Posted:
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:57:28 PM
UIL playoff pairings
Friday’s matches
Martin (20-3-3) vs. McKinney Boyd at Grande Comm. Stadium, Midland, 1 p.m.
Amarillo High (20-3-1) vs. Plano West (16-2-5) at Grande Comm. Stadium, Midland, 3 p.m.
Final: Saturday, 1 p.m.
Randall (16-3-2) vs. Abilene Cooper (11-7-1) at Memorial Stadium, Wichita Falls, 5 p.m.
Midlothian vs. Denton Guyer (24-5-1) at Memorial Stadium, Wichita Falls, 7:30 p.m.
Final: Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
— Star-Telegram Staff
Posted:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:31:51 PM
Martin moves past Mansfield
The Lady Warriors advanced to the Class 5A Region I tournament behind a convincing 2-0 win against Mansfield. The Lady Warriors controlled play throughout to earn a spot in the regional tournament in Midland this weekend.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:21:22 PM
Southlake gets huge test
The Lady Dragons drew McKinney Boyd in the area round. The 8 p.m. Friday match at Denton offers a tough test for Carroll.
McKinney Boyd is regarded as one of the region's elite squads, and a legitimate state title contender.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:19:48 PM
Martin goes west
Arlington Martin heads west at 7 p.m. Friday for a match against Odessa Permian at Abilene's Shotwell Stadium.
Though more talented than Permian, area teams with pedigree have fallen out west due to travel, wind and a physical style of play that makes the West Texas sides unique.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:40:39 AM
Lady Hawks keep rolling
The Birdville Lady Hawks have rolled through their first two round opponents by a combined 21-0. However, things start to get more competitive now as the Lady Hawks are set for a sectional round matchup at 6 p.m. Friday at Mineral Wells against Wichita Falls.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:39:30 PM
Paschal wins shootout
Fort Worth Paschal advanced in the 5A playoffs with a 4-3 shootout victory against Arlington. Paschal had a 4-3 edge in the shootout, clinched by Julia Hoffman's save in the fifth round. The Panthers (18-3-1) advanced to an area-round match against Amarillo, which defeated El Paso Montwood 2-0 earlier Tuesday. The game is tentatively set for Friday at Midwestern State in Wichita Falls at a time to be announced.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:49:19 PM
Arlington forces OT
Arlington finished off a three-goal rally to force overtime in its 5A bidistrict match against Fort Worth Paschal. Aykay Kleifgen knockedin a rebound with 22 seconds left to save the Colts, who trailed 3-0 in the first half. Anne Wheeler put in a shot off a corner to cut the lead to 3-2 with 27 minutes left.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:49:53 PM
Paschal up 3-1 at half
Paschal has a 3-1 lead at halftime of a 5A bidistrict match against Arlington at Cravens Field. Micayla Brown, Madeline Hamm and Kathleen Krippel scored for Paschal. Arlington freshman Molly Kate McLaughlin put the Colts on the board with a powerful shot into the wind from 15 yards just 12 seconds before halftime.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:42:57 AM
Area Pairings
PLAYOFF PAIRINGS
CLASS 4A REGION I AREA
Birdville vs. Gainsville, TBA
Western Hills vs. Midlothian, TBA
Timberview vs. South Hills, TBA
Crowley vs. Trimble Tech, TBA
Monday’s games
CLASS 4A REGION I AREA
Mansfield Legacy vs. Arlington Heights at Aledo HS 6 p.m.
CLASS 4A REGION I
Rider vs. Denton Guyer at Northwest 5 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
CLASS 5A REGION I BI-DISTRICT
North Crowley vs. Lamar at Kennedale High School 6 p.m.
Mansfield vs. Abilene at Vernon Newsom Stadium 6 p.m.
Paschal vs. Arlington at Cravens Field 6 p.m.
Hebron vs. Keller at Mustang-Panther Stadium 6 p.m.
Keller Central at Coppell HS 6 p.m.
Weatherford vs. Martin at Saginaw HS 7:30 p.m.
Fossil Ridge vs. Carroll at Birdville FAAC 7:30 p.m.
Marcus vs. Coll. Heritage at Texan Field 8 p.m.
— Star-Telegram Staff
Posted:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:27:20 PM
Paschal to face Arlington
The 3-5A champion Paschal Lady Panthers get 4-5A's No. 4 Arlington.
The bi-district match is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday March 23 at Cravens Field in Arlington.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:25:32 PM
Martin gets Weatherford in bi-district
The District 4-5A champion Martin Lady Warriors are set for Weatherford in the opening round of the playoffs.
