Lee picks up first win of the season

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Lee picks up first win of the season

From sports staff reports

Baytown Sun 

Published January 13, 2008

THE WOODLANDS— The Gander soccer team notched its first win of the season on the final day of The Woodlands Tournament with a 2-1 win over Pasadena in a shootout. Octavio Torres and Benito Huerta scored in the shootout and goaltender Jose Cornejo stopped all four Pasadena shots as Lee improved to 1-2 on the season.

“Pasadena was a playoff team last year and will probably go again,†Lee head coach Cris Dippel said. “We got a win but we have a lot of work to do.â€

Lee took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Luis Camacho, which stood up until five minutes remaining in the contest moving the game to a shootout.

“We played everybody,†Dippel said. “I subbed 10 players to start the second half and they played for 20 minutes. I should have left them out there because they were doing a good job but the first team was rested and ready to go.â€

Lee will return to action on Tuesday when it hosts South Houston in a rematch of last year’s bi-district playoff game that the Trojans won in a shootout.

“They are going to be tough,†Dippel said. “They return everybody from last year’s team.â€

Houston Reagan boys 3, Sterling 0

PEARLAND — The third game in a row was not a charm for Sterling as it dropped a 3-0 decision to Houston Reagan in the Pearland Tournament. Reagan scored two goals in the first half and added a third in the second half to drop Sterling to 1-2 on the season.

“When you play a game like that it is hard to find some bright spots,†Sterling head coach Jim Richter said. “We had our moments in the game and we played pretty good defense in general. Dobie had beaten Reagan the day before but it’s kind of hard to tell in these tournaments.â€

One of the standouts for Sterling was midfielder Geovane Preciado. The junior just missed putting the ball in the net on a header in the second half. Misel Velasquez also stood out defensively.

“Misel has been a real animal on defense,†Richter said. “He was a real bright spot this weekend.

“The bright spot is we got to see our kids deal with adversity. We’re going to be all right. I really like this team.â€

Sterling will be on the road Tuesday when it faces former district rival Spring.

In sub-varsity action, the Sterling junior varsity finished the weekend with a fourth place finish in the Clear Creek Tournament and posted a 1-2-1 record. Alex Einsco and Rene Brounda each had a strong tournament for Sterling.