Valley HS Girls Soccer Schedule 2018

Thursday’s Games

La Joya ISD Tournament (La Joya High)

Group 1

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 5, San Benito 0

Los Fresnos 8, Rio Grande City 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 5, Los Fresnos 2

Group 2

Edinburg Economedes 2, La Joya High 2

Donna High 8, Grulla 0

Group 3

La Joya Palmview 1, Eagle Pass 0

Port Isabel 3, Rio Hondo 0

La Joya Palmview 5, Port Isabel 0

Edcouch-Elsa Tournament

Edcouch-Elsa 5, Progreso 0

Edinburg High 5, Alice 0

Sharyland High 2, Valley View 0

Edinburg North 3, Laredo LBJ 0

Alice 1, Progreso 0

Edinburg High 1, Edcouch-Elsa 0 (PKs)

Laredo LBJ 4, Valley View 0

Edinburg North 2, Sharyland High 0

Edcouch-Elsa 3, Alice 1

Edinburg High 1, Progreso 0

Laredo LBJ 2, Sharyland High 1 (PKs)

Edinburg North vs. Valley View, 8 p.m. Group B)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

McAllen Memorial 6, Kingsville 1

Weslaco East 3, Corpus Christi Carroll 2

Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 3, Roma 1

San Marcos Rattler Round-up

Montgomery 4, Donna North 1

Katy ISD I-10 Shoot-out

Falcon Bracket

McAllen High 3, Houston Memorial 1

Friday, Jan. 11

Non-district

PSJA Memorial at Harlingen South, 7:30 p.m.

Mercedes at Weslaco High, 7:30 p.m.

Brownsville Rivera at Edinburg Vela, 8 p.m.

La Joya ISD Tournament

Group 1

Rio Grande City vs. Rio Grande City, noon (Stadium)

San Benito vs. Los Fresnos, 2 p.m. (Day Field)

Rio Grande City vs. San Benito, 6 p.m. (Stadium)

Group 2

La Joya High vs. Grulla, 10 a.m. (Stadium)

Edinburg Economedes vs. Donna High, 10 a.m. (Day Field)

Donna High vs. La Joya High, 4 p.m. (Stadium)

Grulla vs. Edinburg Economedes, 4 p.m. (Day Field)

Group 3

Rio Hondo vs. La Joya Palmview, noon (Day Field)

Del Rio vs. Port Isabel, 2 p.m. (Stadium)

Rio Hondo vs. Del Rio (Day Field)

Edcouch-Elsa Tournament

Group A 3rd vs. Group B 4th, 9 a.m.

Group B 3rd vs. Group A 4th, 10:30 a.m.

Group A 1st vs. Group B 2nd, noon

Group B 1st vs. Group A 2nd, 1:30 p.m.

Loser 9 a.m. vs Loser 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m.

Winner 9 a.m. vs. Winner 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m.

Third-place match

Loser noon vs. Winner 1:30 p.m.

Championship match

Winner noon vs. winner 1:30 p.m.

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Roma vs. Brenham, 12:30 p.m. (Cabaniss Soccer)

Corpus Christi London vs. McAllen Memorial, 12:30 p.m.

Coprus Christi Calallen vs. Weslaco East, 3:30 p.m. (Corpus Christi Veterans)

San Marcos Rattler Round-up

Donna North vs. Laredo Martin, 12:30 p.m. (JV Field)

Saturday, Jan. 12

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Corpus Christi Veterans vs. Weslaco East, 10:30 a.m. (Corpus Christi Veterans)

McAllen Memorial vs. Corpus Christi King, 10:30 a.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Roma vs. Corpus Christi Moody, 1:30 p.m. (Cabaniss Soccer)

Gulf Coast Championship

Girls Pool 1 points winner vs. Pool 2 points winner, 4:30 p.m.

Tournament Championship

Girls Pool 3 points winner vs. Pool 4 points winner, 4:30 p.m.

San Marcos Rattler Round-up

North Forney vs. Donna North, 12:30 p.m. (San Macros Stadium)

Valley HS Boys Soccer Schedule 2018

Thursday’s Games

Brownsville ISD Tournament

Brownsville Lopez 4, Harlingen High 2

Donna High 2, Brownsville St. Joseph 0

Brownsville Pace 3, McAllen Rowe 0

Donna North 2, Brownsville Rivera 1

Brownsville Hanna 3, Edinburg High 1

Brownsville Veterans 7, Harlingen South 0

Brownsville Porter 3, PSJA Southwest 1

McAllen High 1, Edinburg Economedes 1

Roma 4, Harlingen High 0

McAllen Rowe 3, Brownsville Lopez 2

Brownsville Pace 1, Los Fresnos 0

Donna North 7, Brownsville St. Joseph 0

Harlingen South 3, McAllen High 1

Laredo United South 2, Edinburg Vela 0

San Benito 2, Austin St. Stephens 1

Laredo LBJ 2, Brownsville Rivera 1

San Antonio Reagan 2, Brownsville Hanna 1 (PKs)

Austin Lakes Elite Showcase

Pasadena Dobie 2, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 1

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Sharyland Pioneer 1, Corpus Christi Moody 1

PSJA Memorial 3, Corpus Christi Carroll 0

Edinburg North 1, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 1

Kingwood Invitational

Mission High 2, Houston Westside 0

Brenham Select Cup

Valley View 5, Cy-Ridge 0

Friday’s Games

Brownsville ISD Tournament

Brownsville Porter vs. Roma, 9 a.m. (Rivera)

Laredo LBJ vs. Brownsville Hanna, 9 a.m. (Hanna)

