Varsity Soccer

Boys Soccer – The Patriot boy’s soccer team had a red letter day against Washington-Wilkes winning the match 9-1.

O.T. Padilla trying to win the ball.

        Billy Waters started the scoring for OC with a score from close in to the goal at the 32 minute mark.  Eight minutes later Griffin Giles put the ball in the top right hand corner of the goal on a free kick from 25 yards out. 

Ezra Underwood takes a corner kick.

        OC clearly dominated the game with many shots on goal by Cody Boarders.  Boarders stayed in the Tigers end of the field most of the first half.  At 18 minutes left, Autry Farris passed to Kyle Yeargin on the left who took the ball to the ten yard line and then scored.  Two minutes later Yeargin assisted Ezra Underwood with a pass allowing Underwood to score from just outside the 6 yard box.

        The ball would go back and forth between OC and WW until the three minute mark when Giles passed the ball to Yeargin who scored his second goal from the left side of the field.  Boarders, who played several positions during the first half, would score with a minute left in the half bring the score to 6-0 at the break.

        The second half saw several changes on the OC side with Coach Norton taking full advantage by allowing as many players to get game time as possible. 

Cody Boarders stopping just in time.

        Nick Sanchez was the first Patriots to fine the back of the goal in the second half when he scored at the 33 minutes left in the game.  Five minutes later Farris would score with a shot on goal from the 18 yard line.

        The Tigers would not go home with a goose egg on their side of the board when they score their only goal with nine minutes remaining in the game.  The highlight of the game, however, would be when, with one minute left in the game, Christian Jarecki score his first goal of the season.  In celebration Jarecki executed four or five one handed back flips.  When asked his dad said, “I didn’t know he could do that.”  Not only can he do back flips he can score, too.

        Both the boys and girls finish the regular season Thursday, March 29^th against Banks County at home.        

        You can see the pictures here:   http://www.photoreflect.com/store/thumbpage.aspx?e=8457666