Young Stone squad falls to Concord
Micah Grenz, over the years, has proven himself to be one of the top soccer coaches in Middle Tennessee. He and his staff have worked hard to try and make Stone Memorial High School an elite boys program. The 2026 campaign may prove to be one of Grenz’s toughest coaching jobs yet.
Not including players that graduated from last year’s 15-5 squad, Grenz is competing this year without eight players who are either injured or have chosen to pursue future goals in another sport. Such was the case Tuesday night in Crossville when the Panthers dropped a 5-1 decision to Concord Christian. “We improved, but we're missing, from who we anticipated being here at the beginning of the year, we're missing eight starters,” Grenz said after the match.
“So, when you only have 11 players on the team it can be tough. “This gives us a chance to give some of our freshmen a great opportunity to grow up a little bit. ” The first half of the action went back and forth.
Stone played well, Grenz said, but Concord was able to slip one by the goalkeeper to take a 1-0 advantage into halftime. “We were honestly doing a lot of great things in the first half. It was probably the best we’ve played all year,” Grenz said.
“But, it's teaching these students how the game is 80 minutes for a reason. It's not just 40 minutes. ” Concord Christian opened the second half of action with an early goal to make it 2-0, and then tacked on three more goals in the final period to take a 5-0 advantage.