Edinburg High vs. Brownsville Lopez, 9 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Laredo United South vs. Brownsville Pace, 11 a.m. (Rivera)

Los Fresnos vs. Austin St. Stephens, 11 a.m. (Hanna)

PSJA Southwest vs. McAllen High, 11 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Brownsville Rivera vs. Edinburg Vela, 1 p.m. (Rivera)

Donna High vs. San Benito, 1 p.m. (Hanna)

Edinburg Economedes vs. Harlingen South, 1 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Edinburg High vs. Laredo United South, 3 p.m. (Rivera)

Roma vs. Brownsville St. Joseph, 3 p.m. (Hanna)

Laredo LBJ vs. Harlingen High, 3 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Austin St. Stephens vs. Brownsville Porter, 5 p.m. (Rivera)

Los Fresnos vs. Donna North, 5 p.m. (Hanna)

San Antonio Reagan vs. Brownsville Veterans, 5 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Edinburg Vela vs. McAllen Rowe, 7 p.m. (Rivera)

Edinburg Economedes vs. San Benito, 7 p.m. (Hanna)

PSJA Southwest vs. Donna High, 7 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Austin Lakes Elite Showcase

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln vs. McKinney Boyd, 1 p.m. (Austin Westlake)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Edinburg North vs. Corpus Christi Carroll, 11 a.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

PSJA Memorial vs. Flour Bluff, 2 p.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Sharyland Pioneer vs. Alamo Heights, 2 p.m. (Buc Stadium)

Kingwood Invitational

Mission High vs. Waller, 1:30 p.m.

Brenham Select Cup

Valley View

Saturday’s Games

Brownsville ISD Tournament

Brownsville Porter vs. McAllen Rowe, 9 a.m. (Rivera)

Edinburg High vs. Donna High, 9 a.m. (Hanna)

Brownsville Pace vs. McAllen High, 9 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Donna North vs. Austin St. Stephens, 11 a.m. (Rivera)

Brownsville Hanna vs. Laredo United South, 11 a.m. (Hanna)

Laredo LBJ vs. Edinburg Vela, 11 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

San Antonio Reagan vs. Brownsville Rivera, 1 p.m. (Rivera)

Harlingen High vs. Edinburg Economedes, 1 p.m. (Hanna)

Brownsville Veterans vs. Los Fresnos, 1 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

San Benito vs. PSJA Southwest, 3 p.m. (Rivera)

Harlingen South vs. Brownsville St. Joseph, 3 p.m. (Hanna)

Roma vs. Brownsville Lopez, 3 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Note — No tournament champion is scheduled to be named

Kingwood Invitational

Mission High vs. Spring, 8 a.m.

Austin Lakes Elite Showcase

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln vs. Austin Lake Travis, 2 p.m. (Lake Travis)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Corpus Christi Calallen vs. Sharyland Pioneer, noon (Buc Stadium)

Edinburg North vs. PSJA Memorial, noon (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Gulf Coast Championship

(Cabaniss Soccer)

Boys Pool 1 points winner vs. Pool 2 points winner, 3 p.m.

Tournament Championship

(Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Boys Pool 3 points winner vs. Pool 4 points winner, 3 p.m.

Huskies run wild over Falcons in LJ tourney

NATHANIEL MATA | STAFF WRITER

LA JOYA — Sometimes group matches in early-season tournaments have minimal long-term significance. They can be seen as an opportunity to experiment with lineups, to acclimate newcomers to varsity and fine-tune the group for the looming district schedule or just a fun bonding experience in first few weeks of the soccer season.
Not for La Joya Juarez-Lincoln girls soccer who seem to be on a mission in January. On Thursday afternoon they continued their torrid start to the 2019 season with a 5-2 win over Los Fresnos to improve to 11-0 on the young campaign.

“More than anything the biggest challenge we told the girls ‘If you want to be the best, you have to be able to beat the best,’’ Huskies coach Ricardo Garza said after the win. “This year, if you look at our game schedule every team we’ve been able to play has been a competitive team that is a playoff type of team. Teams that go two rounds deep, three rounds deep.”

Both teams were playing their second game on Thursday after each enjoyed similar blowout wins in matchday one of the La Joya ISD tournament.

The Huskies powered past San Benito 5-0 in the morning and the Falcons were fresh off an 8-0 performance over Rio Grande City right before facing Juarez.

The Huskies took advantage of the Falcons wear legs and took control of the match early. First, they peppered Los Fresnos keeper Sabrina Hinojosa before breaking the ice midway through the first half with a goal from sophomore Ashley Segura who connected on Sophia Castillo’s corner kick.

The game’s opening tally acted as an invitation for Juarez-Lincoln to open the floodgates. Just seven minutes later sophomore Pricila Hernandez sent a free-kick from the football 20-yard line over the head of Hinojosa.

Junior Melanie Olivares scored the Huskies third goal with a pass to herself followed by a strong individual effort to run by the defender and place the ball inside the far post.

Olivares is part of a small group on the team that’s already completed two years of high school. The Huskies core is heavy with sophomores and freshmen.

“Juniors should set an example right?” Olivares said. “But I believe just as we act like juniors they don’t act like freshmen. They’re being mature about it, they aren’t joking around as freshmen usually do.”

Olivares wasn’t done with goal scoring. She scored the Huskies fourth goal by punishing the Falcons inability to clear the ball out of a dangerous area.

Juarez’s pressure was constant all game. Limiting the Falcons time on the ball for most of the game.

