KFDM COOP Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 RSS falls short in opening loss to Dobie From sports staff reportsBaytown Sun Published January 11, 2008The Baytown Sun It was a tale of two halves for the Sterling boys’ soccer team but in the end it was a win for Dobie. Trailing 2-0 entering the second half, the Rangers closed to within one on a Mike Pittman goal but came up short in their bid to get any closer in a 2-1 loss in the Pearland Tournament. “Overall it was pretty good,†Sterling head coach Jim Richter said. “They scored one goal on a pretty good shot, I have to give them that. The second goal came on a deflection. In the second half we were a much different team. We scored a goal but we just couldn’t tie the game.â€Richter was able to get all players in the game including a mass substitution of nine in the second half. Playing well for the Rangers were goaltenders Corey Fox and Adrian Gonzales as well as Misel Velasquez on defense. Sterling will attempt to even its record at 1-1 on the season when it takes on Texas City at 3:30 p.m.The Woodlands 5, Lee 0“What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger,†Lee head coach Cris Dippel said following the Ganders 5-0 loss to The Woodlands Thursday afternoon. “We just got outplayed but it was good for us.â€The Highlanders scored two goals in the first half and added three more in the second half to drop Lee in the season opener for both teams at The Woodlands Tournament. “I started moving things around and started moving people around,†Dippel said. “We learned a lesson. Their field was as wide as it is long and we weren’t used to that. When we would bunch to the inside, they would go out and when we played the outside they would attack the middle. When we got back to Sultis Stadium, we put our shoes back on and worked on the things that we had learned.â€Lee will return to action at 11 a.m. today when it faces Round Rock. “I’m glad we went to this tournament,†Dippel said. “WE play Round Rock and I hope they are every bit as good as The Woodlands. That is the only way we are going to get better.â€
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