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| Davie celebrates a Sam Moser goal that breaks a scoreless tie against Reagan. |
It was a much-needed lift for a team that had lost three straight, including two by one goal.
“It’s the most complete and best-played JV game in the six years I’ve done JV soccer at this school,” Hugh Lee said. “It was just unbelievable. Offensively and defensively it was a 70-minute effort. There was a lot of communication and tremendous passing.”
The score was 0-0 at the break. That’s when Lee moved Sam Moser from defense to center midfield. Sam validated the decision by scoring 15 minutes into the second half.
“We were losing a lot of balls in midfield,” Lee explained. “With Sam’s size and we’ve been working with him on being more aggressive, I thought if he could win a ball he could get a shot off for us. We took a shot, they deflected it, they tried to play the ball out and they played it right to Sam. He nailed a shot through traffic from 20 yards out. That gave the kids a tremendous amount of confidence, and they took it to another level of play.”
Davie, 2-3-1 in nonconference play, got insurance 10 minutes later, with twin brother Jake Moser burying a shot for the 2-0 lead.
“Jake took a pass from midfield and was able to dribble up the field and beat the guy one on one,” he said. “He blew it right past the keeper.”
Suddenly, the War Eagles are energized as they approach the Central Piedmont Conference.
“It was an outstanding win against a very good Forsyth County team,” he said. “Reagan tied Mount Tabor and tied Reynolds. So if we can play with Reagan, we can play in our conference. Now we’ve got to bring the same intensity ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.