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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
For Rappahannock County High School, a soccer victory against cross-county rival Wakefield School has been a year-long dream. But it has been dreamt before, and in the past few years, not once has the dream come true.
At Wakefield’s homecoming in October, the Panthers lost a 2-1 game which both coaches agreed neither teamdeserved to lose.
Saturday was a different story. Not only did the dream come true, the Owls were shut out by a determined Rappahannock squad. Led by fullbacks Doug Smith and Wayne Dodson, the Panthers turned away Wakefield’s offense, while pushing hard with their own attack and controlling the game well into the second half.
The Panthers’ Jason Butler was a one-man scoring machine, accounting for all three of Rappahannock’s goals. Coach Richard Dietz had nothing but praise for the young sophomore, noting that he had recovered from a broken elbow suffered during a game last season to return even more determined than before.
In fact, Coach Dietz had praise f<#r the entire squad’s efforts. “They’re just a good group of kids who have worked together.” Since Aug. 19, the coach added, the team has practiced at least two hours each day.
“All this is just an extension of education,” Coach Dietz said. “Out here, the subject is soccer. The practices are the classroom, and the games are test day. They are definitely passing the course.”
The team’s conditioning showed. It allowed them to take the game to Wakefield, and the Panthers kept hammering away, even as the halves drew to a close.
The few shots which Wakefield managed to put on goal were handled by Panther goalie Philip Daczewitz. He, with protection from his fullbacks, was credited by Coach Dietz for the defensive effort which kept the shutout intact. “Philip played a tremendous game. ”
The win represented Rappahannock’s second straight shutout, following a 4-0 win over Charlottesville last week.
Coach Dietz said the team was trying a new formation: four forwards, four halfbacks and two fullbacks, and he said he felt that formation added to the offensive pressure against Wakefield.
“It means that they are outmanned. There are always two players free to roam to the side of the field where the play is going on. We don’t double team any men, but it means that we have men free to cover the open spots,” Coach Dietz said, explaining that most soc
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