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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS - MARCH 19, 2008 - PAGE 3B EJCHS Boys Soccer EJCHS Girls Soccer Eagles To Face Region Rivals Thurs. By Brandon Reed The East Jackson Boys soccer team continues to work towards its first win in their inaugural season. The team’s next opportunity will come on Thursday as they’ll travel to Oglethorpe County for region play. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Eagles traveled to North Oconee on March 5, but came away with an 8-1 loss to the Titans. Iliya Bindyu made East Jackson’s lone goal against North Oconee in the first half of the match. Last Monday the Eagles played in their third region match of the season, as they traveled to Banks County. The Leopards handed East Jackson their third region loss, 3-1. Ricardo Saragoza scored East Jackson’s goal in that game with nine minutes left to play. On Friday, the East Jackson team traveled to Rabun County, where they lost to the Wildcats 5-1. Jon Love scored for the Eagles 16 minutes into the match to get East Jackson on the board. The Eagles were next scheduled to travel to Franklin County on Tuesday. Results of that match were unavailable at press time. Tony Xiong (3) goes after the ball at a recent made East Jackson’s lone goal against North match while Ilya Bindyu (14) watches. Bindya Oconee on March 5. Photo by Brandon Reed EJCHS Tennis Breanna Standridge (1) looks for a chance ing the Lady Wildcats of Rabun County in a to steal the ball from an opponent at a recent match that went into two overtime periods, match. The Lady Eagles came close to defeat- Lady Eagles Drop Close Match By Brandon Reed The East Jackson Lady Eagles came close to picking up their third win of the season last week, but lost in the second overtime to the Rabun County Wildcats 4-3. The Lady Eagles found them selves trailing at the end of the first half 3-0, but they picked up some momentum in sec ond half, as Jazmin Flores scored a goal with an assist by Larisa Cozzens. Midfielder Kassie Mull scored the second goal, with an assist by Aubrey Cozzens to move the Lady Eagles to within one. Keeper Abby Adams had several saves, and stopped a penalty kick by Rabun County. A cross to midfielder Dakota Chandler started the chain of events that led to the Lady Eagles tying up the match. Chandler passed to midfield er Sadie Staples, who then passed to Flores. Flores kicked in the goal to send the game into overtime. The game stayed tied through two overtimes, leading to pen alty kicks on each goalie. Rabun County scored three, while East Jackson scored one, giving the Wildcats the victory. The loss drops East Jackson to a 2-7 record on the season. The Lady Eagles were sched uled to travel to Franklin County for a Tuesday match. Results were unavailable at press time. Next up for East Jackson is a region match at Oglethorpe County on Thursday. That match is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. ONLY 12 DAYS LEFT EMPLOYEE PRICING thtroLjghioLJt ttie lot on fWA^EMPLOYEE PRICING East Jackson’s Ving Vang returns the ball at home. Matches are scheduled to begin at 3:30 a recent match. The Eagles teams will face p.m. Photo by Lyn Sengupta off today (Wednesday) against Commerce at ON ALL PRE-OWNED VEHICLES East Jackson Set To Host Tigers Credit ProblemsP By Brandon Reed The East Jackson Eagles tennis teams contin ued to show promise, despite a loss by both the boys and girls teams last week to Fannin County. They’ll host Commerce today (Wednesday) beginning at 3:30 p.m. East Jackson played host to the Fannin County Rebels last Thursday. Both teams had hoped to pick up their first wins of the season, but it didn’t work out that way, as the girls lost 4-1, and the boys lost 5-0. For the girls, number two doubles pair Erica Turner and Dane Gaillard won two out of three tiebreakers against the Rebels. On the boys’ side, while there were no winners, several matches went down to tiebreakers. Following the Commerce pairing, the Eagles are scheduled to play Banks County on Thursday, with the boys set to play at home, and the girls scheduled to play in Homer. Both matches start at 4 p.m. FOR THE BEST BUTS, READ THE CLASS FI ED ADS evj Eaaaaa Hurry for BEST SELECTION 4-RUNNERS HIGHLANDERS, INCLUDING HIGHLANDER HYBRIDS, COROLLAS MATRIK SIENNA VANS, TUNDRAS, TACO MAS, SEQUOIAS!!!! SALE ABSOLUTELY ENDS MARCH 31 H www.heywardallentoyota.com 2910 ATLANTA HIGHWAY ATHENS