Last season, the Windsor varsity boys soccer squad was
considered among the weakest in the North Bay, struggling to field
a team and winning a total of two games all season. What a
difference a year makes.
The Jags (0-3-1, 0-1) opened the Sonoma County League season in
dramatic fashion last Thursday, taking perennial power Analy to
overtime before losing an intense battle, 2-1. Despite the loss,
the skilled play and inspired effort by the Jaguars illustrated
just how far the team has come in one year.
³We played an outstanding defensive game,² said Jags coach Tomas
Acuna, largely credited with restoring respectability to a
floundering program. ³Unfortunately somebody has to lose the game,
but we played with last year¹s SCL champs until the final four
minutes of overtime.²
The Jags came out with playoff intensity, perhaps with something
to prove against Analy, last year¹s NCS runners-up, and a team that
has won 13 of the last 15 league titles. The Tigers drew blood late
in the first half on a goal by defender Andrew Giacomelli, taking a
1-0 lead into the halftime locker room.
Windsor, behind a great effort by goalie Tomas Salinas, defender
Chad Carpenter and midfielder Travis Ibarra, turned it up a notch
in a hotly contested second half. The Jags drew even when senior
Kyle Torquemada found the net to knot the contest at one-all and
sent it into overtime.
The teams battled through the first of two 10-minute overtime
periods without scoring, but the Tigers drew blood late in the
second overtime frame when forward Mike Lamb found the net, giving
Analy a hard-fought 2-1 victory.
JV squad off to great start
The Windsor JV team (3-1, 1-0) is enjoying a resurgence under
coach Garrett Newell, as the Jaguars soundly defeated visiting
Analy on Thursday, 3-0. Nick Sanchez was the player of the game,
recording a hat trick with three goals.
The Jags travel to take on Casa Grande next Tuesday, Sept. 19,
with the JV and varsity games set for 4 and 5:30 p.m.
