Somebody was going to pay after the Warren County High School soccer team lost three straight games over the weekend and that somebody was the White County Warriorettes.
After going winless in the Ladies Championship tournament in Hendersonville, the Lady Pioneers bounced back by destroying White County 9-0 Thursday at home.
Warren County showed no ill effects from a rough weekend, which saw several players skip the tournament and leave the Lady Pioneers shorthanded in Hendersonville against some of the best teams in the state.
Instead of having hard feelings, the Lady Pioneers showed team unity by way of “pigtail pride.” Each Warren County player wore their hair in pigtails, which may be a new trend if the Lady Pioneers play each game the rest of the year the way they did against White County.
Warren County had four players score multiple goals, led by three scores by junior Ansley Mullican. Morgan McCormick, Madison Smartt and Lindsey Cox each scored twice as the Lady Pioneers dominated their District 6-AAA foe.
White County actually had the chance to take an early lead when a call went against Warren County two minutes after kickoff.
Lady Pioneer keeper Lyndi Dodd was called for a foul when she picked up the ball in the box after it bounced off a teammate.
The rule states the keeper has to play the ball with her feet if a teammate passes the ball back. While Warren County didn’t pass the ball back to Dodd, the referee deemed the ricochet a pass and gave White County an indirect kick right in front of the Lady Pioneer goal.
Lined up beside seven of her teammates, Dodd made a diving save on the shot and Warren County was off to the races.
Two passes upfield was all it took as Mullican broke free and beat the White County keeper to give the Lady Pioneers a 1-0 lead four minutes into the game.
McCormick added her first goal five minutes later as she freed herself from two defenders with some nifty ball handling, then unleashed a hard shot that beat the keeper.
McCormick added her second goal shortly after, getting a perfect pass from Mullican which led to an easy goal.
Smartt got into the scoring column next when she blew past three White County defenders and scored to put Warren County ahead 4-0.
Mullican and Smartt each scored again in the first half as the Lady Pioneers went into halftime leading 6-0.
Mullican would notch her second hat trick of the season, both of which have come in district play, when she scored early in the second half.
Coach Todd Willmore began to make massive substitutions in the second half as Warren County played mostly freshmen in the last 20 minutes.
One of those freshmen was Cox, who scored twice in the second half as Warren County fell one goal short of reaching double digits against the Warriorettes.
Warren County took the weekend off, but will return Tuesday with a road game at Shelbyville. The Lady Pioneers will play host to Coffee County Thursday night. Both games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.