The Kosciusko girls soccer team broke back into the win column with a 6-0 shutout of Louisville on Tuesday. The win was the Lady Whippets’ first in Region 3-4A play this year, and it improved the team to 2-9 on the season.
Kosciusko split a pair of games against Morton and Ridgeland to improve to 10-2 this season.
The Lady Whippets fell to 0-2 in Region 3-4A play with their home loss last Tuesday to Caledonia. Caledonia’s size and depth proved too much for Kosciusko (1-9), according to head coach Greg Cooper.
The Kosciusko (3-6, 1-1) boys opened the Region 3-4A portion of their schedule in dramatic fashion with a contest that needed extra time to be decided.
A number of Kosciusko football players received selections to the 2018 Region 4-4A All-District team.
Antonio Harmon was selected as Region 4-4A’s Athlete of the Year.
Kosciusko (9-1) stretched its win streak to seven games with a two-game sweep last week.
The Whippets defeated West Lauderdale 86-58 last Tuesday.
Kosciusko, well-rested from its 11-day layoff, picked up its second win of the year last week in boys soccer action.
The Whippets shut out Winona 6-0 last Tuesday and dropped a 1-0 contest against Class 6A Pearl last Friday.
Kosciusko returned from its holiday break with a 68-59 road win over Leake County last Friday.
The Whippets’ win snapped a five-game Leake County winning streak and moved Kosciusko to 7-1 this season.
Karen Causey’s foray into tennis began 13 years ago.
When she moved to Kosciusko with her husband Kelly Causey in 2017, it was not long until she started to seek out ways to drum up interest in the sport in her new community.
After starting the season on a four-game losing streak, Kosciusko (1-4) broke into the win column with a 5-0 win against Choctaw Central on Nov. 16.
