KENNESAW - Several of Cobb's top high school soccer players lowered the curtains on their high school careers with the DiVarsity.com boys and girls all-star soccer games Saturday at Cobb Energy/ Mustang Stadium.

Walton's Sarah Nourachi finished her high school career with a goal for the Class AAAAA Blue team in its 3-2 loss to the Class A-AAAA White team in the girls game, while North Cobb's Nick Burton scored a goal to help lead the AAAAA Blue squad to a 3-2 win over the A-AAAA White squad in the boys game.

Nourachi scored her goal midway through the second half to give the Blue team a 2-1 lead that was eventually erased by two goals by the White team in the final 15½ minutes of the game.

For her efforts, Nourachi was named the MVP for the Blue team.

"It was a good way to end my high school career," said Nourachi, who will be attending College of Charleston, but won't be playing soccer there.

Kennesaw Mountain's Melanie Connor scored the other goal of the game for the Blue team.

For Kennesaw Mountain and Blue team coach Patrick Fox, the game was an enjoyable experience.

"It was an exhibition game, so it was fun for me," Fox said. "It was a great opportunity to watch good soccer."

In the boys game, Burton scored one of three goals for the Blue team, with Houston County's Richie Wimsatt and Mill Creek's Lewis Makin scoring the other two.

Walker coach Gary Blohm, one of the three White team coaches, was impressed with how the players were able to gel together on the field despite not being able to practice together at all before the game.

"Both teams did a great job," Blohm said. "You had a lot of guys playing out of their comfort zone, but they did a great job adapting."

The White team struck first in the girls game and took a 1-0 lead as Heritage's Megan Drish scored with 34:04 remaining in the first half.

Kennesaw Mountain's Keri McGinnis had a couple of scoring opportunities for the Blue team later in the first half, attempting a shot that was deflected by White team goalkeeper Michelle Heidt of Riverwood with 20:55 remaining and then launching a shot just over the goal with 12:00 left.

Conner put the Blue team on the scoreboard as her goal with 30:16 remaining in the game tied the score, 1-1, with Nourachi following that up with a goal of her own with 19:04 left to put the Blue squad ahead, 2-1.

It was all White team after that, however, as Sequoyah's Emily Dover scored with 15:31 left and then scored again with 4:17 left to provide the winning margin for the A-AAAA squad.

The boys game was a scoreless battle in the first half before Wimsatt's goal with 37:35 remaining in the game gave the Blue team a 1-0 lead.

Savannah Christian's Tyler Hooks scored on a header for the White team with 29:11 left in the game to tie the score, 1-1, but Burton's goal on a free kick with 19:44 left put the Blue team back in front, 2-1.

The White team evened the game back up, 2-2, on a goal from Starr's Mill's Jesy Phelps, but Makin drilled a long shot into the goal with 10:30 left to give the Blue squad the lead for good.

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