Freshman Stephanie Jimenez was noticeable all game with positioning and powerful clears despite her small frame.

“It all starts with the goalie,” Olivares said. “It’s necessary to have a good goalie. The defense is always there, you can’t pass them and the midfielders are the ones that get the ball to use. We just do our job.”

Hernandez also had a strong game on offense. After the well-placed free kick tally, she added a second-half strike to push the lead back to 5-1.

The skilled sophomore is playing in a more natural position compared to last year thanks to the influx of young talent.

“Because of the incoming freshman they are helping out the team where we can make those positional changes,” Hernandez said through a translator. “Last year I played midfield more, now I’m playing up top so I feel more comfortable with the other forwards. Now we’re playing better as a team.”

Los Fresnos avoided a shutout with a shot off the foot of Allison Spier that bounced high over the head and out of the read of Juarez-Lincoln keeper Jennifer Perez. Falcons senior Itzel Bochas scored the game’s last goal to round out the 5-2 final.

“Los Fresnos has always had a very good program but we always tell the athletes. ‘Big games call for big athletes’ everyone played big today.” Garza said.

Juarez-Lincoln will try to return to the playoffs in an ultra-competitive district 30-6A starting later this month.
“It’s a very difficult district and even within the good we still have to polish up in different areas,” Garza said. “We can’t be complacent, especially at halftime because there are always two halves to a game.”

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Valley HS Boys Soccer Schedule 2018

Thursday’s Games

Brownsville ISD Tournament

Brownsville Lopez vs. Harlingen High, 9 a.m. (Rivera)

Brownsville St. Joseph vs. Donna High, 9 a.m. (Hanna)

Brownsville Pace vs. McAllen Rowe, 9 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Brownsville Rivera vs. Donna North, 11 a.m. (Rivera)

Brownsville Hanna vs. Edinburg High, 11 a.m. (Hanna)

Brownsville Veterans vs. Harlingen South, 11 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Brownsville Porter vs. PSJA Southwest, 1 p.m. (Rivera)

McAllen High vs. Edinburg Economedes, 1 p.m. (Hanna)

Harlingen High vs. Roma, 1 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

McAllen Rowe vs. Brownsville Lopez, 3 p.m. (Rivera)

Brownsville Pace vs. Los Fresnos, 3 p.m. (Hanna)

Donna North vs. Brownsville St. Joseph, 3 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Harlingen South vs. McAllen High, 5 p.m. (Rivera)

Laredo United South vs. Edinburg Vela, 5 p.m. (Hanna)

Austin St. Stephens vs. San Benito, 6 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Laredo LBJ vs. Brownsville Rivera, 7 p.m. (Rivera)

San Antonio Reagan vs. Brownsville Hanna, 7 p.m. (Hanna)

Austin Lakes Elite Showcase

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln vs. Pasadena Dobie, 3 p.m. (Austin Westlake)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Corpus Christi Moody vs. Sharyland Pioneer, 1 p.m. (Buc Stadium)

Corpus Christi Carrol vs. PSJA Memorial, 1 p.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Corpus Christi Flour Bluff vs. Edinburg North, 4 p.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Kingwood Invitational

Mission High vs. Houston Westside, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Brownsville ISD Tournament

Brownsville Porter vs. Roma, 9 a.m. (Rivera)

Laredo LBJ vs. Brownsville Hanna, 9 a.m. (Hanna)

Edinburg High vs. Brownsville Lopez, 9 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Laredo United South vs. Brownsville Pace, 11 a.m. (Rivera)

Los Fresnos vs. Austin St. Stephens, 11 a.m. (Hanna)

PSJA Southwest vs. McAllen High, 11 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Brownsville Rivera vs. Edinburg Vela, 1 p.m. (Rivera)

Donna High vs. San Benito, 1 p.m. (Hanna)

Edinburg Economedes vs. Harlingen South, 1 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Edinburg High vs. Laredo United South, 3 p.m. (Rivera)

Roma vs. Brownsville St. Joseph, 3 p.m. (Hanna)

Laredo LBJ vs. Harlingen High, 3 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Austin St. Stephens vs. Brownsville Porter, 5 p.m. (Rivera)

Los Fresnos vs. Donna North, 5 p.m. (Hanna)

San Antonio Reagan vs. Brownsville Veterans, 5 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Edinburg Vela vs. McAllen Rowe, 7 p.m. (Rivera)

Edinburg Economedes vs. San Benito, 7 p.m. (Hanna)

PSJA Southwest vs. Donna High, 7 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Austin Lakes Elite Showcase

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln vs. McKinney Boyd, 1 p.m. (Austin Westlake)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Edinburg North vs. Corpus Christi Carroll, 11 a.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

PSJA Memorial vs. Flour Bluff, 2 p.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Sharyland Pioneer vs. Alamo Heights, 2 p.m. (Buc Stadium)

Kingwood Invitational

Mission High vs. Waller, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Brownsville ISD Tournament

Brownsville Porter vs. McAllen Rowe, 9 a.m. (Rivera)

Edinburg High vs. Donna High, 9 a.m. (Hanna)

Brownsville Pace vs. McAllen High, 9 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Donna North vs. Austin St. Stephens, 11 a.m. (Rivera)

Brownsville Hanna vs. Laredo United South, 11 a.m. (Hanna)

Laredo LBJ vs. Edinburg Vela, 11 a.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

San Antonio Reagan vs. Brownsville Rivera, 1 p.m. (Rivera)

Harlingen High vs. Edinburg Economedes, 1 p.m. (Hanna)

Brownsville Veterans vs. Los Fresnos, 1 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

San Benito vs. PSJA Southwest, 3 p.m. (Rivera)

Harlingen South vs. Brownsville St. Joseph, 3 p.m. (Hanna)

Roma vs. Brownsville Lopez, 3 p.m. (Brownsville Veterans)

Note — No tournament champion is scheduled to be named

Kingwood Invitational

Mission High vs. Spring, 8 a.m.

