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DCHS soccer goes 0-2-1 in tourney
The 2016 DCHS Boys soccer team Haleigh Bass photo.JPG
Haleigh Bass photo The 2016 DCHS Boys soccer team.

The DCHS soccer team competed in the FCHS Tournament last weekend, coming home with two losses and a tie.

 

On April 9, Blackman High Defeated DeKalb 5-0. Skylar Pease had nine saves in the game.

 

Later that day, DeKalb tied Franklin 0-0. Pease had five saves in that match.

 

DeKalb faced White County the next day, getting edged out in a 1-0 game. Pease recorded three saves against White.

 

The DeKalb junior varsity team competed as well, coming away with one win, two losses and a tie.

 

Lincoln County tied the JV squad 1-0 in their first game of the tourney. Goalie Wesley Carpenter logged three saves in the game.

 

Blackman then took a 3-0 win from DeKalb. Carpenter had three saves in the match, while Jose Torres stopped seven.

 

DeKalb faced Lincoln again in the third game, getting a 2-0 win. Ealy Gassaway and Noah Morris scored one goal each.

 

Fairview took the local team down 4-0 in their final tournament game. Torres recorded one save, while Pease stopped 10 from hitting the net.

 

Meanwhile, DeKalb traveled to Warren County on April 12, suffering a 4-2 loss. Pease recorded nine saves, while Cristobal Flores scored both goals, the first with an assist from Roberto Mata.

 

The JV team from DeKalb also lost to Warren, 5-1. Carpenter had three saves, while Torres had five, and Dylan Easterwood scored one goal.

 

DeKalb traveled to Livingston on April 14, returning with a tie with Livingston Academy on the books. Pease had nine saves in the contest, while Flores and Miguel Rodriguez scored one goal each.

 

The JV lost 1-0 against LA. Torres and Carpenter had five saves each.

 

DeKalb played Smith County to a 2-2 tie on April 19.

 

Pease recorded an epic right saves in the contest, while Flores and Mata put goals in.

 

The JV team won their game with Smith 1-0.

 

Carpenter blocked eight attempts at the goal, scoring the winner himself as well, while Torres had seven saves for a team total of 15.

 

DeKalb will take a trip to Jamestown to play York Institute on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. before returning to Smithville to take on Macon County on April 28 at 7 p.m.