Sports > Schools
12-5A GIRLS SOCCER: Horn blanks Heath, North picks up key victory over Skeeters
By DEVIN HASSON, dhasson@starlocalnews.com
Horn has found itself in this position before.
With a bye on the opening day of the 12-5A season, the Jaguars found themselves playing catch-up with Rockwall from the start in the district points race.
Horn caught the Yellow Jackets and then passed them, but a hiccup against North Mesquite caused them to fall back into second place.
Undeterred, the Jaguars (5-1-1-0, 17 points) simply picked back up on the chase and with Rockwall (5-0-1-1, 18 points) idle on Friday, they closed back to within a point with a 4-0 victory over Rockwall-Heath.
Horn spread the wealth offensively, getting goals from four different players. Haley Hicks opened the scoring in the 10th minute when she took a feed from Adrianna Smith to give the Jaguars a 1-0 lead.
Just seven minutes later, that duo was at it again, only this time it was Hicks assisting on a goal from Smith to make it 2-0.
Horn kept the pressure on and pushed the advantage to 3-0 when Liz Campos scored in the 27th minute off an assist from Brooke Hill.
The Jaguars provided some second-half insurance when Arianna Dunsworth scored off a pass from Torri Sayman.
North Mesquite picked up one of its biggest victories of the season by downing crosstown rival Mesquite, 3-0. The Skeeters could have overtaken the Stallions for fourth place with a win, but instead, North Mesquite (4-2-0-2, 14 points) now holds a comfortable lead over the Skeeters (3-5-0-0, nine points) in the race for the final playoff spot.
North Mesquite got a pair of goals from Aileen Lara and another score from Alexis Santos and the defense did the rest.
Mesquite has another tough task on Tuesday when it hosts district-leading Rockwall. North Mesquite is idle while Horn will host last-place Tyler Lee at Berry Middle School.
Follow Devin Hasson on Twitter: @DevinHasson
STANDINGS
Rockwall 5-0-1-1 18 8-3-3
Horn 5-1-1-0 17 15-2-1
Longview 5-3-0-0 15 15-6-0
North Mesquite 4-2-0-2 14 11-4-5
Mesquite 3-5-0-0 9 3-7-0
Rockwall-Heath 2-6-0-0 6 6-12-0
Tyler Lee 0-7-1-0 2 8-12-0
Friday's Results
Horn 4, Rockwall-Heath 0
North Mesquite 3, Mesquite 0
Longview 4, Tyler Lee 1
Rockwall, bye
Tuesday's Matches
Tyler Lee at Horn
7:15 p.m. at Berry Middle School
Rockwall at Mesquite
7:15 p.m. at E.H. Hanby Stadium
Rockwall-Heath vs. Longview
North Mesquite, bye
With a bye on the opening day of the 12-5A season, the Jaguars found themselves playing catch-up with Rockwall from the start in the district points race.
Horn caught the Yellow Jackets and then passed them, but a hiccup against North Mesquite caused them to fall back into second place.
Undeterred, the Jaguars (5-1-1-0, 17 points) simply picked back up on the chase and with Rockwall (5-0-1-1, 18 points) idle on Friday, they closed back to within a point with a 4-0 victory over Rockwall-Heath.
Horn spread the wealth offensively, getting goals from four different players. Haley Hicks opened the scoring in the 10th minute when she took a feed from Adrianna Smith to give the Jaguars a 1-0 lead.
Just seven minutes later, that duo was at it again, only this time it was Hicks assisting on a goal from Smith to make it 2-0.
Horn kept the pressure on and pushed the advantage to 3-0 when Liz Campos scored in the 27th minute off an assist from Brooke Hill.
The Jaguars provided some second-half insurance when Arianna Dunsworth scored off a pass from Torri Sayman.
North Mesquite picked up one of its biggest victories of the season by downing crosstown rival Mesquite, 3-0. The Skeeters could have overtaken the Stallions for fourth place with a win, but instead, North Mesquite (4-2-0-2, 14 points) now holds a comfortable lead over the Skeeters (3-5-0-0, nine points) in the race for the final playoff spot.
North Mesquite got a pair of goals from Aileen Lara and another score from Alexis Santos and the defense did the rest.
Mesquite has another tough task on Tuesday when it hosts district-leading Rockwall. North Mesquite is idle while Horn will host last-place Tyler Lee at Berry Middle School.
Follow Devin Hasson on Twitter: @DevinHasson
STANDINGS
Rockwall 5-0-1-1 18 8-3-3
Horn 5-1-1-0 17 15-2-1
Longview 5-3-0-0 15 15-6-0
North Mesquite 4-2-0-2 14 11-4-5
Mesquite 3-5-0-0 9 3-7-0
Rockwall-Heath 2-6-0-0 6 6-12-0
Tyler Lee 0-7-1-0 2 8-12-0
Friday's Results
Horn 4, Rockwall-Heath 0
North Mesquite 3, Mesquite 0
Longview 4, Tyler Lee 1
Rockwall, bye
Tuesday's Matches
Tyler Lee at Horn
7:15 p.m. at Berry Middle School
Rockwall at Mesquite
7:15 p.m. at E.H. Hanby Stadium
Rockwall-Heath vs. Longview
North Mesquite, bye
Copyright © 2013 - Star Local News