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Soccer Colts bounced from district tourney

October 14, 2009|Casey Castle

The West Jessamine boys soccer team didn't have the same six-seed magic this season as they were bounced from the second round of the district tournament Tuesday night.

The Colts fell 2-0 to Dunbar after dispatching Lafayette the night before, 5-0.

Monday night, the Colts faced Lafayette, a club they did not face in the regular season. The original game was postponed and not replayed since the two clubs would have faced one another in the first round despite the outcome of that game.

Adam Howard and Ryan Moberley each had a pair of goals. Craig Moberley also found the back of the net.

Billy Congleton, Matt Hulsing and Jonathan Kellogg were each awarded assists in the win.

But that offensive output didn't carry over to Tuesday night as the Colts were held scoreless by the Bulldogs.

"Dunbar came out with the right tactical plan, and they stuck to it," West Coach Nathan Andrews said. "They prevented a lot of our goal-scoring chances going forward. A lot of those are good chances we get in a lot of games, but they prevented those. So, kudos to them."

West was also without the magic that had carried them through last year's district tournament from the bottom seed all the way to a sectional appearance against Boyle County.

"I still think we were lacking a bit of the passion that was carrying through most of the games that we played this year," Andrews said.

Dunbar struck early in Tuesday's meeting, with a pair of goals in the first 12 minutes. But the rest of the game played out much closer, as the Colts began to attack the Dunbar defense. Despite some chances, the Colts never got the rally they needed to get the come-from-behind, upset win.

The Colts, who were relatively young compared to last year's squad, have that same youth to look forward to in 2010. Five Colts played their last game for West Tuesday, scheduled to graduate in the spring.

"Nothing against the class ahead of them, but sometimes I'd prefer to lose 10 guys that maybe don't have as much of an impact than lose three guys that are going to be hard to replace or the five that we had," Andrews said. "It's going to be a challenge, but most of our talent stays. We're still young, so there's a lot of good soccer days ahead of West Jessamine. We just have to swallow this one, and we'll sort it out."

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