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Clarksburg’s girls’ soccer team builds momentum Coyotes’ girls soccer team hopes to continue upward trend n
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Clarksburg High School’s Holly Wilson takes the ball away from Gaithersburg’s Katie Bol on Thursday. these two captains graciously accepted it and did it and played great behind the ball.” Leah Brown, a freshman midfielder, echoed the same sentiment about the injuries and adjusting to an ever-changing lineup. “We have a lot of injuries. It seems like there are new injuries every week, and we have four or five starters who are out,” she said. “It is affecting us a lot, but we are getting through it. [Play-
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“The freshmen are going to be the driving force of this program,” he said. “We are in a good spot going forward. We heard this from the seniors when the year started, ‘Oh, you guys are going to be so good next year,’ and I quickly change that and say, ‘It’s not about next year. It’s about this year.’ It’s about proving to themselves and everyone else in this county that we can play a young lineup and be successful, and they are seeing it play out right now.”
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more defensive roles against Gaithersburg than they had to begin the season. “My sweeper and my stopper don’t usually play back there. They normally play forward and midfield,” he said. “Kaelyn runs the midfield and is a brilliant player at the back, and Becca in front of her as the forward. I had to shore up the middle because of the injuries, and they went back and did a beautiful job doing it. No one loves to go back from offense to defense, and
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When Clarksburg High School girls soccer coach Troy Bowers took over the fledgling program when the school opened in 2006, there was a lot of excitement about starting a whole new team from the ground up. Eight years later, Bowers is getting a fresh start of a different kind, as his Coyotes’ squad has been rejuvenated by an influx of young and talented players looking to establish the program in the challenging Montgomery County 4A West Division. “Normally we start three freshmen and two sophomores, so five of my eleven girls are underclassmen,” Bowers said. “We are a very young team, with five freshmen and three sophomores on the team. That they can compete at this level — Gaithersburg is a very respectable 4A program [0-0 tie on Oct. 3], and we fought with [BethesdaChevy Chase] to a 1-0 loss [Sept. 24] — says a lot about what this team is capable of.” Clarksburg has started the season with a 4-2-1 record despite a rash of injuries that have sidelined key contributors and forced others into unfamiliar roles. Alaira Groomes, a freshman midfielder, is dealing with a concussion sustained against Seneca Valley on Sept 20. The versatile Stephanie Kim has an ankle injury that leaves the remainder of her sophomore season in doubt, and freshman Catie Ladas sustained a laceration against Springbrook, which has kept her from the field. The absent players forced Bowers to shift seniors Kaelyn O’Neill and Rebecca Wilson into