Six in a row for the county's Under-14s

Three Preston schoolgirls helped Lancashire Under-14s' footballers reach a sixth consecutive national cup final.
Lancashire Girls' Under-14s who beat Worcestershire in the semi-finalLancashire Girls' Under-14s who beat Worcestershire in the semi-final
Lancashire Girls' Under-14s who beat Worcestershire in the semi-final

Lauryn Wood and Lauren Tunstall, both of Archbishop Temple School, and Lostock Hall Academy pupil Jessica Eastwood were in the team that won the English Schools FA PlayStation Inter-County Trophy for Girls semi-final 3-0 against Worcestershire.

The Red Rose county will play the winners of the other semi-final between Inner London and Kent as they bid to win the title for the fifth successive year.

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The county have now reached all six finals of the prestigious national competition with their last defeat coming in 2012.

The semi-final saw Lancashire drawn away from home for third time in four games. The visitors opened the scoring after just six minutes.

A long free-kick by Wood was met by the head of Mary Collier, who wrong-footed the Worcestershire keeper.

The goal seemed to be galvanise the home team, who had their best period of the game and were denied by a smart save from Lancashire’s keeper Isobel Brand.

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The visitors soaked up the pressure and came close to adding a second on the stroke of half-time when Grace Mills narrowly dragged her shot wide.

After the break, Tahnee Lucas, who plays for PNE Under-14s and scored a hat-trick in the quarter-final win at Durham, got on the scoresheet again

Lancashire continued to put pressure on their opponents and made it 3-0 through their captain Cara Milne-Redhead.

After going close with a free-kick in the first-half she despatched her effort from outside the box into the roof of the net.

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Both teams continued to attack but some resolute defending at both ends meant there was no addition to the scoring.

Squad: Tilly Brand (Lancashire and Morecambe); Keisha Masterson (Blackpool); Kaitlin Woodhead (Chorley); Emily Slater (Blackpool); Chloe Broughton (Rossendale); Lauryn Wood (Preston); Aimee Hodgson (Lancaster and Morecambe); Cara Milne-Redhead (Hyndburn and Ribble Valley); Tahnee Lucas (Blackpool); Alyssa Mae-Aherne (Pendle); Lauren Tunstall (Preston); Imogen Maguire (Chorley); Mary Collier (Preston); Jessica Eastwood (Blackburn with Darwen): Annabel Collin (Lancaster & Morecambe); Grace Mills (Rossendale); Kia Hacking (Rossendale); Megan Tracey (Blackburn with Darwen); Georgia Drinkwater (Hyndburn and Ribble Valley)

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