Lady Pioneers fall 3-0 at home

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Jesse Paz of the WCMS soccer team gets taken down by a Franklin County North player during their game Monday at Pistole Park. (Dale Stubblefield photo)

The Warren County Middle School soccer team dropped its second game of the year Monday, falling to Franklin North at Pistole Park. The Lady Gators won 3-0 over the Lady Pioneers, who had lost a road game to Tullahoma last week 2-0.

In the opening minutes of play, Warren County came out a little slow against the bigger Franklin County team. Lady Pioneer midfielders Katie McCorkle, Linnsay Williamson and Molly Wilmore stayed busy during the first 10 minutes of the game.

Franklin North scored its first goal at the 28-minute mark and quickly followed with a second goal at the 20-minute mark to take a 2-0 lead.

The Lady Pioneers regrouped at halftime and came out with more confidence in the second half. Jesse Paz and goalie Lara Kate Haley took charge on defense, while Cassie Wanamaker tried to get the Lady Pioneers on the scoreboard. With 18 minutes left in the game Franklin North scored its third goal on a shot taken from 10 yards out. With 10 minutes left in the game Wanamaker was rewarded a penalty kick but her shot sailed to the right of the net.

Warren County played a solid second half with good ball movement and great defense. But the Lady Gators defense turned away any shot attempt by Warren County as Franklin North held on for the shutout.

“This was a disappointing loss, we had several opportunities to score but didn’t follow our shots,” said head coach Autmn Turner. “We came out a little sluggish and really didn’t get going until the second half.

“Our defense played pretty good, but we were one step slow on the offensive side. We missed several scoring opportunities because we didn’t have but one girl back. There was nobody there to help her out. That’s something we really have to work on.”

The Lady Pioneers had six shots at goal and Haley had nine saves on the night. The Lady Pioneers will be at home on Monday against Coffee County at 5 p.m.