Going into the Section 6AAA Girls Soccer Tournament championship match between her Wayzata team and Minneapolis Washburn Oct. 20, ninth-grader Nora Gengerke had no inkling that she would become the hero of the night.
The teams were deadlocked at 2-2 following 80 minutes of regulation soccer and 20 more minutes of overtime. That meant they would settle the issue in a shootout with a state berth on the line. In the run of play, Wayzata had goals from junior Ava Molde and sophomore Mackenzie Daneman…