Austin Lakes Elite Showcase

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln vs. Austin Lake Travis, 2 p.m. (Lake Travis)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Corpus Christi Calallen vs. Sharyland Pioneer, noon (Buc Stadium)

Edinburg North vs. PSJA Memorial, noon (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Gulf Coast Championship

(Cabaniss Soccer)

Boys Pool 1 points winner vs. Pool 2 points winner, 3 p.m.

Tournament Championship

(Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Boys Pool 3 points winner vs. Pool 4 points winner, 3 p.m.

Valley HS Girls Soccer Schedule 2018

Thursday’s Games

La Joya ISD Tournament (La Joya High)

Group 1

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln vs. San Benito,

10 a.m. (Stadium)

Rio Grande City vs. Los Fresnos, 2 p.m. (Stadium)

Los Fresnos vs. La Joya Juarez-Lincoln, 4 p.m. (Stadium)

Group 2

Edinburg Economedes vs. La Joya High, noon (Stadium)

Grulla vs. Donna High, noon (Day Field)

Group 3

La Joya Palmview vs. Del Rio, 10 a.m. (Day Field)

Rio Hondo vs. Port Isabel, 2 p.m. (Stadium)

Port Isabel vs. La Joya Palmview, 4 p.m. (Stadium)

Edcouch-Elsa Tournament

Progreso vs. Edcouch-Elsa, 9 a.m. (Group A)

Alice vs. Edinburg High, 10 a.m. (Group A)

Valley View vs. Sharyland High, 11 a.m. (Group B)

Laredo LBJ vs. Edinburg North, noon (Group B)

Alice vs. Progreso, 1 p.m. (Group A)

Edinburg High vs. Edcouch-Elsa, 2 p.m. (Group A)

Laredo LBJ vs. Valley View, 3 p.m. (Group B)

Edinburg North vs. Sharyland High, 4 p.m. Group B)

Edcouch-Elsa vs. Alice, 5 p.m. (Group A)

Edinburg High vs. Progreso, 6 p.m. (Group A)

Sharyland High vs. Laredo LBJ, 7 p.m. (Group B)

Edinburg North vs. Valley View, 8 p.m. Group B)

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

McAllen Memorial vs. Kingsville, 2:30 p.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Weslaco East vs. Corpus Christi Carroll, 5:30 p.m. (Corpus Christi Veterans)

Flour Bluff vs. Roma, 5:30 p.m. (Cabaniss Soccer)

San Marcos Rattler Round-up

Donna North vs. Montgomery, 12:30 p.m. (San Marcos Stadium)

Katy ISD I-10 Shoot-out

Falcon Bracket

McAllen High vs. Houston Memorial, 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 11

Non-district

PSJA Memorial at Harlingen South, 7:30 p.m.

Mercedes at Weslaco High, 7:30 p.m.

Valley View at Edinburg Vela, 8 p.m.

La Joya ISD Tournament

Group 1

Rio Grande City vs. Rio Grande City, noon (Stadium)

San Benito vs. Los Fresnos, 2 p.m. (Day Field)

Rio Grande City vs. San Benito, 6 p.m. (Stadium)

Group 2

La Joya High vs. Grulla, 10 a.m. (Stadium)

Edinburg Economedes vs. Donna High, 10 a.m. (Day Field)

Donna High vs. La Joya High, 4 p.m. (Stadium)

Grulla vs. Edinburg Economedes, 4 p.m. (Day Field)

Group 3

Rio Hondo vs. La Joya Palmview, noon (Day Field)

Del Rio vs. Port Isabel, 2 p.m. (Stadium)

Rio Hondo vs. Del Rio (Day Field)

Edcouch-Elsa Tournament

Group A 3rd vs. Group B 4th, 9 a.m.

Group B 3rd vs. Group A 4th, 10:30 a.m.

Group A 1st vs. Group B 2nd, noon

Group B 1st vs. Group A 2nd, 1:30 p.m.

Loser 9 a.m. vs Loser 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m.

Winner 9 a.m. vs. Winner 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m.

Third-place match

Loser noon vs. Winner 1:30 p.m.

Championship match

Winner noon vs. winner 1:30 p.m.

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Roma vs. Brenham, 12:30 p.m. (Cabaniss Soccer)

Corpus Christi London vs. McAllen Memorial, 12:30 p.m.

Coprus Christi Calallen vs. Weslaco East, 3:30 p.m. (Corpus Christi Veterans)

San Marcos Rattler Round-up

Donna North vs. Laredo Martin, 12:30 p.m. (JV Field)

Saturday, Jan. 12

Mira’s Gulf Coast Classic

Corpus Christi Veterans vs. Weslaco East, 10:30 a.m. (Corpus Christi Veterans)

McAllen Memorial vs. Corpus Christi King, 10:30 a.m. (Cabaniss Multipurpose)

Roma vs. Corpus Christi Moody, 1:30 p.m. (Cabaniss Soccer)

Gulf Coast Championship

Girls Pool 1 points winner vs. Pool 2 points winner, 4:30 p.m.

Tournament Championship

Girls Pool 3 points winner vs. Pool 4 points winner, 4:30 p.m.

