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After A Hard-fought District

Championship, The Team Earns

TRIP TO NATIONALS

District and national soccer tournaments ment was attended by close to 250 Cou­

were nothing new for returning players on gars fans providing the team with what

the team. The district playoffs were held seemed like another home field advantage.

on campus providing us with a definite After playing Philadelphia Bible College in

home field advantage. After winning the a 1-1 tie throughout most of regulation

championship against Toccoa Falls Bible and overtime in the first game, the soccer

College, they were ready to take on the team finally settled the game by penalty

nation! Senior goalie Aaron Carr said,“ I kicks. Even though the game was won, the

was really excited after winning districts, hard physical play had taken its toll on the

because I thought we had a really good players. The next night the Cougars played

chance at the national title even though their hardest, but they were defeated 4-0

Chris Schank and I were injured. ” by Northland Baptist Bible College, who

The first game of the national tourna- would ultimately win the national title.

M idfielder Danny Gal-chis takes control of

the ball after his opponent takes a fall on

the slippery grass. Although the rains fell

during the first half of the district cham­

pionship game, the level of play by the

team did not, nor was the enthusiasm of

the fans dampened. The squad overcame

both the stiff competition by Toccoa Falls

Bible College and a soaked playing field to

win the championship. In the end the mud

didn’t really matter — it was just another

excuse to get dirty.

fter winning the district championship on the

home field, the excited players formed a “dog

pile’’ at mid-field during the celebration. The

team also gathered together and thanked the

Lord for their sucess in the district tournament.

“Winning districts was the highlight of the sea­

son and being able to go to nationals made

everything worthwhile,” remarked senior full­

back Jason Schultz.

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