Hunter Sumerall of Warren Central, center, tries to dribble around a triple team of Natchez players, from left, Curtis Holder, Robin Blake and Brandon Jones during the first half Monday night in Bovina. The Vikings won, 6-0. (The Vicksburg Post/c. todd sherman)

[11/19/02]To see the faces of the Warren Central soccer team, one would have thought they had lost the game to winless Natchez.

Despite winning 6-0, the Vikings (1-1-1) were anything but content with their victory Monday.

“Even though we scored six, it wasn’t the way we should have played, we just banged around and won,” Vikings coach Jay Harrison said. “We can do that against this level of competition, but not against anyone else.

“If we finish better, then I’m happier. Given the opponent, we got to do better with them.

“There was a couple bright moments, but we need more.”

Allen Carlisle, Dusty Pennington and Jeff Holmes provided the bulk of the bright moments. Carlisle had three goals and an assist, Pennington had a goal and two assists and Holmes had two goals.

The Vikings’ defense, led by Andrew Hendrix, limited the Bulldogs to seven shots on goal. The Vikings, in comparison, had 41 shots.

The Vikings’ discontent with their first win of the season could stem from the fact that Natchez (0-4) lost their coach two days before the game. Former Bulldogs coach Peter Rinaldi quit Wednesday after three early season losses.

Bulldogs head coach Dennis Hogue was introduced to his team on the bus ride to Bovina.

“We need work on ball skills and discipline. They need a lot of training on touch on the ball,” Hogue said. “They got hit and chase mentality.”

Chasing the Vikings’ forwards could be considered a full-time job, but despite numerous fast breaks, WC had trouble capitalizing.

“In a positive light, we got the win and I’m glad the guys played hard,” Harrison said. “We just have got to make some adjustments to play better.”

WC 5, Natchez 0

It was a boring night to be a goalie.

Warren Central used two goalies two more than Natchez had shots on goal in improving to 2-1 on the season.

If there was a sour note in the Lady Vikes’ victory, it was that they had 51 shots on goal and could only capitalize five times.

Magen Carlisle started the scoring frenzy with two goals and Alisha Lawrence, Hayley Martin and Kari Lieberman had a goal apiece.

“It was a good game to get everyone involved, and it allowed us to work on some things we did in practice,” Lady Vikes coach Holly Lane said.