San Marcos Rattler Round-up

North Forney vs. Donna North, 12:30 p.m. (San Macros Stadium)

Valley HS Girls Soccer Schedule 2018

Monday’s Game

Donna North 4, Donna High 0

Tuesday’s Games

Non-district

Rio Grande City 5, Grulla 1

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 2, Brownsville Porter 0

Edinburg North 3, McAllen Rowe 1

Mercedes 0, La Feria 0

Weslaco High 3, PSJA Memorial 2

Harlingen South 4, PSJA High 2

Edinburg Vela 3, Sharyland High 0

VALLEY HS GIRLS SOCCER BOX SCORES

Monday’s Game

Non-District

DONNA NORTH 4, DONNA HIGH 0

Donna North 3 1 — 4

Donna High 0 0 — 0

DONNA NORTH (4): Gabby Aviles 3; Alexa Flores

RECORD: Donna North 2-2-1

Tuesday’s Games

Non-District

EDINBURG VELA 3, SHARYLAND HIGH 0

Sharyland High 0 0 — 0

Edinburg Vela 2 1 — 0

EDINBURG VELA (3) Allison Torres 2; Kristyn Calvillo

VALLEY HS GIRLS SOCCER BOX SCORES

Non-District

WESLACO HIGH 3, PSJA MEMORIAL 2

Weslaco High 2 1 — 3

PSJA Memorial 2 0 — 2

PSJA MEMORIAL (2): Sheyla Venegas; Carolina Lopez

Valley HS Boys Soccer Schedule 2018

Monday’s Games

Weslaco High 2, PSJA Memorial 1

PSJA High 2, PSJA Southwest 1

Tuesday’s Games

Brownsville Rivera 5, Edinburg Economedes 1

Edinburg North 1, Donna High 1

Brownsville Porter 4, Harlingen High 1

Brownsville Hanna 4, La Joya High 0

Progreso 3, La Feria 1

Edinburg Vela 2, Mercedes 0

La Joya Palmview 1, Edinburg High 0

Rio Hondo at Kingsville King, not reported

VALLEY HS BOYS SOCCER BOX SCORES

Monday’s Game

Non-District

PSJA HIGH 2, PSJA Southwest 1

PSJA High 1 1 — 2

PSJA Southwest 1 0 — 1

PSJA HIGH (2): Angel Medina; Anthony Barrera

Tuesday’s Game

Non-District

LA JOYA PALMVIEW 0, EDINBURG HIGH 0

La Joya Palmview 1 0 — 1

Edinburg HIgh 0 0 — 0

LA JOYA PALMVIEW (1): David Garcia

NATHANIEL MATA | STAFF WRITER

EDINBURG — It took a few minutes to get the stove hot, but once it was on the Edinburg Vela SaberCats turned up the heat and cooked the visiting Sharyland Rattlers 3-0 in Edinburg on Tuesday night.

Two first-half goals, in quick succession, ended up being more than enough offense for the home side to defeat the visiting Rattlers 3-0.

In the opening 10 minutes of play, Sharyland actually carried play by staying on possession and owning any opportunity to shoot from dangerous positions. The Rattlers, however, were without sophomore Xochitl Nguma, the most potent returning piece of their offense from last year’s team, which didn’t help their ability to finish in the final third.

“I think the first few minutes, we were kind of not focusing,” Vela coach Americo Cortez said. “We were expecting them to come at us and we waited a little for them, trying to counterattack. Once we started getting the ball we started touching it better. Our passes were better; little by little we were taking control of the mid (field).”

After the sluggish feeling out period, Vela began to earn more time on the ball. The SaberCats made good use of their time on attack.

At the 12:42 mark of the first half, senior Allison Torres opened the scoring after a ball pinballed around in the penalty area to the foot of Taylor Campbell.

The sophomore drew attention but opted to dish the ball to Torres who buried the pass.

The SaberCats doubled their lead just a little more than three minutes later. Kristyn Calvillo shot a ball to the top corner away from the reach of Sharyland keeper Ana De La Torre.

“That was really a beautiful goal,” Torres said of her teammates shot. “Coach keeps telling us to take shots because ‘What’s the worse thing that can happen?’ We just keep taking shots and a beauty like that can happen.”

Sharyland’s Valeria Brito and Sabrina Ramirez were the sophomores tasked with creating offense in Nguma’s absence. But most of the energy and momentum that Shary’s forwards had forged early had dissipated by halftime.

Vela’s Cary Richards was probably the most involved SaberCats defender. She made a few clears adventurous with whiffs. Since the center back was the last line of defense, she was challenged often and kept the Rattlers from generating scoring chances.

The key to the clean sheet for Vela was limiting Sharyland’s fluidity through the center of the field, which was thanks to a responsible game from the back end.

“I think the defense really helps us a lot when us midfielders don’t always come back,” Torres said. “They’re always there strong, supporting us and our goalie is always there helping us. They’re there kicking the ball out, passing it wide, creating plays. That’s very important, especially since we do so many quick touches on the ball.”

The Rattlers’ best chance came at the midway point of the second half when Caeli Sullivan was able to shoot the ball past Vela keeper Ashley de la Cruz but was denied by the far post.

Vela had many chances to make their lead three goals. Danya Selber and Campbell were a strong duo late but weren’t able to convert.

Torres nearly had her second goal on a free kick but was stopped. A few minutes later, she was chosen to take a penalty kick. That time she made no mistake, completing the double with a hard shot the opposite direction of de la Torre’s save attempt.

