Virginia High School Soccer - Westover Christian Academy held off by Timberlake Christian
October 6, 2015: Danville, VA 24541 The crowd at Tuesday's league test between the Timberlake Christian Tornadoes (Forest, VA) and the host Westover Christian Academy Bulldogs (Danville, VA), saw Timberlake Christian's soccer squad get by Westover Christian Academy by a margin of 2-1.
The Tornadoes now sport a 7-5 record. They play next when they travel to Faith Christian for a non-league test on Friday, October 9. Timberlake Christian will meet a Warriors squad coming off a 6-0 non-league loss to Roanoke Valley Christian (Roanoke, VA). The Warriors record now stands at 0-6.
With the loss, Westover Christian Academy drops to 3-10 on the season. The Bulldogs travel to Temple Christian (Madison Heights, VA) to meet the Crusaders in a VACA test on Thursday, October 8. The Crusaders come into the test with a record of 2-8. Temple Christian lost 11-0 in their recent league test against New Covenant (Lynchburg, VA)
Game Summary
Neither team had been able to practice or play in the last two weeks due to the copious amounts of rain. This game was also moved to the Smith River Sports Complex since Westover’s field was unplayable. Both teams showed their rust in the first half & went into the halftime break scoreless. The Tornados would waste little time getting on the scoreboard in the second half when in just the first minute they were able to burst through the Bulldog defense & burry a shot past the keeper. Then in the 59th minute Timberlake scored again this time on an incredible shot from the top of the box, that no keeper would have a chance at stopping. This made the score 2-0 in favor of Timberlake. The Bulldogs would continue to fight hard though, & would score in the 62nd minute when Adam Dawson took a long through ball from Paul Hughes, turned down the end line & with zero angle, shot it past the Timberlake keeper. WCA would try to push numbers forward in the closing seconds, but it was to no avail.
