MURPHYSBORO — The Freeburg Lady Midgets used an early scoring spree to set the tone and cruised to the Murphysboro 1A Girls Soccer Regional championship, beating the host Red Devils 5-1.

Freeburg converted an early penalty kick and then added three more goals in the match’s first 14 minutes to take a commanding 4-0 lead.

Senior Annie Decker got Murphysboro on the board in the 33rd minute of the first half, but the Red Devils could get no closer.

Freeburg controlled the second half, but added only one tally on Emma Beckendorf’s goal with a little more than 14 minutes to play.

The Lady Midgets improve to 12-9-1 and advance to the Roxana 1A Sectional where they will face defending state champion Althoff. The Red Devils finish their season 14-8-1