Submitted by Vivian Schaffers
Thursday, August 27, 2020 the Lady Owls hosted the Greenbrier Lady Bobcats for a varsity and jv game. It was also Smith County’s Senior Night. The game was only a few minutes into action when the Lady Owls were awarded their first set piece of the night. Eighth grader, Kiley Jenkins, took the kick. The ball flew over the wall, easily past the keep and found it’s home in the net. This was Kiley’s first high school goal.Off to a good start, leading one to nothing, SC went back to work. About half way through the half Eighth grader Aubrey Felice sent the ball up to Sophomore Brianna Solomon. The goalie came out to fall on the ball but Brianna beat her, fell over the keep and had a front row view of the ball rolling into the net to give her, her first goal on the season. While the Lady Owls dominated the rest of the half and came close several times, the half would close with SC 2, Greenbrier 0.The half was dedicated to to honoring our Senior Lady Owls. The Seniors this season are: Allexis West, Brennan Rigsby, Jaynada Wallace, Ashley Bush and Gracey Angel. The second half was full of energy. The lady Owls continued to frustrate the Lady Cats. There were two more goals added and they both would come from Junior Biz Davis. Goalie Anna Vining and that back line secured a clean sheet and SC won the game 4-0.
The JV followed the Varsity game and a few things were very visible in this game. There were some nerves, of course, it was interesting to see that this jv team seemed more comfortable playing together than would be expected, chemistry. Most importantly, the future of the team promises to be incredibly bright.This game was physical, there was a yellow card awarded to the Lady Cats. This game was full of teamwork and focus. SC would score once in each half, both goals brought to you by Junior McKayla Pace. However, this game would be called with seven minutes left due to lightning. Goalies Eden Daniel and Karsyn Bucy kept the goalkeeping staff in clean sheets on the night and the Lady Owls won this game 2-0.
Next up will be SC Lady Owls hosting Upperman on Tuesday September 1st at 6 PM. We hope to see so many supporters there cheering on this great bunch of student athletes. Please wear a mask and help us social distance in order to keep everyone safe, comply with the TSSAA terms and allow the girls to continue this season. Thank you all for the support and care.
