After being rained out last week, soccer season officially began Monday night as ACA visited Wetumpka. Both boys and girls squads looked to improve from last year's results as both teams replace their top offensive weapons from a year ago. Michaelyn Manning graduated as the girls all-time leading scorer and is currently playing for AUM while on the boy's side, Dalton Hutchinson signed to play at Faulkner.
The Lady Eagles celebrate after a goal.
The Lady Eagles fell behind 2-0 to the home standing Indians, but answered in the second half with three goals of their own for the 3-2 victory. Head Coach Kasey Ivey was proud of how hard her girls fought in a very well played game. It took just over ten minutes of the second half for ACA to tie the score at 2-2. Presley Lewis scored the game winner with fifteen minutes left in the game and the Eagle defense kept Wetumpka out of the net the rest of the way. Presley finished the night with two goals scored while senior Lynleigh Stephen scored the other goal for the visitors. Goalkeeper Marcy Gregory recorded 18 saves for the win.
Marcy Gregory stops a Wetumpka shot.
The boys team tried to duplicate the girls comeback as they trailed 3-0 at the half to Wetumpka. Despite a furious effort, ACA came up just short in a 4-3 loss to the Indians. Tommy Sutterfield led the offense with two goals with Tyson Summers adding a third goal on the night. Emmett Sanford had 16 saves in goal.
Tommy Sutterfield winds up for a shot.