“We have a really hard district this year,” Torres said. “I guess we’re just getting prepared mentally and physically on how we should be playing and how we should never give up. We play hard teams because it helps us get prepared for that.”

Vela’s next outing is against 2018 regional qualifiers Brownsville Rivera at home Friday night.

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Valley HS Girls Soccer Schedule 2018

Thursday’s Games

McAllen ISD Girls Soccer Showcase

At McAllen High School

McAllen High 3, Donna High 1

Corpus Christi Veterans 2, San Antonio Taft 1

Del Rio 3, Corpus Christi King 0

At McAllen Memorial High School

McAllen Memorial 7, Los Fresnos 2

San Antonio Warren 8, Corpus Christi Calallen 0

Border Olympics Invitational (Laredo)

Grulla vs. Edinburg High, 6 p.m. (Krueger Field)

McAllen Rowe 9, Edinburg Economedes 0

Sharyland Pioneer 4, Corpus Christi Winn 0

Edcouch-Elsa 1, Edinburg Economedes 0

Brownsville ISD Girls Soccer Tournament

Thursday’s games

Group A at Brownsville Veterans

Brownsville Veterans 1, La Feria 0

Eagle Pass 2, Rio Grande City 0

Brownsville Veterans 2, Eagle Pass 0

La Feria 7, Rio Grande City 0

Brownsville Veterans 2, Rio Grande City 0

Eagle Pass 1, La Feria 0

Group B at Brownsville Pace

Brownsville Pace 2, PSJA Southwest 0

San Benito 4, La Joya High 1

Brownsville Pace 3, San Benito 0

La Joya High 3, PSJA Southwest 0

Brownsville Pace 4, La Joya High 0

San Benito 4, PSJA Southwest 2

Group C at Brownsville Sports Park

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 4, Brownsville Porter 2

PSJA North 9, Progreso 0

Brownsville Porter 4, Progreso 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 5, PSJA North 2

PSJA North 1, Brownsville Porter 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 7, Progreso 0

Group D at Sams Stadium

Brownsville Lopez 2, La Joya Palmview 0

Mission Veterans 1, PSJA High 1

Mission Veterans 1, Brownsville Lopez 0

La Joya Palmview 0, PSJA High 0

PSJA High 2, Brownsville Lopez 1

La Joya Palmview 0, Mission Veterans 0

Group E at Brownsville Rivera

Brownsville Rivera 4, Port Isabel 0

Weslaco High 2, Roma 1

Brownsville Rivera 1, Weslaco High 0

Roma 3, Port Isabel 0

Brownsville Rivera 2, Roma 1

Weslaco High 1, Port Isabel 0

Group F at Brownsville Hanna

Brownsville Hanna 2, Mercedes 0

Weslaco East 2, Mission High 0

Brownsville Hanna 2, Mission High 0

Weslaco East 2, Mercedes 0

Brownsville Hanna 2, Weslaco East 0

Mission High 2, Mercedes 0

Friday’s Games

Non-district

Donna High 1, PSJA Memorial 1

VALLEY HS GIRLS SOCCER BOX SCORES

Friday’s game

Non-District

Donna High 1, PSJA Memorial 1

Donna High 1 0 — 1

PSJA Memorial 0 1 — 1

DONNA HIGH: Debanhi Esparza

PSJA MEMORIAL: Valeria Garza

RECORDS: Donna High 0-0-1; PSJA Memorial 0-0-1

McAllen ISD Girls Soccer Showcase

At McAllen High School

San Antonio Warren 5, Corpus Christi King 2

McAllen High 2, Corpus Christi Veterans 1

Los Fresnos 4, Corpus Christi King 0

McAllen High 1, San Antonio Taft 1

Los Fresnos 0, San Antonio Warren 0

At McAllen Memorial High School

Del Rio 6, Corpus Christi Calallen 0

McAllen Memorial 2, San Antonio Taft 1

Donna North 6, Corpus Christi Calallen 0

McAllen Memorial 4, Corpus Christi Veterans 1

Donna North 1, Del Rio 1

Border Olympics Invitational (Laredo)

McAllen Rowe 5, Laredo United South 1

Laredo Nixon 2, Edinburg Economedes 2

Edinburg High 4, Laredo Cigarroa 0

Sharyland Pioneer 3, Laredo LBJ 0

Laredo United 1, Edcouch-Elsa 0

McAllen Rowe 9, Laredo St. Augustine 0

Laredo United 2, Edinburg Economedes 0

Edinburg High 0, Laredo Alexander 0

Laredo Martin 2, Sharyland Pioneer 0

Edcouch-Elsa 2, Laredo Nixon 1

Brownsville ISD Girls Soccer Tournament

At Brownsville Veterans

Brownsville Veterans 2, Weslaco East 0

PSJA High 0, PSJA North 0

Brownsville Veterans 0, PSJA High 0

PSJA North 5, Weslaco East 1

Brownsville Veterans 1, PSJA North 1

PSJA High 3, Weslaco East 0

At Brownsville Pace

Brownsville Pace 3, Weslaco High 0

Brownsville Hanna 2, Eagle Pass 0

Brownsville Hanna 2, Brownsville Pace 0

Weslaco High 1, Eagle Pass 1

Brownsville Pace 3, Eagle Pass 0

Brownsville Hanna 0, Weslaco High 0

At Brownsville Sports Park

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, Mission Veterans 0

Brownsville Rivera 2, San Benito 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 4, Brownsville Rivera 0

San Benito 0, Mission Veterans 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, San Benito 0

