When Dewayne Uselton was handed the reins of the East Limestone boys’ soccer program, he knew he couldn’t do it alone.

So the first thing he did was ellicit the help of club coach Tim Kay.

Together, they have forged a team that is on the verge of a history-making accomplishment at the school.

Tuesday night, the Indians got five goals from Brent Morgan and another from Stefan Stowe to beat West Limestone 6-0 and improve to 10-2 on the season and 7-0 in Class 1A-4A Section 7.

East Limestone can claim the section title on Thursday at home against Madison Academy, a team that the Indians have already beaten once this season – 2-1 on March 17 in Madison.

Thursday could be quite a day for soccer at East as the girls go searching for the section title as well. The Lady Indians beat West Limestone 7-0 Tuesday and trail Madison Academy by a game in the section race.

Emily Buhrman scored three goals for the East girls, who need to beat the Lady Mustangs by at least two goals to win the section.

Action begins Thursday at 5 p.m. with the girls’ contest at Cavnar Field. The boys’ game will follow.

“I was asked to take it,” Uselton said of the coaching position. “Chad (Drake) did it last year, and he resigned.

“So, they asked me to do it. I went looking for Tim.”

Kay, who coached three years with the Madison Soccer Club, joined the Indians’ program for preseason practice this year, and according the Indians’ players, he has made a lot of difference.

“We got new coaches, and we’re getting it done,” Stowe said. “We’re practicing hard and coming together.

“Before it was our first year, and we were just getting started. We would go out there and do a couple of drills, but there was no real dedication because people just weren’t real big in it. This year we came back out here and started earlier. Me and Jacob Appleby got together and told them what was expected of them.”

The East Limestone is built around two seniors, goalie Matt Keown and Morgan, a forward.

Morgan had experience in AYSO soccer, but had played baseball throughout his career at East. With the urging of his girlfriend, he joined the soccer team this season.

“They told me the whole time they hadn’t gotten to state or anything or won many games,” Morgan said. “After we started winning, I mean the whole time we believed. We haven’t lost except for tournaments.

“We get better just about every day. We had Coach Kay come in this year, and taught us just about everything.”

The Indians’ fortunes have also been boosted by club players Trevor Anderson (a seventh grader), Danny Boersma (a freshman), Appleby (a sophomore) and Jacob Meyer (a sophomore.).

“School ball started last year, and everybody decided, club and AYSO, to all come together,” Stowe said. “We’ve got a pretty decent team this year.

“I was thinking we would have to build it up, and it might take two years, but it just all started coming together.”

Kay says the teams’ preparation for the season began with the basics, something that took the club players by surprise.

“The interesting part was for the club players, we worked on fundamentals for the first six weeks or so,” Kay said. “They kept asking, ‘Coach, when are we going to finish.’

“I told them if they don’t learn to pass, trap and dribble, you aren’t going to get to shoot.

Tonight it showed. Normally it’s a 1-to-10 ratio of goals versus shots. Tonight it was 25 percent, which normally its only 10 percent.”

The landmark victory for the Indians was that win over perennial power Madison Academy last month.

“We had never beaten them, never had a winning season in the school,” Stowe said. “Now the boys’ team has overcome a lot this year.”