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By Rey Sifuentes Jr.
Headed into its game against Laredo United on Friday, Eagle Pass High School’s varsity girls soccer team was 1-2 in its first three District 29-5A games.
The Lady Eagles lost to Laredo LBJ 7-1 on Tuesday, February 12.
“The game started out well for us as we kept the ball on their side of the field for the first 20-25 minutes,” Head Coach Hugo Garcia said. “Marcy Mares was able to chip the ball over LBJ’s defense which Jenell Perez picked up before fighting off two defenders and then rocketed a shot which scored to give us a 1-0 lead.”
EPHS stayed persistent in its attack.
“Mares continued to pressure LBJ, while Nataly Ramirez and Vero Riojas continued pushing the ball up,” Garcia said. “Karen Herrera was able to do her thing on the outside.
With a minute left before halftime, LBJ scored and both teams went into the intermission tied 1-1.
“We came out strong during the first seven minutes of the second half,” Garcia said. “But then the wheels came off as LBJ was able to score six unanswered goals and earned a well deserved win.”
Eagle Pass was blanked by Laredo United South 3-0 on Friday, February 8. Garcia said that his team’s concentration was an issue.
“It was a nice day to play but we didn't start focused and turned over the ball deep on our own side and that led to United South scoring its first goal,” Garcia said. “Then we fouled them deep on our side and they cashed in a direct kick to score again and take a 2-0 lead during the first eight minutes of the game.”
The Lady Eagles then clamped down defensively. Garcia made a few adjustments before halftime - putting Nataly Ramirez back on defense. Cecy Contreras and Vero Riojas got some things going in the middle of the field.
United South would score once more later on through another direct kick.
Eagle Pass won its first conference match on Tuesday (February 5), getting past Laredo Alexander 5-3.
Scoring goals for the Lady Eagles were Marcy Mares, Jenell Perez, Nataly Ramirez, Karen Herrera, and Mirella Hernandez.
The Lady Eagles varsity and junior varsity soccer teams are OPEN on Tuesday. Both teams host Del Rio at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
By Rey Sifuentes Jr. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
The Lady Eagles have a few hurdles in front of them as they begin chasing their fifth consecutive District 29-5A title this season.
Eagle Pass is coming off of an extraordinary 2012 season in which it went undefeated in conference play, pocketed a fourth straight 29-5A crown, and went three rounds deep during the playoffs.
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The CC Winn Lady Mavericks are back on the diamond this season with two early non-district tilts, one with Laredo Nixon who they managed to handle well, coming out on top 18-7.
The Lady Mavs traveled to Mission and Bentsen Palm Community Park on a cold and chilly evening to take on the Brownsville Pace Vikings.
Amberly Garza gave up only three hits, but five walks and five defensive errors made it easier for the Vikings to rack up the runs in the first and second innings. Garza settled down and so did the Maverick defense who were able to stifle the Pace attack, but were unable to generate enough offense to mount any kind of a comeback.
Pace left six on and the Lady Mavericks left four runners on base.
Rosemary Hernandez and Alyssa Lopez were 1 for 2 for the Silver & Black while Natalie Garcia went 1 for 3. Garza aided her cause with one hit in two at bats.
The Lady Mavericks scored their lone run in the first inning on the spikes of Rosemary Hernandez. Ariana Ruiz, who has traded in her basketball shoes and is now a threat on the basepaths to steal bases as opposed to errant passes on the court, is back at her shortstop position as well as Caridad Garcia who is another multiple-sport athlete at Winn.
The Lady Mavericks came away with a convincing 12-0 victory over the Brownsville Rivera Raiders at the Mission Fastpitch Festival on Friday.
Brittany Perez delivered a gem allowing only one hit and one strikeout and the Lady Raiders committed three big errors in the loss.
Natalie Garcia went 1 for 2 with two runs scored. Sophomore Ari Ruiz went 1 for 4, but scored three and brought in one. Giselle Cerda also scored three times. Alyssa Lopez had ones across the board going 1 for 1 with a run scored and one RBI and Karla Lopez went 1 for 1 with one run scored.
The Lady Mavericks also squared off with McAllen Memorial, but results were not available at press time.
The Lady Mavs take on the Kennedy Rockets at the EPISD Sports Complex on Tuesday.