The Warren County High School boys’ soccer team was back on its home pitch for a district match with Shelbyville Tuesday evening. Trailing by one goal early on, the Pioneers fell further behind late in the second half on the way to a 4-0 loss to the Eagles.
“We knew (Shelbyville) was a strong school. We were trying to play a defensive side, but as you can see, they were able to break on our sides,” Warren County coach Alex Cordova said. “We were doing good decisions with the ball, until we had that mistake and got a red card and were playing a man down, so other than that, I think we did a pretty good game.”
Shelbyville got it going within the first five minutes of the match, scoring at the 35:21 mark of the first half. The Pioneers were able to keep the Eagles from adding to their lead through the remainder of the half and went into halftime trailing 1-0.
Warren County was able to keep the deficit tight as the second half got under way, remaining down by a goal through the half’s first 20 minutes. That deficit expanded into a 2-0 hole for the Pioneers following a Shelbyville goal with 18:28 left in regulation.
Warren County continued to fall further behind from there over the game’s remainder, starting with a third goal for the Eagles with 13:42 left to play and then another with 11:02 left on the clock, respectively.
“We now know where to start working on, what spots we need to work on and what we have to do with the boys,” Cordova said of bouncing back and learning from the district loss.
The loss dropped the Pioneers to 4-1-1 on the season.
