Soccer Time!

winner · 08-03-2006, 02:19 PM

15thRegionSlamaBamma Wrote:The thing with Belfry is they are only a 2nd year program in a tough district and regionâ¦They have a few good players being Daniel, Shannon and the 2 Calebs the problem lyes in their defenceâ¦I have had the chance to play my Spring ball on the same team as them and they are coming along very wellâ¦The Chemistry is getting there but they will struggle IMOâ¦

The girls teams are always harder to get into the groove of things considering most are new to the sport while the guys have played most of their lifeâ¦The girls team will be good but they cant compete with Pikeville and Perry Central this yearâ¦

Pike Central did lose 7 seniors I being oneâ¦The trouble will lye every where with them besides in the forward and goaley positionsâ¦They lost their 2 main defence players a great right outside mid and two center mid all of which signed soccer scholarshipâ¦Four to Pikeville college and one to the University of the Cumberlandsâ¦

Valley will be tough in the guys but they lost their source of goals being Tyler Tackettâ¦Tackett was their field commander with great speed and foot work, took a lot of dives which made many ppl upsetâ¦Will could be their heart and soul this year and is a great soccer playerâ¦The thing with Valley is they always get those foreign exchange studentsâ¦

But like I said earlier it will once again be Pikeville and Perry at the topâ¦Pikeville has been training hard I worked out with them on a few occasionsâ¦They have had a camp that was done through Cumberland in which I watched very closelyâ¦They have a great mid/striker in Max Pafunda who is being recruited right now by Lee University a top notich soccer programâ¦Their problem will also lie on the defencive endâ¦They do have a great class coming up of freshman who will land a lot of playing time and will get a lot of experienceâ¦

Perry Central is my fav to win district this year they have the majority of players coming back with the exception of midfielder Anderw Lungsfurdâ¦Lungsfurd signed to play ball at the University of the Cumberlandsâ¦Perry has the depth and team to go along ways as they did this year making it to the regional finals they only team to do that in our districtâ¦

My Problem with soccer around here is that it is played like glorified kick ballâ¦Teams in this area need to learn to play for possession and not just boot the ball up the field this is not how it is meant to be playedâ¦But with everyone watching the World Cup I feel as if soccer will turn around in this area

in the girls...most the girls have been playin all their life, some longer than the guys...also, i agree with pikveille they are great almost impossible to beat but with Perry Central, the Shelby Valley girls soccer team beat them last year in the district tourn and the other game they only got beat by 1 goal. This year they have a variety of new quick players also....Laura Perkins, autumn Newsome Amber Perkins, Melanie Burke Sammantha Moore is training to be the back up goalie. Their team is full of quickness also with Sally Roberts and Rachel Johnson.. The defense is going to be great also..Cortney Smallwood as goalie and the defenders ive heard, have been working very hard... Watch out for Valley this year!