Okay, allow me to start off-topic for a sec . . .

Is anyone else infuriated with the ending of the Lions-Colts game? For one, we still cannot tackle. I got so lost in counting the broken tackles for the Lions, I ended up falling asleep on half the game.

Kalidou Diaw and the Athenians pulled up short in Thursday’s game against the Tigers.

The Athenians had six shots on goal while Joel Raters had two saves.

“We need to do a much better job getting our head up to find the space available,” Coach Marcus Hale said. “The right wing was available the first half and the left wing was available the second half. We just did not possess to find it often enough.”

Blue took on red Thursday in the first soccer county match-up of the season. The stakes and energy were high as the rivals faced off. Spatterings of commands flew through the air, “Move!” “Middle!”, “Behind you!” The boys dove into an intense match with C’ville coming out on top 6-1.

The Athenians took off from the get go. Wilfredo Cifuentes rocked one in early to lay the base for the game. Kalidou Diaw had a few nice runs on goal with a bicycle kick mixed in until he followed up with a second goal in the last few minutes of the first half.

C’ville switched to more of a defensive game in the last eight minutes but Diaw turned it around with his goal at 3:30. 

Aug. 19	Western Boone	W, 2-0	Recap
Aug. 21	at Northview	L, 5-2	Recap
Aug. 23	at Frankfort Invite	4th	Recap
Aug. 26	at Greencastle	L, 2-1	Recap
Aug. 28	Southmont	W, 4-1	Recap
Sept. 2	Covington	L, 1-0	Map
Sept. 4	at Lebanon	L, 2-1	Map
Sept. 6	at Tri-West	L, 5-1	Map
Sept. 11	at Frankfort	L, 6-2	Map
Sept. 15	Benton Central	Canceled	Map
Sept. 18	Sheridan	W, 6-1	Recap
Sept. 20	North Putnam	W, 8-0	Recap
Sept. 24	North Montgomery	W, 7-3	Recap
Sept. 29	at West Lafayette	L, 4-1	Recap
Oct. 2	Danville	L, 5-2	Map