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For the second consecutive game, one player made the difference. Unfortunately for the Waynesville Lady Tigers, that player once again happened to be a member of the opposing team.
Springfield Kickapoo junior forward McKenna Adams scored a goal and assisted on two others to help the Lady Chiefs topple the Lady Tigers 3-0 Tuesday night at Slaughter Field. It was Waynesville’s Ozark Conference opener.
“She’s vicious,” WHS head coach Mike Gow said of Adams. ‘When she’s in the game, they look to her. She can just drill that ball from outside.”
All three Kickapoo goals came in the first half, but Waynesville (1-3, 0-1 Ozark Conference) was effective stopping Adams the second. The WHS defense clamped down on her and she only got a few touches.
Gow credits much of the improved defense Tuesday to freshman Janelle Miller. Waynesville allowed six goals Friday against Washington, but Miller played sweeper Tuesday and kept the ball away.
Aside from those short few minutes in which the Chiefs scored all three of their goals, the Tiger defense did its part.
“I told the girls if we could get minutes 28 through 35 back again, we’d be doing great,” Gow said. “We still have some offensive things to work on. We played better in the second half and had the ball down there, had a couple of looks, but we didn’t get the finish we were looking for.”
Waynesville had only five shots on goal in the game but had six corner kick opportunities— three of the shots and three of the corners came in the second half.
Kickapoo (3-4, 2-1) had 13 total shots on goal, but only four in the second half.
In the JV game, the Lady Tigers and Lady Chiefs tied 1-1. Kathleen scored the lone goal for WHS, now 3-0-1. It’s the first time a WHS JV team has started the season unbeaten in four games.
For the second consecutive game, one player made the difference. Unfortunately for the Waynesville Lady Tigers, that player once again happened to be a member of the opposing team.
Springfield Kickapoo junior forward McKenna Adams scored a goal and assisted on two others to help the Lady Chiefs topple the Lady Tigers 3-0 Tuesday night at Slaughter Field. It was Waynesville’s Ozark Conference opener.
“She’s vicious,” WHS head coach Mike Gow said of Adams. ‘When she’s in the game, they look to her. She can just drill that ball from outside.”
All three Kickapoo goals came in the first half, but Waynesville (1-3, 0-1 Ozark Conference) was effective stopping Adams the second. The WHS defense clamped down on her and she only got a few touches.
Gow credits much of the improved defense Tuesday to freshman Janelle Miller. Waynesville allowed six goals Friday against Washington, but Miller played sweeper Tuesday and kept the ball away.
Aside from those short few minutes in which the Chiefs scored all three of their goals, the Tiger defense did its part.
“I told the girls if we could get minutes 28 through 35 back again, we’d be doing great,” Gow said. “We still have some offensive things to work on. We played better in the second half and had the ball down there, had a couple of looks, but we didn’t get the finish we were looking for.”
Waynesville had only five shots on goal in the game but had six corner kick opportunities— three of the shots and three of the corners came in the second half.
Kickapoo (3-4, 2-1) had 13 total shots on goal, but only four in the second half.
In the JV game, the Lady Tigers and Lady Chiefs tied 1-1. Kathleen scored the lone goal for WHS, now 3-0-1. It’s the first time a WHS JV team has started the season unbeaten in four games.
