The Dragons and Lady Dragons soccer squads are heating upbrwinter yet again. After unbeaten starts by both teams, TopDrawerSoccer.com hasbrthe men and women sitting comfortably atop their Texas high school rankings.brThese rankings confirm what local fútbol fanatics have known all season long –brthere’s something special about both of our high school teams.
Judging by their fine-tuned offensive attack and unmatchedbrdefense, the girls team may want to get comfortable with the state's topbrranking.
A record-breaking rocket off the foot of Georgie Phelpsbrsoared into the net against Boerne Champion just 17 seconds into a Georgetownbrtournament game two weekends ago, and that practically sums up the LadybrDragons' stellar season thus far. After taking care of business and earning thebrGovernor's Cup in Georgetown, the 6-0 Lady Dragons head to Hebron tonightbrlooking to continue their pitch-perfect season.
The claiming of the cup was nothing if not a team effort,brwith leading scorer Taylor Tufts providing consistently clutch performances tobrcomplement the efforts by assist leader Phelps, A&M-bound Ally Griffin, KendallbrGilpin and Alli “Breadstick” Gardner. The team has only allowed three goalsbrthis season, and they'll continue to rely on their stout defense as they beginbrdistrict action.
Good defense must be a school tradition: The boys team hasbronly allowed one goal in seven outings.
The 7-0 Dragons also turned in a powerful tournamentbrperformance over the weekend, coming away from an Austin tourney with threebrwins. The solid showing propelled them from No. 3 in the state rankings to thebrcoveted No. 1 spot, as scoring leaders Calvin Herd and Nat Kajiwara continue tobrconfound opposing teams.
The girls open up district play tonight at Hebron, and thebrboys follow suit with their district opener at Flower Mound on Friday.
Based on what we've seen so far, other District 5-6A teamsbrwill be trembling in their cleats at the thought of our Dragons.