Lady Owls Soccer fall to Friendship Christian and beat Jackson County last week

September 6, 2022

The Smith County Lady Owls JV hosted Friendship Christian on August 29th.  Friendship would win the match 4-0 but we saw a great deal of growth for Smith County’s JV through the course of the game. Once confidence and communication are established, this troupe will be full of contenders.  Although the final score didn’t show it, the second half showed this progression.

The Smith County Lady Owls traveled to Jackson County on August 30th for the first District match of the season. The Lady Owls took the win with 6-0.  This was a varsity match, but the entire Lady Owl squad saw time on the pitch with the exception of injured members.  This marked another clean sheet for Goalkeeper Eden Daniel and the Lady Owl defense.  The first goal came six minutes in from Brianna Solomon.  There were shots on goal that just came up short until the 13-minute mark when Kiley Jenkins would score the second of the game from a pass by Brianna Solomon.  Four minutes later Jenkins would shoot across and Aubrey Felice was there to send it past the keeper for goal three. Two minutes left in the half Jenkins takes a corner kick.  A beautiful pass across the to where Gracie Green would jump to make a header that sailed past the keeper and two defenders.  Smith County went into the break leading 4-0.  Halfway through the second half Jenkins passes the ball up pitch, Aubrey Felice sends it to the net while Jenkins runs through deflecting the defenders. Goal five on the board. The last goal would come with fine minutes in the game.  Briley Grisham passed to Madelyn Hula who sent a screamer through a crowd into the net securing goal number six.

The next game will be September 6th with Smith County traveling to Greenbrier.  Then on the 8th, District Rival York will visit Smith County.  Then the Lady Owls will be off to Gatlinburg for the weekend for the Smoky Mountain Cup tournament. (Photos and article submitted by Vivian Schaffers)