The Lawrence High bench watches action on the field as storm clouds move into in the area during LHS' soccer match against Washburn Rural on Thursday evening at LHS. The game was called with 31:56 left in the second half in the Lions trailing, 3-0.

Lawrence High boys soccer players are doing everything they can to score goals. They’ve adjusted formations and moved players to different positions to create more offense. They just haven’t seen any results.

The Lions haven’t scored a goal in 208 minutes on the field this season, which includes their 3-0 loss to Washburn Rural on Thursday, spoiling their home opener. The match was called with about 31 minutes remaining because of severe weather.

Late in the first half, LHS junior attacker Hosam Aldamen sent a cross to junior attacker Cain Scott, who settled the ball on his foot inside of the 18-yard box. Scott had an open look and fired a shot, but the ball was deflected off of the back of his teammate, junior Cole Brungardt, who fell in front of him.

“It’s like it snowballs on you,” LHS coach Mike Murphy said. “Everything that could go bad offensively for us is going to happen.”

The Lions (0-3) took seven shots, including two on net from Aldamen, but nothing could end their scoreless streak. Brungardt fired a cross to junior Ebrahim Diagne, who found space near the net, but his header went above the crossbar.

“I think we’re creating enough chances, especially on crosses,” said junior Charlie Carr, who moved around from defense to attacker. “But right now, we just have to get over the hump. We have to score a goal to get back into it.”

The Junior Blues (3-0, ranked No. 2 in the coaches’ poll) only needed 68 seconds to score their first goal Thursday. With the Lions doing their best to score, the Junior Blues took advantage of a young LHS defense with their speed and physicality. On Washburn Rural’s first chance in the attacking third of the field, junior Brayden White sent a cross to senior Joah Hickel and Hickel slammed a shot into the net.

More than 23 minutes into the first half, the Junior Blues struck again when White danced through the LHS defense for an open shot and score. White added another goal less than two minus later when a free kick settled on his foot in the 18-yard box and he fired a shot into the back of the net.

“We knew coming into the game that Washburn was going to be a tough team and they were going to be really talented and really skillful in the attacking third,” LHS senior Piper Hubbell said. “So for us, we just wanted to match up with them offensively. We wanted to try to score and get that first goal. That’s our biggest priority right now.”

The Lions moved senior Brennan Davies moved from the back line to midfield. Junior Cameron Guy played his first game at centerback. Scott was moved from attacker to attacking midfield, which Murphy hoped would “take some of that pressure off of him so he didn’t feel like he didn’t have to do it all.”

“At times, I thought we looked good,” Murphy said. “I thought there were stretches where we were dominating the game. We were going hard. We were winning balls. They had height on us in the middle, but when the ball was on our foot, I thought we were moving the ball well.”

Despite another scoreless game, the Lions were happy with how they controlled possession and created offensive opportunities.

“Of the past two games, I think this is one of the better games that we’ve played,” Hubbell said. “I think we had good possession. We had good touches. We were moving off the ball. I think that’s the key point.”