Soccer team tops Coffee County on Garibaldi?s goal

The Warren County High School boys soccer team hit the road Thursday to take on Coffee County. The Pioneers improved to 3-1 on the season with a 1-0 win over the Red Raiders.

?It wasn?t a very solid performance,? said coach Keith Hamilton. ?Once again we came out flat in the first half, and didn?t start playing as a team until the second half.?

The only goal of the game came 13 minutes into the contest on a indirect kick. Tony Garibaldi took the kick and sent it to Cody Cowens, who scored, but the kick was waived off as the official had not blown his whistle. So a re-kick was given this time with Cowens taking the touch sending it to Garibaldi, who scored as Warren County went up 1-0.

In the second half Warren County controlled the game with teamwork, which resulted in solid passing. The Pioneers out-shot the Raiders 9-4 in the half, but Warren County failed to score. Playing on a smaller field, Warren County had trouble with long passes going out-of-bounds. But they were still able to escape back to McMinnville with the narrow victory.

?It was a physical game and they marked up a man on Garibaldi and Cowens,? stated Hamilton. ?Their field is smaller than most fields and we worked on that. But during the first half we kept trying to send the ball deep and it would go out of bounds. We didn?t adjust to the conditions. We have to figure out a way to play the first half with the same intensity we do in the second. Hopefully we will get it worked out before we get into the heart of district play.?