Soccer, The Top Kicks

By Austin Leonetti

Sports are always an amazing trait to define a school, but some teams aren’t as noticed as others. Mcloughlin High School’s Girls’ Junior Varsity soccer team is coached by Devin Holmes. The soccer team this year is undefeated, and in the words of Holmes, “We are getting better and better every day.”

Right now the J.V. soccer team has a record of 7-0 with their most recent victory being over Umatilla. The final score was 14-0 with our Mac-Hi girls coming out with the victory. The most dangerous threat to opposing schools is how well they work as a team and are always the first ones to the ball in the midfield.

There isn’t a specific player that is the “best” player on the team. Holmes says, “ All 13 players play a part in the game.” In their previous game they scored 6 goals, and each goal was scored by a different player.

League games are big for our school because there are only 4 teams in the Greater Oregon League. (Which is a 4-a League) The teams include Mcloughlin High School, Ontario High School, Baker High School, and La Grande High School. This season the J.V. girls have already had a stunning victory over La Grande High School. The final score of the game was 1-0 with Mac-Hi pulling ahead in an undefeated season.

The girls mentally prepare for all games the same whether it is going to be a league game, or pre-season game. The win over La Grande was a surprise to Coach Holmes, because that was the first victory over La Grande since he has been the Junior Varsity head coach.