Pioneers win soccer tournament
The Warren County Middle School soccer team traveled to Murfreesboro for a conference tournement this weekend, capturing the championship with three victories.
WCMS went up against Ezzell-Harding in its first contest, taking the game 1-0. WCMS then advanced to take on Crossville and never had much trouble as they scored eight goals to take the win 8-1.
That victory landed the Pioneers in the tournament finals, where they took on Walter J Baird. In the championship game WCMS played very aggressively on offense all day and, with eight minutes left on the clock in the first half, Cody Cowens scored the Pioneer’s first goal to give them a 1-0 lead at the break.
In the second half Armando Santilliar score the Pioneers’ second goal of the day, giving the team some breathing room. The Pioneers continued to take shot after shot and kept pressure on the WJB goalkeeper. WJB never gave Pioneer keeper Tucker Chastain any problems, however, as the Pioneers had only one goal scored against them all day.
“The guys did a great job today, we mixed things up just a little and the guys kept the passing lanes open and it gave us the opportunity to stay on offense for most of the day,” said coach Alan Brownyard, who took the team to the tournament in place of Matt Jackson, who was away on a church trip.
“Matt Jackson has done a great job with these guys all year, and it paid off today. We came down here thanking we might have a chance to win and the kids believed in themselves and did just that.”
WCMS is now 10-1-1 on the season. Making the All-Tourney team for the Pioneers were Cam Montgomery, Jose Martinez, Shea Glenn and Cowens.