Lady Redskins excited to start season

Loudon High School junior Yareli Gonzalez drives down the field Thursday in the Lady Redskins’ 3-1 win over the Maryville Christian School Lady Eagles.

 Nick Davis | News-Herald

The Loudon High School Lady Redskins soccer team picked up a 3-1 win Thursday on the new turf over the Maryville Christian School Lady Eagles to kick off the 2021 regular season.

“We’re glad to get this over with and get some of the jitters out,” Sam Harrison, LHS head girls soccer coach, said. “I’ve got a bunch of girls and a bunch of them didn’t see the field, so our message is, ‘It’s not about you, it’s about the team.’ We’ve just got to keep reinforcing that, and this is a pretty unselfish group of girls so we’ll just take it one game at a time. This was a good night, and hopefully we’ll have a few more.”