The bi-district match is set for 7:30 p.m., March 23 at Saginaw's Roughrider Stadium.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:50:29 AM
South Hills primed for playoffs
Fort Worth South Hills enters the playoffs this week coming off its most successful season. The Scorpions (13-4-2) set school records for wins and goals this year and won its first district championship with a veteran squad that includes 13 seniors. Now the team is preparing for a first-round playoff game against Fort Worth Polytechnic at 6 p.m. Thursday on Field 2 at the Galvan Soccer Complex (Clark Stadium). Before that, the Scorpions will play a warm-up game against Fort Worth Arlington Heights at 6 p.m. Tuesday at South Hills. "It will give both of us a chance to play a playoff-like game," coach Jamie Southern said. "We already played them once and lost 5-0, but I didn't have four or five of my starters."
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Monday, March 15, 2010 9:27:39 AM
Paschal waits for playoffs
Fort Worth Paschal finished as the District 3-5A champion, but the rest of the league still has one more game to play on Tuesday. The Panthers are on hold until their first-round playoff game next week against Arlington, the 4-5A fourth-place team. The game will be played Tuesday, March 23, but a site has not been determined.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Saturday, February 20, 2010 12:47:14 AM
Arlington Martin 5, Arlington Bowie 1
Martin senior forward Mandy Burgardt scored three goals, all in the first half, to lead the Lady Warriors past the Bowie, 5-1.
The win kept the first place Warriors undefeated with a record of 7-0 in district 4-5A, and improved their overall record to 12-2-3.
“I thought they played very well,” Martin ciach Knight said. “They were a little rough in the second half, but they hung in there.”
Burgardt and got off to a quick start, as she scored her first goal in within the first three minutes of the game. The Warriors received a typical, strong effort from their star forward, Knight said.
“She’s been our leading scorer for the past few years, and she has an opportunity to break the school’s all time scoring record,” Knight said. “Her hat-trick tonight brought her even closer to that record.”
Led by Captain Anna Lavin and Natasha Anasi, the Warriors rarely allowed a ball into their own territory, giving the offense ample opportunities to score.
“Our defense has been awesome this year,” Burgardt said. “Rachel Schmidt has held our backline together, and she and Natasha always feed me great balls. They’ve been very impressive.”
Lavin and the defense put their stamp on the game when she performed a slide tackle near her own penalty zone to break up the Volunteers’ attack. The play drew several ooh’s and ahh’s from the Martin crowd.
“Typical Anna,” Knight said.
The loss dropped Bowie to 0-5 in the district, and 1-5 overall. With the win, Martin has won eight straight games.
— Patrick Burns
Posted:
Friday, February 19, 2010 8:02:53 PM
Timberview knocks off Kennedale
Mansfield Timberview knocked off Kennedale 1-0 in a pivotal District 16-4A match on Friday.
Lady Wolves Kathyrn Durham scored on a first half penalty kick to secure the victory.
With the win Timberview (11-2-1, 3-1-1) moves into second place behind Midlothian who entered the night 3-0-1.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Monday, February 15, 2010 12:52:06 PM
13-4A, 14-4A games moved to Monday
The District 13-4A and 14-4A soccer games scheduled for last Friday are being played today at the same times and locations, except that Eastern Hills is now playing at North Side and Paschal will play at North Crowley.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:02:27 PM
Games starting to be rescheduled due to snow
It what is probably the first of many this weekend, the Birdville Lady Hawks have moved their match from Friday to Saturday.
Birdville will face Denton Ryan at 6 p.m. Saturday at the BISD FA/AC.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:22:30 PM
Summit scores 10
Mansfield Summit had a pretty good day Tuesday. Particularly, Jordan Custer and Mari Chavez. Custer scored two goals and assisted on another, and Chavez added three goals and two assists in the Lady Jaguars' 10-0 win over Arlington Sam Houston. Summit is now 3-3-4.
— William Wilkerson
Posted:
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:16:09 PM
Martin rolling along as usual
Good luck scoring against Arlington Martin. The Lady Warriors have allowed one goal in 14 games. They've scored 42. Martin (9-2-3) has shut out four opponents and is a perfect 4-0 in District 4-5A. It shouldn't come as a surprise that it had a handful of girls sign scholarships last week.
— William Wilkerson
Posted:
Friday, January 29, 2010 12:10:49 PM
Carroll-Colony canceled
Southlake Carroll's game aginst The Colony scheduled for tonight has been canceled.
— Star-Telegram Staff
Posted:
Friday, January 29, 2010 11:02:39 AM
Mansfield ISD rescheduldes Friday's matches
The Mansfield ISD matches originally scheduled for Friday night have been rescheduled for Saturday.
