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May 02, 2008
Riverheads overcomes Wilson
GREENVILLE – Riverheads’ speed and height gave it the edge over Wilson Memorial in its 3-1 victory on Friday.
Both sides started off slow and sluggish, though the Gladiators controlled the ball on the offensive side throughout most of the first half. The game was looking like the last time the two teams met, which ended in a 2-2 tie after double overtime.
May 01, 2008
Waynesboro comes alive in second half
It took 40 minutes for Waynesboro to find its game, but once it did the Little Giants unleashed a fierce offensive attack.
“We just didn’t play well [in the first half],” said Waynesboro coach Robin Hersey. “We didn’t pass the ball or trap the ball. We didn’t do anything that has led to our success all year.”
April 28, 2008
Draft’s Wood heading to Bridgewater pitch
No flash. No dash. No cameras.
Just another student heading off to college to play soccer. It was quiet affair that mirrored the personality of Alex Wood, the Bridgewater-bound Stuarts Draft boys soccer player.
April 26, 2008
It’s their game
Go ahead and ask Deidre Deacon where one of those vaunted underclassmen is. Ask her which one would be good to talk to — you know, give you the whole scoop on why, all of a sudden, Wilson Memorial girls soccer sports nine sophomores and freshmen on its roster. Why they are producing. Why, when local soccer fans talk about the Green Hornet girls, they curl their lips and give you that wait-until-next-year smirk.
April 24, 2008
Giants win battle on the pitch
In a close battle on the pitch Waynesboro came back from a one goal, first half deficit to pick up a narrow win over their former Valley District rivals from Bridgewater.
Turner Ashby never allowed the Little Giants to catch their breath and responded to Waynesboro’s physical defense only to fall victim to the purple and gold steamroller 3-2 in non-district action.
April 22, 2008
Draft Blanks Cats
STUARTS DRAFT – Pressure, pressure, and more pressure — that’s what the Cougars girls’ soccer team used to shutout Rockbridge 3-0 on Tuesday night.
“We have a great defense. Rachel Barlow, Lauren Anderson and Leigh Ann Coble played excellent defense for us,” said. Stuarts Draft coach Danielle Christian “I am lucky to have a defense like this, and we did very well. We capitalized on a lot of our defensive moves.”
April 18, 2008
Indians give Draft the slip
FORT DEFIANCE – It was not luck that gave Fort Defiance its victory over Stuarts Draft girls’ soccer team on Friday night. It did not happen by chance that the Indians struck gold and won its sixth game of the season, winning 1-0 over the Cougars. Indian coach Jon McClure doesn’t believe in pulling rabbits from hats either.Hornets swarm together
FISHERSVILLE – Speed and team chemistry was the name of the game for Wilson Memorial in its 8-1 win over Buffalo Gap on Friday.
The Hornets controlled the ball and the pace throughout the game. The Wilson offense gave Gap’s keeper Tommy Dillard a run for his money with numerous attempts at the goal.
April 17, 2008
Fort shuts the door on the Cougars
STUARTS DRAFT – Acrobatics were displayed on the pitch between Fort Defiance and Stuarts Draft on Thursday night. Both team’s keepers had a night of leaping and throwing their bodies at the ball, and received many “ooh’s and ahh’s” from the bleachers but in the keeper showdown Fort (4-4, 2-1 Southern Valley) took the 1-0 victory at Draft.
