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Lebanons Grayson Olson Scores like 13 seconds into the 3rd 5min overtime. Lebanon wins 1-0. Region 1D Champions

End of regulation Honaker 0 Lebanon 0

Halftime @ Honaker Lebanon 0 Honaker 0

We hosted Graham Monday and they ended up being a more physical matchup. Seemed to be a lot of penalties on both sides hopefully all that will be out of their systems when we visit Graham for the next matchup with them. We were able to hold on for a 2-0 win. Really can’t say enough about how much our keeper has improved since taking over this season.

Yeah, the Richland girls team cleaned our clocks lol They definitely are on their game this year !!

Our boys have really been working hard through the off season and they’ve had a good showing so far this season. Our schedule has been changing frequently so I’ll try and keep up as best I can Started out a pre season jamboree @ a very cold 🥶 Ridgeview on March 10th. with wins against Lee, Central and Ridgeview. I think most of the parents came away with frostbite lol First game of the season March 16th @Marion was a real nail biter, ending in a 1-1 Tie. Marion plays their games at Oak Point Elementary School, the field has no lighting whatsoever and of course everything started late. It was very hard to see anything the last 10 minutes or so 😂. Next up we had Richlands @home Monday March 20th which ended in a 7-0 win allowing everyone to get some playing time. Last night we traveled to Richlands for the second matchup of the week with them. It ended in an 8-0 Win. I think Richlands was the most surprising since they have always been a tough team for us. Monday night 3/27 we host Graham, which should be an interesting matchup against a team we have had trouble with in the past

It looks like SWCC is on his radar and evidently he can get 2 years tuition free there for an associates. I think he’s actually started talking to the school counselor about his options and learning some stuff 😃. He was invited to a camp at E&H last year and had had several invites to FCA tournaments the last few years. He has a friend that’s on the team there, I think that may be some of his reasoning for thinking E&H. Trying to get any info out of him is like pulling teeth at times 😂 but he did say the E&H coaches gave him a some stuff to work on and mentioned they’d be watching him this year. His brother and Sister are both King graduates and that’s where that comes in. He mentioned today that he’d enjoy going to one of those camps from the link you posted above at James Madison. I told him if he’s serious we can make it happen and to let me know. So he has some things to think about now. We were contacted before Christmas by some sort of recruitment company. Sat through about an hour and a half zoom meeting about how they were willing to help him get a recruitment video straightened out and a contact list. Turns out they were very expensive 😂 I think he’s starting to realize that we need to get moving on some of these plans and options if he’s wanting to play soccer at the college level. We also may have military options from my service that he can look into. Thanks so much for the link and advice !! Hopefully they have another stellar year like they did last year. We lost our keeper so that’s going to be a weak point for us but AFAIK most of the seniors came back this year and thankfully our coach decided to give it one more year for his “guys”. His son graduated last year.

Hopefully it will all work out well for your daughter !! We are just jumping in this mess now. We have to finish our taxes so we can finish the FAFSA. We got pretty lucky at the new casino this year so we have to pay extra attention to our taxes 😂😳. For now he says he is going to VHCC for 2 years and may transfer to E&H or King. He’s wanting to play out the season and hopefully he can speak with some soccer recruiters this season and have other options. I’m checking out that Common App now , didn’t even know about that one !! Thank you.

Sadly we are done with Football for good 😭, one more Spring Soccer season left for our Senior. I’m hoping this board will get a little more traffic this year !! I’ll start 😜 2023 Schedule for the Lebanon Pioneers Varsity Soccer Team 3/16@ Marion Hurricanes 3/20 @ Central Warriors 3/23 @ Richlands Tornadoes 3/27 vs Graham G-Men 3/28 vs Richlands Tornadoes 3/30 vs Marion Hurricanes 4/4 @ Graham G-Men 4/6 vs Central Warriors 4/18 @ Honaker Tigers 4/21 @ Rural Retreat Indians 4/25 vs Holston Cavaliers 4/28 @ Patrick Henry Rebels 5/2 vs Honaker Tigers 5/9 vs Rural Retreat Indians 5/12 @ Holston Cavaliers 5/16 vs Patrick Henry Rebels Hopefully we will see some great soccer out of these young men this year. Last year was really amazing !! My heads about to explode 🤯 with financial aid applications and trying to figure out recruitment videos and ways to help him navigate this mess. Seems we are way behind the normal timeline for doing all this stuff 😂. Hopefully this will help take the focus off the financials and possibility of him moving away from home 😅

I’m really looking forward to this game. We will be bundled up like eskimos in the stands, cheering on our team 😍. The Twin Springs field wasn’t in the best of shape last week and it caused some issues with our players more than a few times. I’m sure there will be some issues from the mud that everyone’s talking about. Just praying we make it through without any major injuries on either side. It’s been awhile since we have been in this position and win, lose or draw this will have been a good senior season for our son to look back on, this could be his last football game. Horne walked all over us last week and I imagine we will have a tough time stopping their ground game. If Reece can stay calm and make accurate passes I think we could pull it off. Lebanon 45 Grundy 42

This game was very exciting to watch ! Our boys and coaches did an amazing job and hats off to Twin Springs, they really made us work for that win !

I have to admit I was skeptical at the beginning of the season about the coaching changes but I’ll own that and realize that they have made some positive changes in their play calling. Super excited to see our own senior and our other “part-time” sons having a great year on the field. I think this one is going to be all Lebanon also. These county rivalry games are always some of our favorites, almost as fun as the coal bowl every year. We will be rocking the stands Friday night for sure. We’ve got Big JJ back in the game, in a good state of mind, with his heart in the right place (after a well-deserved 3 game suspension). Olson and Hertig are healthy and in good spirits, lethal combination for sure. Can’t say enough about Colton Barton, I’ve been watching him play as long as I have watched my own and he’s always been a game changer. Reece has been really consistent and connecting well with our receivers. Tatum and Street have just been beasts on the field lately. I could go on and on lol love these boys and this team We were able to play our 2nd string and younger guys last week, keeping our starters healthy and rested and they are even looking pretty good. I may have to keep my season tickets after graduation 😂 Practices have been going well and looking forward to seeing some of the surprises they have been working on all week. Lebanon 49 Castlewood 10

Lebanon 14 Gate City 14 halftime.

Wow, did they ever explode in the 2nd half !! It was an exciting game to watch, for sure ! That one pass to Belcher was epic, almost slipped a disc in the stands celebrating LOL !! I agree with Pioneer on the next two games. Hopefully our boys can have a good game against VA High and Gate City.

Halftime 0-0 😳