Marion Harris has many responsibilities here in Carroll County, and one of those hats 👒 he wears is the unofficial Mayor of Cavalier Soccer ⚽️ Town. Last night, our mayor was in the stands for the Girls match with the Knights of James River.
Harris loves the game and is willing to do anything he can to advance the game, especially for those who play it on The Hill. Yes, Marion might have one or two other reasons for making the drive 🚗 up I-81, but love ❤️ for the sport makes the Top 3 !
The match last night remained a nil – nil tie 👔 until 15 into the second half. Alexis Sheffey and the backline defense provided lock 🔐 down protection of the net for 55 of the 80 minutes, but in the end, the home standing Knights snuck in a pair of goals to defeat our Lady Cavaliers 2-0.
” It was a battle, and the bounces just did not go our way!!!” Quote from the mayor.
The team will have the weekend to get ready for a pair of home matches next week at Tommy Thompson Field. Both Monday and Wednesday for both the JV & Varsity with Tuesday night being JV only.
Odd note 📝 about the 12 games that we monitored on Friday.
Carroll County Boys 👦 went 4-0
Carroll County Girls 👧 went 0-4, all against James River
The other four games (Lawrence Nesselrodt and Alan Knight ) also finished 0-4.
Now you know everything that I know as of 1:13 pm on Saturday….
From our Head Coach :
Varsity lost 2-0 to a solid James River team. This game was completely different compared to the scrimmage we had with them at Bengal Bash. During that scrimmage James River controlled pretty much the entire game. You could definitely see how much we have grown as a team because that was not the case this time. We were involved a lot more offensively in this game compared to that scrimmage. I feel like our defense really stepped up and played much better against them this time.
It was 0-0 at halftime and the girls did a great job of keeping James River out of the box. Our defense and midfielders also did a good job of limiting James River’s crosses into the box. This is something they do a lot and are typically very successful with it. I feel like overall we did a pretty good job of clearing the crosses or stopping them before it happened.
In the second half, James River changed up their offensive approach. Both of their goals came from long outside shots from around 25-30 yards out. Our girls kept fighting and had multiple chances on goal. We battled the whole 80 minutes.
Now, for a busy week ahead with Patrick at home Monday, Galax at home Wednesday, and then away @Glenvar on Thursday.
Thank You Ma’am !
Through the eyes of a Greater Fool 