The upperclassmen showed good leadership in the Blue – White soccer scrimmage at Al Simpler Stadium Thursday evening. Head coach Allan McFarland felt good about the team’s performance. “Think that have had this varsity experience and it showed out there. We worked the ball really well, actually had two goals that we scored early in the first JV vs. Varsity match, and that was really positive to see.”

Four players with varsity experience return this season, said McFarland. “The defense looks pretty solid out there, they look comfortable.” The coach cited the return of Thomas Green as a big help.

On the conditioning for the team McFarland noted it was a little bit rough early in the season because there were problems getting out to practice due to the weather. “But we’ve been running every single practice and we still have about four more practices until game. so we’ll get out, we’ll run a little bit more, but it looked pretty good tonight.”

The soccer team opens the season next Thursday at Washburn Rural.