Greenback soccer still building

Greenback School senior Blain Mashburn attempts to score a goal in practice Thursday.

Building an athletic program from scratch isn’t easy, but Greenback School head boys soccer coach Rob Fox is embracing the challenge as the Cherokees prepare for their third season.

“The first year was, obviously, a struggle like any first-year program, but our biggest challenge, our second year, was probably harder than our first,” Fox said. “We lost a lot of the kids that came out and were really instrumental in starting the program. They graduated, so we ended up starting over in a lot of ways. This year, I think we may be turning a little bit of a corner. We’re getting some kids that are really committed and have been working on their own since probably November.”