Dalton’s Luis Favela Proving to be a Fabulous Goal Scorer

Dalton, GA-(WDEF-TV) When you say the name of Dalton soccer player Luis Favela just right, it almost sounds like fabulous.
And that’s exactly what he has been for the Catamounts.
Brian Armstrong catches up with the fabulous Dalton goal scorer.

Said head coach Matt Cheaves: He obviously has a drive to score, and when you see that opportunity, he just goes for it.

In Dalton’s last match, Luis Favela did what he’s done all season long, scoring goals.And those two goals resulted in getting to the state semifinals.

Said Favela: I don’t know how it happened so quickly.The ball just I just saw the ball flying, just turned around,ran, and it was right there in front of my feet.I took a touch and just slipped into the bottom left.Louise brings a lot of talent.

Said Cheaves: He’s got good size and athletic ability,and he’s definitely got a great shot.He can turn on the ball really quick and fire it.

With all those goals he’s heard.His name is pronounced by the PA announcer numerous times.

Said Favela: Fa-ve-lus. Something like that.And my teammates are, like, laughing at me.They started compared to something called, like, Fav-loso. It’s just like cleaning stuff. It was pretty funny.

One of those teammates is Dalton leading scorer, EzekielOrtiz, who links up incredibly well with Favela.

Said Favela: We communicate a lot.He’s assisted me with basically almost all of my goals this season, talk a lot and keep each other up.If anything happens, if we miss a shot or anything, we just tell each other it’s all right.Next one. Keep going.

Said

Cheaves: And if you focus on one, you have to leave the other one alone.And you can’t do that with those guys.You got to straight up make sure you’re taking care of both of them.

And now this Dalton team is looking to winFriday’s state semifinal game on the road to making it to Dalton’s fourth straight state title appearance.