FORT DEFIANCE -  With eight minutes to play Fort Defiance found itself down 1-0 to Stuarts Draft and were minutes away from being done for the season.

As the sky grew darker from the coming night and storm clouds, so did Fort’s chances of pulling out a win against Waynesboro, falling 5-1 Friday night in Southern Valley District action.

FORT DEFIANCE – In a command performance, Waynesboro clamped down Fort Defiance’s Sidney Gardner, last season’s Southern Valley District player of the year, while using three second-half goals, including two from Taylor Sayre, propelling the Little Giants to a 4-0 win Friday over the Indians.

FORT DEFIANCE — The difference between winning and losing in regional soccer always comes down to a few shots.
Fort Defiance proved that, outplaying visiting Broadway, but falling on the scoreboard 1-0 in regional quarterfinal action Tuesday night in Fort Defiance.
“Our goal every night is to beat the team on the field,” Fort coach Jon McClure said. “If you beat them on the field, the scoreboard will come next, and unfortunately it didn’t come.”

FORT DEFIANCE – Stuarts Draft is battle tested. The Cougars fought a worthy opponent in the Southern Valley Tournament on Friday night, winning 2-1 in four overtimes and defeating the No. 1 seed Fort Defiance.
Brooke Reynolds netted the winning goal that advanced the Cougars to the finals. Reynolds said her team was determined to win.