Red Devils Off to Strong Start
St. Clairsville is seeing another strong start to the season from its girls’ soccer team. The Red Devils are 3-0 entering tonight’s road contest against Steubenville Big Red at Harding Stadium. Through three matches, St. C. has outscored its opponents 12-1. Offensively, a large number of players have found the back of the net. The team’s back-line defenders have done the job of keeping goalkeeper Jaeda Nowak’s evenings relatively uneventful. The start of the 2020 season mirrors that of the 2019 in a lot of ways. But there is one glaring absence—the team’s returning all-Ohio player in No. 27, senior Macy Malin. Malin injured her knee during the preseason and is relegated to cheering her teammates on from the sidelines her senior season, crutches helping to prop her up. “No one can lose a talent like that and not see a difference in their game,” St. Clairsville coach Wes Stoner said. “We all wish Macy could play, even our opponents. Not that they want to face her, but they wish she could still take the field. “No one is wishing for that more than myself and her, obviously. But We have been coming along. So far, the defense has been great. We’ve given up one kind of flukey goal and Jaeda has been solid behind them.” That’s another benefit to losing only one senior, Emily Vera, off last season’s team—two if you count Malin. Most of the starters returned and while there are a couple playing in different spots, the team is meshing well together early. Read the full article