By Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

SOUTH POINT — It’s soccer, so it’s always good to start off on the right foot.

Or even the left foot as long as it’s a win.

The St. Joseph Flyers played well on both feet as they began the season with a tough 2-0 road win over the South Point Pointers on Saturday.

Senior Landon”Rocky” Rowe took a long pass from senior Wesley Neal streaking past the defense and Rowe avoided the goalkeeper and scored into an open net to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead with 10:02 on the first half clock.

Neal got a nice through ball assist from junior Carson Lyon and fired a shot into the net at the 25:37 mark of the second half and it was 2-0.

Freshman Beckham Waginger recorded the shutout win in his first varsity game as he had 5 saves. Pointers goalkeeper Christian Dornon had 10 saves.

The Flyers took 18 shots with 12 on goal with 4 corner kicks. The Pointers took 9 shots with 5 on goal and also had 4 corner kicks.

The Flyers were whistled for 4 fouls and the Pointers none.

The Flyers played at East Carter, Ky., on Monday.

St. Joseph 1 1 = 2

South Point 0 0 = 0

First Half

SJ – Landon Rowe (assist Wesley Neal) 10:02

Second Half

SJ — Wesley Neal (assist Carson Lyons) 25:37

Shots: St. Joseph 18, South Point 9

Shots on Goal: St. Joseph 12, South Point 5

Goalkeeper Saves–St. Joseph: Beckham Waginger 5; South Point: Christian Dornon 10

Corner Kicks: St. Joseph 4, South Point 4

Fouls: St. Joseph 4, South Point 0