Brownsville Rivera 1, Mission Veterans 1

At Sam’s Stadium

PSJA Southwest 2, Roma 1

La Feria 1, Mercedes 0

PSJA Southwest 1, Mercedes 0

Roma 2, La Feria 1

PSJA Southwest 2, La Feria 1

Roma 4, Mercedes 0

At Brownsville Rivera

Mission High 1, Rio Grande City 0

La Joya Palmview 0, Brownsville Porter 0

Brownsville Porter 0, Mission High 0

Brownsville Porter 6, Rio Grande City 0

La Joya Palmview 4, Rio Grande City 1

La Joya Palmview 0, Mission High 0

At Brownsville Hanna

La Joya High 5, Progreso 0

Brownsville Lopez 6, Port Isabel 0

Progreso 1, Port Isabel 0

Brownsville Lopez 3, La Joya High 1

Brownsville Lopez 2, Progreso 0

La Joya High 3, Progreso 0

Georgory Portland Tournament

Alamo Heights 3, Edinburg Vela 1

Georgory-Portland 3, Edinburg Vela 1

Saturday’s Games

McAllen ISD Girls Soccer Showcase

At McAllen High School

Los Fresnos 6, San Antonio Taft 0

McAllen High 11, Corpus Christi Calallen 0

At McAllen Memorial High School

Corpus Christi Veterans 3, Del Rio 0

San Antonio Warren 5, Donna North 3

McAllen Memorial 6, Corpus Christi King 0

Brownsville ISD Girls Soccer Tournament

Saturday’s Games

Gold Group play

At Brownsville Veterans

PSJA North 2, Brownsville Hanna 1

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, Brownsville Hanna 1

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 6, PSJA North 0

Final Standings: La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 2. PSJA North 3. Brownsville Hanna

Silver Group play

At Brownsville Pace

Brownsville Pace 3, PSJA High 0

Brownsville Pace 1, Brownsville Rivera 1

Brownsville Rivera 2, PSJA High 0

Final Standings: 4. Brownsville Pace 5. Brownsville Rivera 6. PSJA HIgh

Border Olympics (Laredo)

Championship Bracket

Quarterfinals

Laredo United 2, Sharyland Pioneer 0

Edinburg High 1, McAllen Rowe 0 (PKs)

Laredo Martin 3, Edcouch-Elsa 2

Semifinals

Laredo Martin 1, Edinburg High 0 (PKs)

Championship

Laredo Martin 3, Laredo Alexander 2

Consolation Bracket

Edinburg Economedes 4, Corpus Christi Winn 1

Georgory Portland Tournament

Edinburg Vela 9, Incarnate Word Academy 0

Valley HS Boys Soccer Schedule 2018

Thursday, Jan. 3

Mission Soccer Invitational

Group A (Mission HS Practice Field)

Mission High 1, PSJA Memorial 0

Edinburg Vela 2, Roma 1

Del Rio 3, Laredo St. Augustine 0

Roma 2, Mission High 1

Edinburg Vela 3, Laredo St. Augustine 0

Del Rio 4, PSJA Memorial 1

Roma 1, Laredo St. Augustine 0

Group B (Tom Landry Stadium)

Edinburg Economedes 7, Pharr Vanguard 0

PSJA North 3, La Joya Palmview 1

Eagle Pass 1, Laredo Cigarroa 0 (PKs)

PSJA North 1, Edinburg Economedes 0 (PKs)

La Joya Palmview 2, Eagle Pass 0

Laredo Cigarroa 4, Pharr Vanguard 0

PSJA North 2, Eagle Pass 0

Group C (Mission Veterans HS)

McAllen Memorial 1, Mission Veterans 0

PSJA Southwest 1, Mercedes 0

Laredo Nixon 3, La Feria 0

Mission Veterans 1, Mercedes 0 (PKs)

Laredo Nixon 2, PSJA Southwest 0

McAllen Memorial 4, La Feria 1

Laredo Nixon 1, Mercedes 0 (PKs)

PSJA Southwest vs. Mercedes, noon

Group D (Sharyland HS)

Sharyland High 2, McAllen Rowe 0

Weslaco East 3, Rio Grande City 0

Laredo Alexander 2, Hidalgo 0

Sharyland High 3, Rio Grande City 0

Laredo Alexander 1, Weslaco East 0

McAllen Rowe 5, Hidalgo 1

Laredo Alexander 3, Rio Grande City 1

Group E (Sharyland Pioneer)

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, Sharyland Pioneer 2

San Benito 2, Weslaco 0

Laredo Martin 6, Grulla 0

Sharyland Pioneer 1, Weslaco HS 0 (PKs)

Laredo Martin 2, San Benito 1

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 8, Grulla 0

Laredo Martin 2, Weslaco High 0

Brownsville Southmost Showcase

Pool A — Brownsville Porter, Edinburg High, Laredo LBJ, Port Isabel, Laredo United South, La Joya High

Pool B — Brownsville Lopez, Los Fresnos, Laredo United, McAllen High, Edinburg North, Donna High

Thursday’s games (30 minute halves)

At Brownsville Porter

Brownsville Porter 3, Edinburg High 1

Brownsville Porter 2, La Joya High 0

Laredo LBJ 3, Port Isabel 0

Brownsville Porter 1, Brownsville Rivera 0

Edinburg High 3, Port Isabel 0

Laredo LBJ 4, La Joya High 2

Edinburg High 1, Laredo United South 1

Brownsville Rivera 5, Port Isabel 0

At Brownsville Lopez

Los Fresnos 2, Brownsville Lopez 1

Laredo United 0, Donna High 0

McAllen High 2, Edinburg North 1

Brownsville Lopez 4, Donna High 1

McAllen High 0, Laredo United 0

Edinburg North 2, Los Fresnos 2

Cy-Fair ISD Showcase

Valley View 5, Galena Park 1

Cypress Ridge 3, Harlingen South 1

Aldine 2, Harlingen High 2

Brownsville Veterans Memorial 2, Galena Park North Shore 1

KILT Cup (The Woodlands)

