GREG LUCA | STAFF WRITER
At Shirley Field in Laredo, Victor Aramberri scored three times and Brandon Rangel added a fourth to lift McAllen High to a 4-0 win against Del Rio on Friday at Shirley Field in Laredo.
“I think we dominated the game,” McAllen High coach Fernando Segovia said. “There were times where Del Rio put pressure on us, but the defense held, and the offense did very well today.”
The Bulldogs will face Weslaco East at 5:30 p.m. next Friday at Weslaco East.
LA JOYA HIGH 3, LAREDO LBJ 2: At Krueger Field in Laredo, La Joya High held on to win a game in which all the goals were scored before halftime.
Jordan Montes, Johnny Gutierrez and Isaac Ochoa all scored for the Coyotes, setting up a matchup with Brownsville Lopez in the area round.
“It was a very tight game,” La Joya High coach Alex Davila said. “They kept in the game mentally and physically. Defensively at the end, that’s what ended up making the big difference.”
LA JOYA JUAREZ-LINCOLN 3, LAREDO UNITED 0: At Krueger Field in Laredo, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln dialed up the pressure to shut down Laredo United.
Manuel Castrejon, Angel Garcia and Elias Adame scored for the Huskies.
“We controlled the game, we slowed down the pace when we needed to, and we pushed it up when we saw we had the opportunity,” Juarez-Lincoln coach Victor Ramos said. “That was the key to the game tonight.”
Juarez-Lincoln will next play Brownsville Rivera in a rematch of last year’s postseason.
BROWNSVILLE HANNA 2, WESLACO EAST 1, PKs: At Weslaco, Brownsville Hanna pulled out a win in penalties to end Weslaco East’s season. The Golden Eagles will face McAllen High in the area round.
LAREDO UNITED SOUTH 2, LA JOYA PALMVIEW 1: At Laredo, United South handed Palmview a loss.
CLASS 5A
SHARYLAND HIGH 3, DONNA NORTH 2: At Donna’s Bennie LaPrade Stadium, Sharyland High scored with about 20 minutes left to break a deadlock and escape pesky Donna North.
Edson Silva, Paul Castaneda and Salvador Martinez found the back of the net for the Rattlers, who at one point trailed 2-1 while struggling to cope with Donna North’s team speed.
“We just had to wait for them,” Sharyland coach Rev Hernandez said. “They were attacking us. They had a lot of chances on us, and we had some chances, also. The only difference was that this time, we scored one more than them.”
Sharyland High will face Victoria East in the area round.
BROWNSVILLE PACE 3, ROMA 0: At Mercedes, Brownsville Pace shut out Roma to end the Gladiators’ season.
CLASS 4A
PROGRESO 5, ZAPATA 0: At Progreso, Progreso peppered Zapata with shots, scoring goals from five different players in a win.
Christian Chavez, Rodrigo Blanco, Hugo Guajardo, Omar Anguino and Sam Almaguer found the back of the net for the Red Ants.
“The key tonight was our persistence in taking shots from outside the box,” coach Margarito Jimenez said. “Even though the score was 1-0 at the half, we were the dominant team, and we were very persistent and were able to score four goals in the second half.”
Progreso will play Rockport Fulton at 2 p.m. next Saturday in Kingsville.
HIDALGO 3, BROWNSVILLE IDEA FRONTIER 0: At Hidalgo, Hidalgo shook off some early rust to pick up the shutout win against IDEA Frontier.
Marco Garcia, Fili Sustaita and Alek Macias scored for the Pirates.
“We did a really good job having possession of the ball,” Hidalgo coach Zeke Morales said. “We did a really good job passing, moving the ball from one side of the field to the other. Defensively, we looked solid, we looked really strong.”
Hidalgo next plays Kingsville King at 8 p.m. next Friday in San Benito.
LA FERIA 2, GRULLA 1: At La Feria, La Feria pulled out a win against Grulla to set up an area round matchup against La Vernia.
PORT ISABEL 4, MONTE ALTO 1: At Monte Alto, the Blue Devils ended their season in the bi-district round.
GIRLS
CLASS 6A
EDINBURG ECONOMEDES 3, BROWNSVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL 2: At Edinburg, Edinburg Economedes scored with about three minutes remaining to come through with a win against Brownsville Veterans.
Ayssa Ozuna scored twice for the Lady Jaguars, and Arandi Platas added a goal of her own.
“We took advantage of some mistakes that they made,” Economedes coach Robert Garcia said.
Economedes will face Del Rio in the area round.
McALLEN HIGH 3, EAGLE PASS 0: At Laredo, McAllen High dominated possession throughout in a win against Eagle Pass.
Serena Cervantes, Laura Sanchez and Quetzal Toren scored for the Lady Bulldogs.
“Big keys were I thought Serena Cervantes and Quetzal Toren did a great job,” McAllen High coach Pat Arney said. “Our defense did a great job of shutting down the attacks that they had. We started off the first half really strong, I don’t know that they got a shot on goal. It was in their half almost the whole half.”
McHi will face Harlingen South in the area round.
LAREDO UNITED 4, McALLEN ROWE 1: At De Leon Middle School, McAllen Rowe got a goal from Veronica Dougherty but could not overcome Laredo United.
HARLINGEN SOUTH 4, EDINBURG NORTH 1: At Edcouch-Elsa, Harlingen South topped Edinburg North to set up a matchup with McAllen High in the area round.
DEL RIO 3, McALLEN MEMORIAL 1: At Shirley Field in Laredo, Del Rio ended McAllen Memorial’s season in the bi-district round.
LAREDO UNITED SOUTH 2, LA JOYA JUAREZ-LINCOLN 1: At Laredo, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln was unable to break through against Laredo United South.
CLASS 5A
BROWNSVILLE PORTER 3, VALLEY VIEW 0: At Hidalgo, Brownsville Porter notched a shutout against Valley View.
SHARYLAND HIGH 3, EDCOUCH-ELSA 2: At Mission, District 31-5A champion Sharyland High was pushed by Edcouch-Elsa before pulling out the win.
CLASS 4A
HIDALGO 1, LYFORD 0: At Hidalgo, Yajaira Martinez scored the lone goal to life Hidalgo past Lyford.
“We were on top of them,” Hidalgo coach Frank Alday said. “We had them pinned down, and we kept shooting and shooting and the goal almost never got there.”
Hidalgo will face Kingsville King at 6 p.m. next Friday in San Benito.
GRULLA 2, PROGRESO 1, PKs: At Grulla, Grulla used penalty kicks to end Progreso’s season and advance to the area round.