Wildcats open season with scrimmage, tourney contests
 | | Photo/Jim Jackson Mitch Muller makes an athletic stab at the ball in the varsity boys match with Tyler Lee. |
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The Wildcat varsity soccer team faced off against Tyler Lee their first scrimmage on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Playing at home, the Cats lost the largely defensive contest 0-1.
Though both teams had numerous shots on goal, goalies Justin Parker for Whitehouse and Juan Robles for Tyler Lee kept the game scoreless at halftime.
The second half played out much like the first until, with eight minutes remaining, Tyler Lee crossed the ball into the Whitehouse goal box, and the defense was unable to clear the ball out. Cesar Cadena scored the shot to give Lee the 1-0 lead.
Though Whitehouse had several more attempts on goal, they failed to put the ball into the net.
In the junior varsity matchup, the Wildcats triumphed 3-2 thanks to Troy Coffee's 2 firsthalf goals.
Whitehouse moved the ball well in the first half, and Coffee was able to score 7 minutes into the game and then with 5:48 remaining before the break.
 | | Photo/Jim Jackson Whitehouse soccer players compete in the annual alumni game on Jan. 6. The current team won, 2-1. |
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Trailing 0-2, Tyler Lee came out in the second half on fire, scoring 2 goals, one of which came off a penalty kick, to tie the game at 2-2.
From there, the game was a defensive standstill until Lee fouled a Whitehouse player 20 yards from their goal. Julio Alleman took the direct free kick and put the ball over the Tyler Lee keeper to give the Cats a 3- 2 lead.
With 5:33 remaining in the game, the JV was able to hold off Tyler Lee and secure the victory.
The varsity also par ticipated in a tournament in Athens Jan. 11-12, going 3-1 against their opponents.
The Cats opened with a big win over Seagoville, 4-0, before falling to Weatherford 0-1.
The next day saw Whitehouse win both contests, 2-1 over Nacogdoches and 4-0 against Henderson.
-- Reported by Mark Hays
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| Members of the
varsity soccer squad are Colton Strother, Justin Seal, Troy Coffee, Robby
Downs, Howard Rodriguez, Drew Dollahite, Cameron Cooper, Caleb Jacque,
Chris Parker, Chris Carter, Shawn Morris, Paul Metzner, Kevin Wilkins, Ace
Estrella, Payne Stinchfield, Kerry Darnell, Jed McNeill, Justin Parker,
Mitchell Muller and Eric O'Neill. Head coach is Chris Clemons.
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Whitehouse Boys Soccer Schedule
DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
JV V
Jan. 19-20
Tournament
Montgomery
Jan. 23
Longview
Longview
5:30 7:00
Jan. 26
*Jacksonville
Jacksonville
5:30
7:00
Jan. 30
*Athens
Athens
5:30 7:00
Feb. 1-3
Tournament
Pine Tree
Feb. 2
Lindale
Lindale
5:30 7:00
Feb. 6
*Kilgore
Whitehouse
5:30 7:00
Feb. 9
*Pine
Tree
Pine
Tree
5:30 7:00
Feb. 13
*Hallsville
Whitehouse
5:30 7:00
Feb. 16
*Chapel Hill
Whitehouse
5:30 7:00
Feb. 20
*Marshall
Marshall
5:30 7:00
Feb. 23
*Athens
Athens
5:30 7:00
Feb. 27
*Lindale
Lindale
5:30 7:00
March 2
*Kilgore
Kilgore
5:30 7:00
March 6
*Pine Tree
Whitehouse
5:30 7:00
March 9
*Hallsville
Hallsville
5:30 7:00
March 13
*Chapel Hill
Chapel
Hill
5:30 7:00
March 16
*Marshall
Marshall
5:30 7:00
*District game
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| Members of the
junior varsity soccer squad are Julio Alleman, Austin Alvis, Travis
Baldridge, Danny Bender, Tyler Bloom, Trevor Broussard, Taylor
Burns, Abel Constantin, Omar Gutierrez, Ricky Hernandez, Marco
Hernandez, Wes Holt, Travis Lowthorp, Brad Marsh, Jacob McCassland,
Chris Medlin, Scott Parson, Daniel Peek, Ivan Perez, Uhmer Shakur,
Bubba Williams and Tanner Hays. Head coach is Karr Pittman.
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