WT Freeze Tournament: Randall falls late in championship match
The girls soccer version of the WT Freeze Tournament concluded Saturday afternoon with the Gold Bracket championship game between Randall and Lubbock Coronado. The Lady Raiders came up just short, settling for the runner-up trophy with a 2-1 loss.
Randall fell behind 1-0 in the first half but appeared to secure a ticket to PKs when Ryann Davis scored on a header in the 69th minute on an assist from Ryan McClain. Just four minutes later, Coronado responded to go back up and close out the win.
Still, it was a solid effort against a quality 5A program that's historically gotten the better end of their matchups. Head coach Whitney Bernard was pleased with the effort.
"I think we played very, very well today," she said. "I'm very proud of our girls. Most of the time we had about five freshmen on the field, and they really stepped up and adapted. I can't say enough about our goalkeeper, and we've got some great leadership. They kept their heads in it, and while it's not exactly the result that we wanted, against Coronado I'll take that."
We recapped what happened on day one of the tournament Friday. Now, let's take a look at what happened on day two and the final day of the tourney:
FRIDAY
GAME ONE: Borger v Plainview
Borger wins Plainview 3-0
Brayle Nivens had two goals, and Brooklyn Cano had one for the Lady Bulldogs.
GAME TWO: Lubbock Cooper Liberty v Pampa
LCL wins 1-0
Shorthanded Lady Harvesters couldn't get a goal.
GAME THREE: Perryton v Plainview
Plainview wins 1-1 (3-2 on PKs)
Kaitlyn Cummings scored the lone goal for the Rettes while Aby Pavlicek had the goal for the Lady Bulldogs. Yaneli Jaramillo made the save for Plainview during PKs.
GAME FOUR: Caprock v Canyon
Caprock wins 5-0
Neveah Valdez had two goals and one assists, Nerieda Porras and Valerie Davila each had one goal and one assist, Saberina Mata had one goal and Kristyn Oliver had one assists.
GAME FIVE: Palo Duro v Lubbock High
PD wins 5-3
Yahaira Martinez had four goals and one assist for the Lady Dons, Emily Cavasoz had one goal, Natalie Palacios had two assists and Judith Garza had one assist. PD played with three injuries, one player out sick and another unavailable.
GAME SIX: Randall v Burkburnett
Randall wins 2-0
Alli Ingham and Yareli Ramos each had goals while Ryan McClain and Brooke French each had an assist.
GAME SEVEN: Coronado v Tascosa
Coronado wins 4-0
Lady Rebels dropped the first of what will be three consecutive Friday games against Coronado.
SATURDAY
GAME ONE: Borger v LCL
Borger wins 2-0
Riley Lumpkin and Braylee Nivens each had a goal for the Lady Bulldogs.
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GAME TWO: Perryton v Pampa
Pampa wins 1-1 (3-2 on PKs)
Mallory Beason scored a goal with Stacy Velo assisting for the Lady Harvesters. Sofia Resendiz, Selena Silva and Beason each scored PKs. Perryton's goal came from Evelyn Rodriguez. The Rettes played with half the team either sick or unavailable.
GAME THREE: Palo Duro v Caprock
PD wins 3-0
Yahaira Martinez scored all three goals with Brenda Zepeda Aguilar contributing two assists and Mia Payan picking up 11 saves.
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GAME FOUR: Canyon v Lubbock High
Draw 0-0
Second game of the tourney where Canyon played to a 0-0 draw.
GAME FIVE: Tascosa v Burkburnett
Burkburnett wins 0-0 (3-2 on PKs)
Lady Rebels fall in the Gold Bracket third place game.
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Recapping the WT Freeze Tournament, Randall's championship game
