No. 1 Lone Peak at noon; Lone Peak beat No. 8 Layton 4-0 in its quarterfinal, and No. 3 Farmington meets No. 2 Davis in the second semifinal at 2:15 p.m. 34.

Sources: 1 Draper Herald, "Corner Canyon falls 2-0 to American Fork in 6A quarterfinal" — https://draperherald.com/articles/corner-canyon-falls-2-0-to-american-fork-in-6a-quarterfinal-mvb02r15 2 Deseret News high school sports service (Utah High School Activities Association records), Corner Canyon girls soccer scores and schedule — https://sports.deseret.com/high-school/school/corner-canyon/girls-soccer/scores-schedule 3 Deseret News, "High school girls soccer: 6A/5A/4A/3A/2A state tournament scores, schedules," updated Oct. 13, 2026 — https://www.deseret.com/sports/2026/10/07/high-school-girls-soccer-6a-5a-4a-3a-2a-state-tournament/ 4 American Fork Citizen, "Caveman girls soccer begins playoffs Tuesday," Oct. 10, 2026 — https://afcitizen.com/2026/10/10/caveman-girls-soccer-begins-playoffs-tuesday/