Staff photo by Mike Buhler Kennett's Elaine Hoskins (right) battles with a St. Vincent defender during the first half of Wednesday's girls soccer game at Indian Park. [Click to enlarge]

The offensive slump for the Kennett Lady Indians soccer team continues.

For the second time in as many days, the Lady Tribe couldn't find the back of the net and suffered a 3-0 loss to Perryville-St. Vincent Wednesday at Indian Park.

"We just couldn't seem to get the ball in the goal today," Kennett coach Rick Bell said. "It was just one of those days. We're having a little trouble penetrating like we wanted and it just didn't work out for us."

Kennett (1-3) has managed just one goal in three losses and has scored just one goal in the last seven halves after scoring five goals in the first half against Paragould last week.

Despite its offensive struggles, the Lady Tribe was competitive Wednesday against St. Vincent, trailing 1-0 at the break after giving up a late goal and only allowing a pair of late goals toward the end of the contest to set the final score.

"We played pretty well. Today we changed our defense," said Bell. "We've been playing a 4-3-3 and today we went to a 1-3-3-3 -- it seemed to help a lot. We knew going in that St. Vincent was an undefeated team. He was starting seven seniors off of last year's team."

That St. Vincent was speedy, as was Wednesday's squad.

"They were fast last year and we knew that was going to happen this year, so we changed our defense and had a sweeper in the back," Bell said. "We played them pretty tight especially in the first half. The goal they got there in the first half was really due to some miscommunication with our defense."

Bell was pleased with the performance of freshman keeper Alexandra Brown in Wednesday's loss.

"She turned in a strong game today," said Bell. "She's improving -- you can tell...she has good abilities and her knowledge of the game is improving every day. She looked good."

Despite the loss, Bell remains positive about his squad.

"I thought we played pretty well," Bell said. "We're improving every game and that's encouraging."

Track
Kennett squads roll again
At New Madrid on Tuesday, the Indians and Lady Indians followed up wins last week with dominating performances to dominate a seven-team field.

On the boys' side, the Tribe outdistanced New Madrid 158-96, while Malden was third with 73 points and Charleston finished fourth with 61.

Demetrius Childress won both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles, while Greg Bowles won the long jump and triple jump. Tyler Daugherty won the 1600- and 3200-meters, while Jimmy Gooden won the 800-meters and Kennett also won the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

Will Johnson finished second in both hurdles events, while Blake Parr took second in the 400-meters and Cameron Conder finished second in the 200-meters.

Josh Ford took third place in the 3200, while Julio Hernandez finished third in the discus.

On the girls' side, Kennett rolled past Malden 159-94, while host New Madrid County Central was third with 62 points.

Susan Shetley won both the 110- and 300-hurdles, while Leanna Siebenhuener won the 1600, Samantha Geary won the 3200 and Taylor won the long jump.

Tamere White finished second to Shetley in both hurdles events, while Siebenhuener took second in the 800, Veronica Amos came in second in the 400, Shetley carded second-place finishes in the long jump and triple jump, while the 4x400-relay team also brought home second.

Geary finished third in the 1600, while Odejah Samuel brought home third in the 400, Tamika Calloway finished third in the shot put and Taylor finished second in the triple jump.