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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.