The Amarillo High girls celebrate with the Class 5A area round trophy after blanking El Paso Bel Air, 4-0, in Odessa on Tuesday. [Provided photo]
Lady sandies bounce Bel Air
Three first half goals were more than enough for the Amarillo High Lady Sandies in a 4-0 route of El Paso Bel Air during a Class 5A area round match at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa on Tuesday.
Viviana Gomez netted two goals in the victory, while teammate Lily Sobey scored a goal and dished out an assist.
AHS moves to 15-1-2, and will now face Lubbock Coronado (16-2-3) at a time and place to be determined.
Class 4A
Lady Eagles soars to shutout
Four first half goals lifted the Canyon Lady Eagles past San Angelo Lake View in a 4-0 shutout during a Class 4A area round game Tuesday at Frenship High School.
Canyon improves to 12-6-3 overall and will now face Stephenville (15-2-2) in a regional quarterfinal contest at a time and place to be determined.
Lady Eagles standout Bryleigh Burk tallied a hat trick in the first half alone, and dished out an assist to Mackenzie Roberts on a goal in the second half. Erin Folkner also added a goal.
Pampa holds on
The Pampa Lady Harvesters earned three first half goals, and were able to hold off Mineral Wells by a 3-2 score in the Class 4A area round Monday at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls.
The Lady Harvesters took a commanding 3-0 lead into halftime behind goals from Ariel Archer, Annamarie Murray and Mya Acosta. Mineral Wells rallied in the second half, but Pampa was able to hold on.
The Lady Harvesters (13-6-2) move on to face San Elizario (14-5) at 4 p.m. Friday in Midland.
Class 5A boys
PD boys advance
The Palo Duro boys soccer made a 2-0 lead standup for a 2-1 win against El Paso Bel Air during the Class 5A area round at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa on Monday.
The Dons took a 1-0 lead at intermission thanks to an Angel Sanchez goal off a Jaime Carrillo assist at the 21 minute mark of the first half. In the second half, Palo Duro picked up much needed insurance when Eduardo Aguirre found the back of the net at the 43 minute mark, pushing the advantage to 2-0.
The Dons (19-1-1) advance to the regional quarterfinals to face El Paso Bowie (17-3-1) at a time and place to be determined. Bowie dismantled Randall in the area round Tuesday, 5-0.
AHS falls late
The Amarillo High Sandies couldn’t hold on to a late lead, falling to El Paso Del Valle 2-1 in overtime in a Class 5A area round matchup at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa on Tuesday.
The Sandies scored their lone goal on a Braden Wilson penalty kick at the 51st minute mark, taking a 1-0 lead. However, Del Valle scored a tying goal in the final six minutes, then a winning goal in overtime.
AHS, the District 3-5A regular season champion, ends a great year at 12-1-3.
Borger rolls on
Borger advances to the third round of the playoffs for the first time since 2006 after defeating Graham 2-1 on Monday night in a Class 4A area round contest at Frenship High School.
The Bulldogs trailed 1-0 at half, but rallied back in the games final 10 minutes netting back-to-back late goals by Julian Tarango (71st minute), and Christian Saucedo (72nd minute).
Borger (15-7) moves on to play the Mineral Wells (12-3-1) in the regional quarterfinals at a time and place to be determined.
Area round scores
Boys
Class 5A
Palo Duro 2, El Paso Bel Air 1
Palo Duro 1 1 — 2
EP Bel Air 0 0 — 1
First half— 1, PD, Angel Sanchez (Jaime Carrillo), 21st minute.
Second half— 2, PD, Eduardo Aguirre (Adrian Ruiz), 43rd minute. 3, EPB, unknown, 51st minute.
Records: Palo Duro 19-1-1; EP Bel Air 16-4.
El Paso Del Valle 2, Amarillo High 1 (OT)
Amarillo High 0 1 — 1
EP Del Valle 0 2 — 2
AHS goal— Braden Wilson (penalty kick), 51st minute.
Records: AHS 12-1-3; EP Del Valle 15-4.
El Paso Bowie 5, Randall 0
Class 4A
Borger 2, Graham 1
Borger 0 2 — 2
Graham 1 0 — 1
First half— 1, Graham, unknown, 23rd minute.
Second half— 2, Borger, Julian Tarango (Francisco Nava), 71st minute; 3, Borger, Christian Saucedo (Allan Cardenas), 72nd minute.
Records: Borger 15-7; Graham 8-13.
Stephenville 2, Dumas 0
Girls area round scores
Class 5A
Amarillo High 4, El Paso Bel Air 0
Amarillo High 2 2 — 4
EP Bel Air 0 0 — 0
First half— 1, AHS, Viviana Gomez (Lily Sobey), 19th minute; 2, AHS, Sobey (Amaleigh Hassall), 36th minute.
Second half— 3, AHS, Gomez (Saizlee Carlton), 53rd minute; 4, AHS, Sam Wilhelm (Brooklyn Bundy), 79th minute.
Records: AHS 15-1-2; EP Bel Air 18-5-1
Class 4A
Canyon 5, San Angelo Lake View 0
Canyon 4 1 — 5
Lake View 0 0 — 0
First half— 1, Canyon, Bryleigh Burks (unassisted), 7th minute; 2, Burks (Grace Van Winkle), 24th minute; 3, Canyon, Erin Folkner (Burks), 25th minute; 4, Burks (Mackenzie Roberts), 36th minute.
Second half— 5, Canyon, Roberts (unassisted), 54th minute.
Records: Canyon 12-6-3; Lake View 7-7-1.
Pampa 3, Mineral Wells 2
Pampa 3 0 — 3
Mineral Wells 0 2 — 2
Pampa goals— 1, Ariel Lacher (Raschell Gamez), 8th minute; 2, Annamarie Murray (JaquelÃn Jaime), 20th minute; 3, Mya Acosta (unassisted), 27th minute.
Records: Pampa 13-6-2; Mineral Wells 10-9-1.
Stephenville 9, Dumas 0