Maverick Soccer Team waer

victorious in their last two

matches against both Uvalde

and Medina Valley. On

Friday, the Mavs knocked

off the uvalde Coyotes 3-0

and according to Head

Coach Christian Rodriguez,

they were looking to get

back into the district mix,

“The Coyotes were tough

and made things tough for

us,” said the coach, “We

looked to open up the scoring,

but just kept missing the

goal.”

A break finally

came when Jose Solis headed-

in a cross off of a corner

kick to give the Mavericks

the lead. The half ended at 1-

0 and the Coyotes came out

with a lot of energy to score

the equalizer, but the Mavs

matched the intensity and

were finally able to pull

away as Alexis Esquivel

scored to make it 2-0.

Later on another

push, Esquivel crossed the

ball into the box and a

Uvalde defender ended up

putting in the net for an own

goal that made the final

score 3-0.

“We got good play

from Alex Flores, Luis

Sugaki, Felipe Flores and

Ricky Gutierrez. Jesus

Gonzalez and Armando

Villarreal combined for the

shutout from goal.”

Then on Tuesday,

the Mavericks hosted the

Medina Valley Panthers.

The Mavs needed to stay up

in the points race and needed

a win against the Panthers to

pull into a tie for fourth

place in District 28-

AAAAA.

The match started

fast as the Mavericks quickly

began to look for the

opening score of the match.

The first goal of the match

finally came as Alexis

Easquivel dribbled into the

box and took a shot that the

goalie blocked into the waiting

boot of Felipe Flores

who took the shot and

scored.

Flores had a hat

trick in this match scoring

three goals. Esquivel had

two.

Good play came

from Alex Flores, Jose

Herrera and Jose Rodriguez

from the defensive positions.

Flores, Alfonso

Martinez and Esquivel contributed

the offense while

Jesus Gonzalez and

Armando Villarreal combined

for the shutout.