All JV games are cancelled outright.
The girls varsity of match between Mansfield and Summit is now scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday at Newsom Stadium.
The Timberview-Legacy matches will take place Saturday at R.L. Anderson at a time yet to be determined but no sooner than noon.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:12:27 PM
Lamar opens 4-5A with win
Jessica Cook scored about five minutes into the second half to give Lamar a 1-0 victory against Arlington in the District 4-5A opener.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Friday, January 22, 2010 12:41:02 PM
Heights ahead on chemistry
Fort Worth Arlington Heights is off to a good start on its teamwork, which is a good thing, since the team has only 14 players right now. Coach Bryan Todd said his team is strong but is using only two substitutes (one reserve was hurt last week). The Yellow Jackets, however, have a good idea of how to work together, since they've played eight games going into Friday's semifinal at the Aledo tournament. "We were one of the few teams in the area who were out of town during that first bad weather," he said. "We went to a tournament in Beaumont, and that really helped us with our preseason and chemistry." Heights is 7-0-1 after tying Kennedale on Tuesday and defeating Crowley on Thursday.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:30:05 PM
Kennedale sees pair commit
With national signing day a few weeks away a pair of Kennedale players have already made up their minds.
Lady Wildcats forward Brooke Farmer plans to sign with Louisiana-Monroe while defender Abbey Carpenter intends to sign with Rogers State University in Claremore, Okla.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:52:54 AM
Early 4-5A preview ends in draw
Arlington and Arlington Lamar met in the consolation bracket final of the Rebel Roundup tournament and wound up in a 1-1 draw.
Lamar coach Kay Giocondo said she prefers not to play a district foe this early in the season but knows that's the way tournaments play out sometimes.
"It was a back and forth game," Giocondo said. "It gave us the chance to look at a lot of players. It was a good preseason game, a good tournament."
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Monday, January 18, 2010 2:34:50 PM
Fossil Ridge pleased in loss to Mansfield
Mansfield claimed the Rebel Roundup last weekend at the BISD FA/AC with a 1-0 victory against Keller Fossil Ridge in the final.
However, Fossil Ridge coach Kenny Blevins spoke enthusiastically of Lady Panthers' run against Mansfield.
Last year, Mansfield blanked Fossil Ridge 2-0 in a game where Blevins said the Lady Tigers made his squad "look silly."
On Saturday, Fossil Ridge held until a penalty kick in the final three minutes earned Mansfield the victory.
"This was a great step forward for us," Blevins said.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Monday, January 18, 2010 2:12:06 PM
Western Hills goes young
After graduating 13 seniors (and nine starters), Western Hills is starting the season awfully young. The team is made up mainly of freshmen and sophomores, coach Victor Garcia said. "We're trying to put things together," he said. "We won't be the powerhouse we've been in the past, but but we'll get there by the end of the season." The Cougars went 2-2 in a tournament in Joshua last weekend, their first action of the season. Megan Hughes scored four goals. Western Hills meets Arlington Sam Houston on Tuesday night.
— Carlos Mendez
Posted:
Monday, January 18, 2010 1:39:29 PM
Rainout sends Keller to face Coppell tonight
The Lady Indians (1-1-1) planned to head to Austin this past weekend but a rainout left Keller at home.
Keller will make up for the loss of games by hosting a tough Coppell squad tonight (Monday) at 5 p.m.
"We've actually done pretty well in only 3 games," Keller coach Billy Griffiths said. "We returned pretty much our whole team. So we're a year older, a year more experienced and we look pretty good."
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Friday, January 15, 2010 10:32:23 PM
Carroll takes early showdown of Titans
Southlake Carroll knocked off Colleyville Heritage 2-1 on Friday in an early pre-season matchup between two of the area's elite squads.
The Lady Dragons took a 2-0 lead off a first half penalty kick and a second half breakaway goal by Lissi Lonsberry for the eventual game-winner.
The Lady Panthers scored in the final 10 minutes off a corner kick goal by Kaytee O'Brien from a Samantha Howell assist.
"I thought our organization throughout the field and especially in the defense made the difference," Carroll coach Matt Colvin said.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Friday, January 15, 2010 7:59:13 PM
Goalazo for Arlington's Nicholson
Arlington sat tied 1-1 with Richland on Friday when Stephanie Nicholson unleashed a blast to give Arlington the lead for good.
The Colts earned a 3-1 victory in the Rebel Roundup tournament but the game was highlighted by Nicholson's "goalazo."