Donna North 2, Cedar Ridge 1

Friday’s Games

Mission Soccer Invitational

Group A (Tom Landry Stadium)

Edinburg Vela 2, PSJA Memorial 1

Del Rio 2, Mission High 1

Laredo St. Augustine 2, PSJA Memorial 1 (PKs)

Roma 1, PSJA Memorial 0

Mission High 3, Edinburg Vela 1

Del Rio 2, Roma 0

Mission High 5, Laredo St. Augustine 0

Group B (Mission HS Practice Field)

La Joya Palmview 5, Pharr Vanguard 0

Edinburg Economedes 2, Laredo Cigarroa 1

Eagle Pass 4, Pharr Vanguard 0

La Joya Palmview 2, Laredo Cigarroa 1

PSJA North 3, Pharr Vanguard 0

La Joya Palmview 1, Edinburg Economedes 0

PSJA North 1, Laredo Cigarroa 0

Edinburg Economedes 1, Eagle Pass 0

Group C (Mission Veterans HS)

McAllen Memorial 3, PSJA Southwest 0

Mission Veterans 1, La Feria 0

McAllen Memorial 1, Laredo Nixon 0

PSJA Southwest 3, La Feria 0

McAllen Memorial 2, Mercedes 0

Mission Veterans 2, PSJA Southwest 1 (PKs)

Laredo Nixon 1, Mission Veterans 0

Group D (Sharyland HS)

McAllen Rowe 2, Weslaco East 1

Sharyland High 3, Hidalgo 0

Laredo Alexander 2, McAllen Rowe 0

Weslaco East 2, Hidalgo 0

McAllen Rowe 2, Rio Grande City 1

Sharyland High 2, Weslaco East 0

Hidalgo 1, Rio Grande City 0

Laredo Alexander 1, Sharyland High 0

Group E (Sharyland Pioneer)

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, San Benito 0

Sharyland Pioneer 10, Grulla 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, Laredo Martin 1

San Benito 3, Grulla 0

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 3, Weslaco High 1

San Benito 3, Sharyland Pioneer 2 (PKs)

Weslaco 1, Grulla 0 (PKs)

Laredo Martin 2, Sharyland Pioneer 0

Cy-Fair ISD Showcase

Jersey Village 2, Harlingen South 1

Brownsville Veterans 2, Bridgeland 1

Valley View 4, Deer Park 2

Cypress Creek 2, Harlingen High 0

Harlingen South 3, Houston Chavez 2

Brownsville Veterans 1, Aldine Nimitz 1

Deer Park 2, Harlingen High 2

Valley View 2, Galena Park North Shore 0

KILT Cup (The Woodlands)

John Tyler 2, Donna North 1

Donna North 4, McNeil 0

Brownsville Southmost Showcase

Friday’s games (30 minute halves)

At Brownsville Porter

Laredo LBJ 1, Brownsville Rivera 0

Edinburg High 2, La Joya High 0

Brownsville Porter 1, Laredo United South 0

Brownsville Rivera 1, La Joya High 0

Laredo United South 7, Port Isabel 0

Laredo LBJ 2, Brownsville Porter 1

La Joya High 2, Port Isabel 0

Brownsville Porter 0, Edinburg High 0

Laredo LBJ 1, Laredo United South 0

At Brownsville Lopez

McAllen High 1, Donna High 1

Los Fresnos 0, Laredo United 0

Brownsville Lopez 2, Edinburg North 1

Los Fresnos 1, Donna High 0

Edinburg North 0, Laredo United 0

Brownsville Lopez 1, McAllen High 0

Saturday, Jan. 5

Mission Soccer Invitational (All Games at Tom Landry Stadium)

Quarterfinals

La Joya Palmview 2, Del Rio 1

PSJA North 0, Sharyland High 0

McAllen Memorial 1, Laredo Martin 0

Laredo Alexander 2, La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 0

Semifinals

La Joya Palmview 0, PSJA North 0.

Laredo Alexander 1, McAllen Memorial 0

3rd-place match

McAllen Memorial 1, PSJA North 0 (PKs)

Championship match

Laredo Alexander 2, La Joya Palmview 1 (PKs)

Brownsville Southmost Showcase

Saturday’s games (20 minute halves)

At Brownsville Porter

Brownsville Porter 1, Port Isabel 0

Laredo United South 0, Brownsville Rivera 0

Edinburg High 1, Laredo LBJ 0

At Brownsville Lopez

Laredo United 0, Brownsville Lopez 0

McAllen High 1, Laredo LBJ 0

Donna High 1, Edinburg North 0

Championship games (30 minute halves)

Bronze championship

McAllen High 2, Edinburg High 1 (PKs)

Silver championship

Brownsville Porter 4, Los Fresnos 0

Gold championship

Laredo LBJ 1, Brownsville Lopez 0 (PKs)

Cy-Fair ISD Showcase

Houston Westside 6, Harlingen High 4

Valley View 5, Aldine Nimitz 1

Brownsville Veterans Memorial 4, Houston Northbrook 3

Cypress Lakes 3, Harlingen South 0

KILT Cup (The Woodlands)

Donna North 2, Lufkin 1