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iNSports2BWednesdayAugust 30,1989Ugonsti. eder suspension hat Commis-rch that theced Tuesday, the musele-wt guard RonNFL Players juracy of the pensions, suspended for ic perception jrea tly exag-ireetor of thewo more pro-y Irvin ol the ifobley of the * the final ex* leason games ie for illegalise me? No,” of Mobley’suspeadedthis24 players in as suspendednotwced last the plan was *zelle said he ow time for to get thelining campLHS kickersrip FCA 6-1yers had pos-:ons were im-Phillip D avis (5), who scored the Pirates’ 1 st goal, has control ofRJC GALLAGHER Sports EditorAfter being outscored by 10 goals in its first threegames, Lumberton Senior High’s soccer team unearthedits missing defense Tuesday night.Lumberton shut down visiting Florence ChristianAcademy and erupted for four second-half goals to posta 6-1 victory in the 1989 home opener at Pirate Stadium.“We controlled the midfield and had our best defensive effort of the year,” said Lumberton coach Randy Mantovani, whose team evened its record at 2-2. “We didn’t give up any breakaways tonight and we were able to get the ball to the frontline quickly.“We were a little bit more aggressive in front of the net, But I think we’re still hitting the ball a little too hard a nd no t getting the b all on net. ”The Pirates peppered Florence Christian goalkeeper Harry Cook with 23 shots on goal and kept play down the Eagles’ end of the field by exploiting a porous, inexperienced defease.wW!lr-8 3 y0UQg .team‘ Wf.e “ a leafntag process and this game just magnified our weaknesses,’1 Florence Christian coach John Stephenson said. “We graduated three fullbacks and our whole defense is new. They made a lot of first-year mistakes. We just have to work on all areas of the game, ”The Eagles, who fell to o-l, managed 10 shots on Lumberton goalkeeper Mike Wiliam son.Philip Davis opened the scoring five minutes into thecontest, taking a pass from B,J. Sweeney on the rightside and depositing it into the far left corner of the net for a 1-0 Pirates' iead.Moments later, Ryan Robertson broke in from the left side after taking a feed from Keith Johnson. Robertsonput a move on a sprawling Cook and then flipped the ball into an empty net.Robertson's goal put Lumberton up 2-0 and that lead would hold up through halftime. Robertson, a sophomore transfer from Charlotte, and Johnson, a senior kept pressure on Florence Christian throughout the first half by combining to place 10 shots on goal.The Pirates began to find more accuracy in their shots after the intermission as they hung up four goals on the01A I If O
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