JV soccer team clips Tullahoma
A little history was made Monday night for the Lady Pioneer soccer program.
It may have been a junior varsity game, but Warren County beat Tullahoma’s junior varsity 1-0. The win marked the first time the Lady Pioneers have beaten Tullahoma in a varsity or junior varsity game.
“I was very pleased with the level of play tonight,” said junior varsity coach Alan Brownyard. “This is the first time, at least since I’ve been involved in high school soccer, that Warren County has defeated a Tullahoma team. We played really well on defense and goalie April Burkett had several big saves, especially in the first period.”
In the first half Warren County started a little slow, but made adjustments mid-way through the half. Tullahoma controlled the ball for most of the first half as the Lady Pioneer defense had to come up with several big plays to keep the Lady Wildcats off the scoreboard.
With 10 minutes left in the periodm Burkett made a great one-handed save when she pushed the ball over the post to keep Tullahoma off the board. The teams went into the half scoreless.
In the opening minutes of the second half Warren County came out and controlled the action on the field. Kristian Watts found a loose ball and an open goal at the 21-minute mark and scored to give Warren County a 1-0 lead.
Warren County’s defense gave Tullahoma few opportunities on offense in the second half. The Lady Pioneers kept the field spread, and good passing and communication on the field was all the advantage Warren County needed to secure the win.
“I saw some good things in the second half,” Brownyard said. “We talked at halftime about being in the right position and making good passes. The girls came out and executed and things worked to our advantage.
“We still have many things to work on, but this team is very coachable. They listen, and are eager to learn. We have two hard games this week with a road game at Lincoln County on Tuesday and back at home on Thursday against Franklin. We need to be more aggressive, but hopefully that will come with experience.”