Cass soccer teams take two from Woodland
The Cass girls and boys soccer teams swept visiting Woodland Friday night at Doug Cochran Stadium with the Lady Colonels blanking the Lady Cats 3-0 and the Colonels taking a 7-4 decision from the Wildcats.
The two Cass victories left all four local rivals with 2-2 records in Region 7-AAAAA as the teams head down the stretch of their region slates.
CASS GIRLS 3, WOODLAND 0
Logan Vermaas scored a pair of first half goals and Lupita Pineda scored on a header off a Vermaas corner kick to give Cass a 3-0 lead at halftime.
Woodland (4-5-1, 2-2) challenged in the second half, but Cass keeper Brianna Bullock retained her shutout. She had ten saves in the contest.
The Lady Cats travel to Rome Tuesday and play a non-region match at Dutchtown next Friday.
The Lady Colonels (4-7, 2-2) play at East Paulding Tuesday and host Hiram next Friday.
CASS BOYS 7, WOODLAND 4
Carlos Perez scored two of his three goals in the first half and Julio Medina added a first half goal as the Colonels led at the break, 3-1.
Miguel Hernandez scored Woodland’s first half goal that made the score 1-1 at the time.
Howard Jennings scored for Woodland to narrow the Cass lead to 3-2 early in the second half, but the Colonels responded less than a minute later on Medina’s second tally to go ahead 4-2.
Javier Duarte gave Cass a 5-2 lead, but Kevin Moreno kept Woodland within striking distance with a pair of goals that included a penalty kick and narrowed the Colonels’ lead to 5-4.
Cass put the game away, however, in the final ten minutes.
Perez finished his hat trick and Anthony Robledo found the net off a Christian Alvarez free kick.
Felipe Albarran and Robledo both finished with two assists for the Colonels. Cass keeper Isai Romero totaled 11 saves.
Woodland (4-5-1, 2-2) plays at Rome Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Cass (3-7, 2-2) travels to East Paulding Tuesday for a 7:45 p.m. kickoff and will host Hiram next Friday night.