The Capital City Cup could not have arrived at a better time for Gray Collegiate boys’ soccer.

Bad weather has limited preseason game opportunities for the War Eagles. With clear skies so far, the team is making the most of its playing opportunities in the 5-day tournament.

Thursday at River Bluff High School, Gray Collegiate defeated Lugoff-Elgin 5-2 to improve to 2-0 in Group B in the Silver Division.

Guillermo Cely and Mitchell Stevens had 2 goals each for the War Eagles. Ryan Kussru had a penalty goal in the 1st half.

“We’re doing a lot of learning right now,” head coach Kevin Heise said. “It’s unfortunate because of the weather, we only got 1 scrimmage and a half in a Jamboree. Generally, we’ve got 4 under our belt right now and we kind of know what we can and can’t do. Because of the weather this month, we’ve haven’t been able to do any of that and I feel like we’re kind of in pre-season, scrimmage mode because we haven’t figured out certain roles.”

Heise is hoping the next 3 games will help the team further develop its depth. Up next is a 5 pm match in The Swamp against Southside with a chance to play in 1 of Sunday’s semifinals at Chapin High School

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Dutch Fork 5, Hartsville 0

Andrew Jackson 2, PAC 1

Ridge View 2, Hammond 2 

North Augusta 9, Buford 1

Spring Valley 2, Chapin 0 

Dreher 0, Blythewood 0

Irmo 8, Swansea 0 

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE 

(AT COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL) 

Cardinal Newman vs. Hartsville 5 pm

Blythewood vs. Cane Bay 6:45 pm

Buford vs. Columbia 8:30 pm

(AT CHAPIN HIGH SCHOOL) 

Chapin vs. A.C. Flora 5 pm

Dutch Fork vs. Wade Hampton 6:45 pm

Hillcrest vs. Ridge View 8:30 pm

(AT MEMORIAL STADIUM) 

River Bluff vs. Dreher 5 pm

Wando vs. Spring Valley 6:45 pm

Clinton vs. Hammond 8:30 pm

(AT RIVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL) 

Gray Collegiate vs. Southside 5 pm 

Westside vs. North Augusta 6:45 pm

Gilbert vs. Lugoff-Elgin 8:30 pm