Soccer Pioneers get first win of year

After trailing early, Warren County High School’s soccer team came out of halftime with renewed enthusiasm and struck for two second-half goals on the way to its first victory of the season, a 2-1 win over Coffee County.

With the win, the Pioneers improved to 1-3 on the season, while Coffee County’s Red Raiders fell to 0-4.

The Red Raiders got on the board first, and took a 1-0 lead into intermission.

But Nathan Hyatt, who was moved up to striker after spending his career on defense for the Pioneers, fired in his first-ever outdoor goal, tying the game at 1-1.

Hyatt’s goal sparked the Pioneer offense, who turned up the pressure on Coffee County’s defense for the remainder of the half. Their pressure paid off late in the game, when sophomore Alex Guthrie found the back of the net for the game-winner.

The Pioneer junior varsity was not as fortunate, as it fell to Coffee County’s JV 2-0.

The Pioneers will be in action at McGavock Saturday afternoon in Nashville, with the varsity game set for 2 p.m. and a junior varsity contest to follow at 4 p.m. The varsity action can be heard locally on 1230-WAKI AM.

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