A s many readers may remember, we were hopeful, but a bit skeptical, about the prospects for this season's Tigers team.

After losing veteran head coach Rick Hamilton and seasoned assistant coach Bart Baxter, who guided the first-year team to a magical winning season, we were wondering how WP would top that performance.

We weren't sure how the new head coach, Precott High School teacher Mark Grimm, who had general coaching experience but not in soccer, and his assistant Jay Potts would do with the young team.

There were some questions about the maintenance of the field at Prescott, making it...