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Castroville News Bulletin
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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the Lobos 10-8.
DISTRICT
RECORD
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8-0-2
4-0
5-0
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Boys soccer team nabs bidistrict, one step closer to state
Ken Gallegos
Sports Writer
Panther soccer fans got
their money’s worth last
Thursday night at Panther
Stadium when the Panthers
outlasted the visiting Lanier
half of play would be a sign
of things to come as the two
teams went back and forth
with just a few opportuni-
ties at the goal in the open-
ing 40 minutes of play.
But early in the second
Voks in a 2-1 victory after . half the Voks attacked the
regulation and two 10-min- MV defense and senior
ute overtime periods left goalkeeper Jacob Hobson
them deadlocked. MV pre- made a great save just four
vailed in a sudden death minutes into action to push
shootout to gain the victory back Lanier. It would be the
and move on to the next first of many for Hobson
round in the state playoffs. who played an outstand-
Despite a close victory ing game and came up with
over the same Lanier team nine saves on the night,
way back in January the “During the second half the
playoffs often seem to paint wind played havoc on some
a different picture, and of Lanier’s shot attempts
that was just the case last and Jacob did a great job
Thursday. A scoreless first adjusting to the situation,”
said Head Coach Nathan
Payne. “He really kept us in
the game and then he was
dominating in the shoot out
to help secure our first play-
off win.”
Matthew Cuellar helped
the MV offense finally get
on track when he took a
pass off a Panthers’ corner
kick and worked into the
Voks’ defense and floated
a perfect ball into the cor-
ner of the net beyond the
outstretched arms of the
Lanier goalkeeper at the
27:27 mark.
Hobson would once again
come up big time after time
with three more saves in a
span of just under 10 min-
utes as the Voks worked
feverishly to get back in each player goes head to
the game. Their hard work head against the opponents
finally paid off when they goalkeeper to try to get the
finally found an answer to ball into the goal with the
Hobson’s heroics and tied winner determined by the
the game with only 2:23 left most goals scored after the
in regulation to send the competition.
game into the first overtime MV dominated the sud-
period. den death and after goals
After two consecutive by the Panthers’ Abel
scoreless overtime periods Montes and Lukas Recio
in which the Panthers came and four saves by Hobson
close in each period, but the Panthers enjoyed their
was denied it was time to first playoff victory in school
settle the contest in a five history. The win was a true
man shootout which would gut check for the Panthers
determine who would live who endured the extreme
to see another game and physical toll after 100 min-
who would have their sea- utes of battling the Voks. “It
son come to a close. In a all started in August,” said
shootout which involves five Coach Payne. “Our players
players from each team, go through a lot of condi-
tioning through offseason
and even through the season
play.” For a team that got
its first playoff victory you
would have never known
that from the demeanor of
the players during the end
of the game that never pan-
icked as they pushed their
overall record to 17-1-2. “We
have been in a lot of pres-
sure situations this year to
help prepare us for this type
of situation,” added Coach
Payne.
MV’s next opponent will
be Fredericksburg, and
should they win that contest
would play later this week
at a site, date and time TBD
for the third round of the
playoffs.
Panthers split key district games
Ken Gallegos
Sports Writer
A pair of key games for the
for the senior, and he quickly off Groff forced MV to turn
got help from his teammates
in the bottom of the second
Panthers last week were split inning with an explosion of
when MV handled Kerrville
Tivy at Gerald Kempf Field
11-6, but a trip to Uvalde
last Friday did not work out
as well when they fell to
the district leading Coyotes
o 6-1. The outcome of the two
games has the Panthers (2-2)
just ahead of Kerrville (1-2)
and Harlandale (1-2) while
Boerne Champion (4-0) and
Uvalde (4-0) are tied for the
top spot. The Panthers are
P now 13-6 on the season as
six runs with the big hit com-
ing off a two-out grand slam
by Matt Stein. “Matt’s bat
has been the one thing we
can count on every game,”
said Coach Carl Keller. “We
moved him up to the two
hole and sure enough he was
to Matt Stein who delivered
two infield fly outs which got
him out of the jam.
The response of the
Panther offense in the bot-
tom half of the inning was
more than sufficient to put
the game on ice as they
delivered five more runs with
shortstop Joseph Huegele
producing his third hit of the
able to come thru with a two night to lead the Panthers
out grand slam homerun that and second basemen Blake
really got us started.” The Owen slapping a double that
big hit highlighted an inning produced three RBI’s.
Catcher David Wurzbach makes the throw down for an out. (Photo by Janine Modgling)
where the Panthers tallied
seven hits during the offen-
they head towards the second sive onslaught.
round of play where every
But Tivy did not fold right
district game will be a key away and rallied for four runs
one if they are to secure one
of the top four spots for the
playoffs.
Kerrville
Senior starter Michael
Vielma who was returning
to the lineup after an mju-
ry took the mound for the
Panthers against the Antlers.
themselves in the top of the
Stein ran into some trou-
ble in the top of the sixth
inning when Kerrville pro-
duced a bases loaded single
that gave Tivy their final
two runs of the game. Groff
undefeated in district play Vielma took the loss for the
third including a solo homer- re-entered the pitching posi-
un along with two walks by tion for Stein and showed
Vielma that spelled the end of tremendous determination in
his stint on the mound giving re-gaining his groove as he
way to freshmen Jonathan
Groff. Groff cruised into the
top of the fifth before the
Kerrville bats began stirring
The early signs looked good again. A single and double
finished out the game for the
Panthers.
Uvalde
The Uvalde Coyotes
showed why they are still
and used some good pitching
from their ace Trevor Belicek
to stymie the Panthers’ bats
as too many stranded run-
ners in key situations helped
aid the Coyotes’ victory. Stein
and Trevor Mangold seemed
to be the only Panthers that
had an answer for Belicek
Panthers with Stein and
Groff once again coming in
for relief. MV will need to
come up with some offensive
firepower in the second round
when they face both lead-
, ers Boerne Champion and
Uvalde at Kempf Field.
MV finished out the
on Saturday afternoon in
Bandera. This week the
Panthers will be facing the
Brennan Bears on Saturday
April 2 at noon at Northside
Stadium. The Panthers will
then take on Clemens next
Tuesday April 5 at 7 p.m.
in Schertz in a non-district
contest.
going 3-4 and 2-4 respective- week with an 11-1 pound-
ly. Starting pitcher Michael ing of the Bandera Bulldogs
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I Soccer season came to an end this week for the Lady Panthers. (Photo by Janine Modg-
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Girls’ soccer team
bumped from the playoffs
1 Ken Gallegos
I Sports Writer
An injury-plagued season
MV defense during the sec- suffered a knee injury dur-
ond half of play. The lone goal ing the end of the basketball
which held up for the victory
that never seemed to get off ended the Panthers’ season
the ground came to a close with a record of 7-9-3.
- last Thursday evening when
- the Lady Panthers’ soccer
- team fell in the first round of
- the playoffs to Burbank 1-0
- in San Antonio.
1 After hanging close dur-
* ing the first half of play, the
- Panther defense succumbed
► to the Burbank offense that
was able to find a hole in the
Although a team sport, one
season and was a huge loss to
the soccer team.
Their 4-4-2 district mark
was good enough for a third
can’t help but wonder how place finish to qualify them for
the season could have gone the state playoffs for the third
without some key injuries, year in a row. The Panthers
and none was bigger than the will reload next year, and
loss of junior Brianna Shafer should be in great shape for
who was the MVP of district a return to the playoffs with
55-4A last season, but was several players coming back
lost for the season before ever barring any injuries,
stepping on the field. Shafer
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