Newport Central Catholic 4 Conner 2

Well...I had a freshman basketball coach that use to say "sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you!".  Today the Thoroughbreds got the Cougars.  NCC comes out and nets 3 goals in the first half.  Conner looked out of sorts tonight and it showed in the 1st half.  After halftime Conner comes out in the first 10 minutes get a goal from Owen Mayhew.   About 18 minutes later Grady Noble tracks down a ball that got through the back line of NCC and scores to cut it to 3-2.  The Cougars had the momentum, but NCC was able to counter on a deflection that found a Thoroughbred player open sprinting down the right side to put NCC up 4-2.  Conner would quickly score what they thought was a 3rd goal only to be called offsides.  

NCC has a nice team, good size in the 9 position.  You would like to win them all...but the Cougars battled back nicely and at the end of the day, there is really only one game that really matters for the Cougars...the first district match to see who gets to the finals.  The Cougars will get Dallas Marshall back Tuesday and are hoping to hear how much longer Mason Ginn will be out early next week.