TARBORO —
Tarboro Lady Vikings junior forward Julie Hayes was unstoppable Wednesday at Indian Lake Sports Complex as the Vikings hosted their county and Eastern Plains Conference rivals the SouthWest Edgecombe Lady Cougars. Hayes put the team on her back and scored seven goals. Shayla Thorne added four goals also, as the Vikings defeated the Cougars 11-0.
Hayes puts her name in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) record books with the seven goals. She is tied for fourth on the list for most goals scored in one game by any one player in the state.
"Julie gave us an outstanding performance," Tarboro head coach Leshaun Jenkins said. "She was able to get off some good shots and put the ball in the net for us. She works hard for us up front and has the ability to do some good things when she has the ball. I challenge her each game because she has the instincts to do the right things inside the box. I tell her not to be afraid to take the open shots when she has them."
Jenkins also said he wants Hayes to rely on her one on one skills and cut the ball back inside to get off good shots as well. She has began to utilize her skills like Jenkins knows she is capable of doing and has become a threat to opposing defenses. She is going to be a key for the Vikings down the stretch to make things happen for Tarboro.
Hayes got Tarboro off to a good start in the fourth minute of the match. She was 10 feet out on the right side of the goal and took a shot on goal that went through the legs of SouthWest's goalie Mychaela Collins.
Six minutes later, Thorne broke free around the right side by a Cougars defender and scored to give the Vikings a 2-0 lead.
"Shayla is an all around player for us," Jenkins said. "She is one of our best defenders as well. She is fast and can go get the ball and make things happen when she has control of it."
Two minutes later, Hayes took a shot on goal from about 15 feet out that deflected off of a SouthWest defender and deflected in the goal to give Tarboro a 3-0 lead. The Cougars defense stepped up the pressure on the Vikings offense after the third goal and didn't allow another goal the remainder of the half.
Tarboro took 24 shots on goal in the first half. The Cougars didn't have a shot on goal then entire game as the Vikings controlled the ball. SouthWest did counter the Vikings a couple of times, but couldn't by the pesky Vikings defenders.
Hayes put in a spectacular performance in the second half when she scored five goals. Five minutes into the second half, Hayes broke free and took a shot on goal from five feet out that went under Collins' hands and rolled in the back of the net to give Tarboro a 4-0 lead. Six minutes later, Thorne answered and booted her second goal of the game to put Tarboro up 5-0.
It wouldn't take long before the Vikings would score again. Three minutes after Thorne's goal Hayes broke free and took a shot, but it deflected off of Collins' hands and the ball bounced right back at Hayes who put in the back of the net for her fourth goal.
Collins finished with 16 saves in the game.
Hayes would go on to score three more times within the next 15 minutes of the match. Thorne also capitalized and scored two more times as well.
Tarboro took a total of 40 shots on goal in the game and controlled the ball the majority of the game.
"This is the first year these girls have been exposed to soccer with a system involved in it," Jenkins said. "I have a lot of young players on the team who didn't learn much from our feeder program in the middle school so we are having to learn the basics of the game plus putting in the formations I want them to run. They are doing a great job picking up on everything and have progressed."
SouthWest has a young team as well. They have only one senior on the team.
"I thought my team came out and played as hard as they could today," Cougars head coach Richard Spence said. "They went out and gave me everything they had. We are improving each day and moving forward. I have seen a lot of progress from every girl on the team. We have a very young team and are still working on certain things to try and get better. We will get there but we just have to keep working at it."
Jenkins said this is going to be one of the best years Tarboro girls soccer has had as far as success goes. They are 4-3-3 after the win and 1-1 in the conference. He said with two more wins it would be the most the program has had in a single season since it began.
Jenkins was proud of the way his team performed overall. They bounced back after being shutout twice in a row. He put his team up to a challenge and told them they needed to score 12 goals. They fell one shy, but that didn't matter to him. He was just pleased that his team bounced back and was able to give a good performance.
"I am real proud of my girls for their effort," Jenkins said. "We are coming off of two straight games where we were shutout. So we looked better and were able to score when we had the chances."
Tarboro travels to play Rocky Mount Prep today at 5 p.m. in a non-conference match up.
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Tarboro Lady Vikings junior Julie Hayes takes a shot on goal as Cougars defender Samantha Moore watches in the first half Wednesday in Tarboro at Indian Lake Sports Complex. Hayes scored seven goals in the game.
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Tarboro Lady Vikings Chandler Harris tries to get her foot on the ball on a free kick Wednesday against SouthWest
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