Independence Girls’ Soccer played their toughest week to date and walked away feeling good about their performance, however, they are a bit banged up.  Tuesday night we took on our first District opponent and played well although a bit frantic in the 1^st half.  After settling down in the 2^nd half, we found a good rhythm but were not able to crack an organized Ravenwood defense.  A second half goal by Ravenwood gave them their second goal and we were not able to match them.  Unfortunately, we lost the game 2-0 and our leading scorer, Sarah Helton, to a broken nose during the game.

Thursday evening was as much a mental battle as it was physical.  The Lady Eagles limped into the game against Smyrna Bulldogs with two starters missing and two more hobbling.  Independence scored two first half goals. Hayley McDonough and Mallory Arneson blasted the shots to give the Eagles an early 2-0 lead.  Independence fought hard the second half to preserved the shutout and grab an important victory over the Smyrna Bulldogs.  When all was said and done, several of our reserve players gained much needed experience and were very important to the team to help raise the Lady Eagles overall record to 4-1 on the young season. The Tennessean recently ranked the Lady Eagles in the Top 10 in the mid-state at number 10. In their first five games the Lady Eagles have only allowed 3 goals.