Thomasville coach Huey Turner knew East Davidson midfielder Taylor Hallman was pretty good, but he and his Lady Bulldogs got a taste of just how good she is.

Hallman did not score in the Lady Golden Eagles’ 6-1 win over Thomasville at Brown Middle School Wednesday, but she did assist on three of the goals and completely shut down the Lady Bulldogs’ Joslyn Spires in the second half.

“She is maybe the most dominating player in the conference,” said Turner. “She can change the swing of the game and moving her back to fullback in the second half was a great move.”

Spires put THS in front 10 minutes in, breaking away for a score past goalie Haley Grimsley.

Once East put a strong mark on Spires, Thomasville had no place to go on offense and the Golden Eagles pressured at the other end of the pitch.

Hallman’s long throw three minutes after the Spires goal went to the far post, where Ashley Swaim tapped it in.

With four minutes and change left in the first half, Hallman was again assisting, this time hitting Nicole Atkinson on a corner kick at the back post.

“She (Hallman) sees the field so well, and I am just glad she is on my side,” said EDHS coach Paul McIntyre.

Thomasville’s defense aided the first two goals of the second half for East. On the first tally, the defense played the ball to the middle of the box, and Atkinson made them pay with a shot in the corner of the frame.

Then, Swaim got goal No. 2 for the evening when her weak shot from the wing somehow trickled right by THS goalkeeper Stacy Wilder.

Erin Bell made it 5-1 with a goal, then Swaim picked up the hat trick scoring with just under two minutes left to make it six.

McIntyre believes the game changed the second they kept Spires in check.

“We had to figure out how to key in on Joslyn,” said McIntyre. “I think she is their thoroughfare, so once we were able to key in, I felt better about the game. She is explosive, and if people do not watch out they are going to regret it.”

Spires got free one last time with 16 minutes left and drew a foul in the box, but as an example of how the final 70 minutes of the game went for the Bulldogs, Alex Solis missed the penalty kick.

“We just didn’t finish,” said Turner. “When Stacy let the ball go between her legs, that was like the white flag for everybody else, because later Alex missed a penalty kick and she never does that.”

East is 3-5-1 for the year, 2-0 in the Central Carolina Conference. THS dips to 2-4, 0-2.