By HELEN RUISI

By HELEN RUISI

Rappahannock News contributing writer

Because of the weather, the varsity soccer team from Wakefield had all of their regularly scheduled matches cancelled this week. However, over the weekend, Wakefield traveled to Western Albemarle High School in Charlottesville to participate in the WAHS Third Annual Invitational Soccer Tournament. Other participants in the tournament included WAHS, Wood berry Forest and Charlottesville High School.

For the first game, Wakefield faced the top seeded Western Albemarle. In the first half, Wakefield’s offense posed few threats to the opponent’s goal, however, the Wakefield defense held the Western Albemarle offense scoreless until late in the half when a defensive error gave Western Albemarle an easy score.

In the second half, Western Albemarle scored two quick goals to build a 3-0 lead. Although Wakefield’s offense mounted several attacks late in the game, the team was turned away each time, resulting in the final 3-0 score. Although the Wakefield team did lose, Coach Uli Maeyer was delighted with the team’s performance because “a 3-0 loss to a team like Western Albemarle is something we can be proud of.”

In Wakefield’s second game, the team faced Charlottesville High School. Unlike the first game, the first half featured several scores. After an early goal by Charlottesville, Jorge Gonzales, of Huntly, scored off a comer kick to tie the score at 11. T ien, after another quick score by Charlottesville, a goal by Larry Tarr, of Warrenton, knotted the score at 2-2. However, late in the half, Charlottesville scored two more goals en route to a 4-2 halftime lead.

In the second half, Wakefield had several opportunities to score, but failed to capitalize on each attempt. Although the defense held Charlottesville to a single second half