CRESTVIEW – One day Crestview High School’s girls soccer team might be able to battle the top teams in District 1-4A. But that day is still somewhere down the road.
A team filled with freshmen and sophomores needs time to grow up and the experience that only comes with going through the growing pains of youth.
Thursday night the Bulldogs hosted Navarre, one of those top teams.
The Raiders are a squad with 10 seniors, six juniors and three sophomores. Crestview has five sophomores and six freshmen on the roster.
The difference in experience showed as Navarre rolled to a 9-1 win.
“They (Navarre) will probably go to the state tournament like they do every year and we have to compete with them,” Bulldog Coach Carl Everitt said. “They are a great team. We are very young team and we have some freshmen starting.
“We have to learn from this and that’s just the nature of the beast.”
The Raiders scored early and often in taking the match that was called at the 46-minute mark when Michaela Stone scored to put Navarre up by eight goals.
Navarre flexed its muscle early and often with junior Emily Madril leading the way. Madril scored the first of her three goals two minutes into play. By the time Madril scored her third goal less than 19 minutes into the match the Raiders had a commanding 5-0 lead.
Crestview (4-6, 0-3) trailed 6-0 when Keleigh Whited scored the only Bulldog goal of the night with 25 minutes gone in the match.
Navarre led 7-1 at the intermission and scored two goals in the first seven minutes to finish off the win.
Everitt was able to find some humor in the lopsided loss.
“I’ll get home by 9 o’clock,” he said as he laughed.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Navarre makes quick work of Crestview (PHOTOS)