Christiansburg’s Madison Farley and Auburn’s Kaitlyn Lytton vie for a ball near midfield Saturday. Saturday, Blacksburg High hosted seven teams for a soccer jamboree with a day of scrimmages on the Bruins’ new artificial turf field.Auburn’s Katelyn Lafon defends Christiansburg’s Julia Johnson during a preseason scrimmage Saturday at Blacksburg.Eastern Montgomery’s Jessie Blankenship clears the ball away from Blacksburg’s Eva Moeltner during Saturday’s preseason soccer jamboree. The series of eight scrimmages with eight teams featured the debut of the Bruins’ new artificial turf field.Blacksburg’s Skyler Prosser goes up for a header off a corner kick as the Bruins and the Eastern Montgomery Mustangs scrimmaged Saturday morning.Montgomery County Public School Superintendent Mark Miear and county school board member Marti Graham (center) pose with all four county girls soccer teams during the soccer jamboree on Saturday. Joining the local teams for the jamboree were James River, Gate City, Harrisonburg and Liberty Christian.
