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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILLIAMSBURG \u2014 Whitley County\u2019s Matthew Sawyers set the boys\u2019 soccer program record of most goals scored in a game on Saturday with eight, as the Colonels dominate Knott Central, winning, 14-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sawyers\u2019 eight goals rank ninth all time in the state as Walden\u2019s Siba Mohammed\u2019s record of 11 in 1998 against Spencer County still stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sawyers also joined his sister Autumn, who set the girls\u2019 soccer program\u2019s record with eight goals last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAbout six minutes in, we put the ball in the back of the net and never looked back,\u201d Whitley County coach Michael Branham said. \u201cWe were without a few starting defenders today, so I\u2019m proud of how our defense stepped up and possessed it well from the back to build up the attack. Six different guys found the back of the net and eight different players assisted. I feel like we are focused as we look forward to playing another district match on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sawyers led the way with eight goals, and two assists while Canaan Parsons finished with two goals. Joseph Knuckles, Jacob Senters, Javon Rider, and Brody Moses each scored a goal apiece for Whitley County (5-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n