ST. JOSEPH — The first soccer match in St. Joseph-Ogden school history Tuesday was a success, coach Bill DeJarnette said, no matter what the score indicated.
The Spartans dropped an 8-0 decision to Monticello to fall to 0-1 all time, but DeJarnette was quick the praise the effort his players gave in their first competitive game.
"The kids came out and really played hard," he said. "They fell behind early, but they didn't let that stop them."
Monticello scored its first goal within the first ten minutes and added two more in the next 20 to take a 3-0 lead. DeJarnette emptied his bench after the third goal.
"When you're down three, you're not going to fix that," he said. "We had a lot of people here watching and all of the kids were excited to play so I wanted to make sure everyone did.
"It was good for us to get some live action under our belts."
A late first-half scoring barrage pushed the lead to 5-0 at the break. The Spartans' defense was much better after the intermission, allowing only one goal in the first 33 minutes of the half.
"We tightened it down quite a bit," he said.
SJ-O hosts Uni High Thursday and conference foe Watseka next Monday.
St. Teresa 6, Unity 1
TOLONO — Patrick Mannon had a first-half goal but Unity couldn't stop the Bulldogs, dropping a 6-1 match to St. Teresa in their first action of 2009.
McElroy had four goals for St. Teresa.
The Rockets next match is 4:30 p.m. Monday against Lovington.
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