Soccer 'Cats face 7A squads, compete at ReMAX

BERRYVILLE -- The Bobcat soccer teams have been busy the last two weeks, playing matches in good weather and bad. Here's what Coach Don Earnest has reported so far.

March 3- The Bobcats took on 7A Rogers Heritage, with the varsity boys losing 5-0 and the JV boys 3-0. The girls took a 7-0 loss.

March 9- The varsity teams took on 5A Harrison, with the boys losing 3-0 and the girls 6-0. "We were a little overmatched, but we played better," Coach Earnest said about stepping up in classification.

March 13- The JV boys traveled to Eureka Springs and won 6-0 after being up 2-0 at halftime.

March 16- The varsity teams faced Decatur, with the girls taking a 4-1 victory behind three goals from Liz Berrios (hat trick). Taylor Bishop scored the fourth goal.

The boys won 7-0, with goals two goals from Alonzo Martinez and Sergio Gomes, and one each from Jorge Gil, Alex Perez, and Alex Orellana.

March 17- The Bobcats traveled to Green Forest for a makeup game, with the girls taking a 4-0 victory behind goals from Berrios, Bishop, Bri Lewis, and Makayla Smith.

March 21- Both varsity teams competed in the Harrison High School ReMAX Tournament, with the boys finishing fourth and the girls seventh on a wet, unpleasant day.

The Lady Bobcats played their first game against Harrison and lost 5-0, then lost 4-0 to Siloam Springs. The final game pitted them against Huntsville, with the score tied 3-3 in regulation. Berryville took a 4-3 win in the overtime shootout to take the match.

The Bobcats faced Huntsville their first game and won 5-4 on penalty kicks, then lost 2-0 to Harrison next. The final match ended as a 2-0 loss to Mountain Home.