From about 45 yards out the junior utility player ripped loose a shot that soared over the Richland goalkeeper and under the crossbar with 12:08 left in the match.
"I was just hoping to get a foot on it," Nicholson said. "I hit it in the right spot and then just followed through."
The Colts could face District 4-5A rival Arlington Lamar in Saturday's consolation bracket final if the Lady Vikings with their semifinal match Saturday morning.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Friday, January 15, 2010 7:59:05 PM
Summit young but full of potential
Mansfield Summit coach Kirby Davis has hairs on his head that might be older than some of the Lady Jaguars.
Summit (0-1) features nine starters that are either sophomores (5) or freshmen (4).
However, Davis sees plenty of potential in his young group.
"We're a young team that just hopes to improve each week," Davis said. "Hopefully we'll be ready to peak in the playoffs."
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Friday, January 15, 2010 7:51:58 PM
Lamar will give it another go
Technically, Arlington Lamar has yet to play an actual game this season. The Lady Vikings were scheduled to play in the Emily Hunter “Fish Bowl” Tournament last week, but it was cancelled because of the frigid weather. The only “games” they’ve played in were scrimmages against Keller, McKinney Boyd and Duncanville. The 2008-09 Regional Quarterfinalist participants should be able to get out on the pitch this weekend at the Rebel Round-Up Tournament, which begins Friday with a 12:30 p.m. match against Mesquite Horn.
— William Wilkerson
Posted:
Friday, January 15, 2010 3:26:31 AM
Argyle Liberty 4, Southwest Christian 0
Leah Cox scores the first, and ultimately game-winning, goal for the Lady Warriors as they shut out the Lady Eagles, 4-0.
Cox added two assists and Courtney Butler, Amanda Doyle and Maddie Cordell also scored.
The Lady Warriors are now 12-4-1, 4-0-0 in TAPPS 1-4A.
— Paul Wessels
Posted:
Friday, January 15, 2010 3:19:34 AM
All Saints blanks Bishop Dunne
Tamara Mejia scored twice as the Lady Saints shut out the Lady Falcons, 3-0.
Madi Steenbergen scored the third goal of the game and also assisted Mejia's second goal. This win improves All Saints to 7-2-2, 1-0-1 in SPC North.
— Paul Wessels
Posted:
Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:32:54 PM
Forney keeper stonewalls Arlington
Forney's junior goalkeeper Jacy Wright secured four saves in a shootout victory against Arlington on Thursday.
After a 1-1 draw in regulation at Richland's Rebel Roundup tournament, the Colts dropped a 2-0 decision in the shootout.
"We just didn't show up to play," Colts coach Andrea Stickney said.
Amanda Kleifgen scored Arlington's goal in regulation.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:01:02 PM
Boswell starts strong
The Lady Pioneers opened up the season at home with a 6-3 victory against Burkburnett on Saturday.
Perhaps the most important stat of the game came as four different players found the net for Boswell.
Working out of their 4-3-3 all three front-runners found the net as Kati Horn, Kayla Akin and Vivian Vega (2 goals) all scored goals.
Midfielder Brooke Harris also contributed what the English call "a brace" or two goals.
Boswell's girls and boys return to action Tuesday at home against Waxahachie.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:49:07 PM
Argyle Liberty to take on Temple Christian
The Argyle Liberty Lady Warriors (9-3) will take on the Fort Worth Temple Christian Eagles on the road tonight at 7:30.
The Lady Warriors won their last game 8-0 against Fort Worth Christian. Seven different players scored and Madeline Cordell had two goals
— Paul Wessels
Posted:
Friday, January 08, 2010 2:34:55 PM
All Saints has won three straight
Over it's last three games, All Saints has beaten the Episcopal School of Dallas once and Oakridge twice. They started this winning streak with a win against the Episcopal School 2-1 and have now beaten Oakridge the last two games, 6-1 and 4-1. The Lady Saints are now 3-1 on the season.
— Paul Wessels
Posted:
Thursday, January 07, 2010 3:13:16 PM
Early scores from Nolan
Arlington Martin tie Murrieta Valley (Calif.) 2-2; Coppell d. Tyler Lee 3-1; McKinney Boyd d. Grapevine 2-0; Plano West d. Murrieta Valley 1-0.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
Posted:
Thursday, January 07, 2010 3:09:59 PM
Nolan Showcase underway INDOORS!?
The Red Bull Nolan Showcase is underway here inside the Sam Baugh indoor practice facility at TCU. The field is marked off with cones but the length and width aren't that much different from some area outdoor fields.
Don't buy any coachspeak or excuses the field conditions have no bearing on the match.
— Tobias Xavier Lopez
