The Elmira High School Boys Varsity soccer team played their first league game on Sept. 23 against the East Linn Eagles in an exciting 3-1 win for the team.
The Falcon goal scorers were junior Kharsin Vantha, Senior captain Kainoa Harwood and senior captain Owen Booth. Assists came from junior Lennox Werheid and two came from Booth.
Last Wednesday the boys played Siuslaw/Mapleton, a game in which they lost 7-1 in a heartbreaking defeat for the team. The Falcon goal scorer was Lennox Werheid.
Their final home game of a five home game streak on Monday was played against Santiam Christian. The Falcons lost 5-1.
The lone Falcon goal-scorer was senior Ray Ruby, assisted by senior Garrett Flores.
The Falcons will play their first away league game of the season this week against La Pine on Thursday.
Junior goalkeeper Carter Tracy said they came up short despite playing hard.
“Sometimes your best is not enough,” Tracy told Falcon News.
Werheid expressed the team’s shared disappointment with recent results.
“Although the last three games didn’t go as we hoped, we know we’re much better than the results show,” Werheid said. “We’re determined to win the next matches and prove our strength as a team.”
