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Late Goal Gives Bel Air 1st Soccer State Title; El Paso County 2nd Crown Of Weekend
El Paso County programs may have lost an hour when they traveled from the Mountain Time Zone to Central Time Zone for this weekend's UIL state soccer final four, but it didn't affect them one bit. Like San Elizario's win in the UIL 4A boys final on Friday, El Paso Bel Air (28-1-0) did the same in Saturday's UIL 5A boys final. The Highlanders scored in both halves against Frisco Wakeland (21-3-5) to prevail 2-1 at Georgetown ISD's Birkelbach Field.
"It's putting us on the map in Texas," said VYPE Player of the Game Ivar Arroyo. "We usually don't arrive to the finals for anything in the El Paso area, but finally two teams won. I hope in the future we can win again."
Most of the action occurred in the first half. El Paso Bel Air got on the board with Omar Zamora's goal at 11:02, and Frisco Wakeland answered with an Alex Wing goal at 17:44. The second half was also a battle, but between the defenses instead.
The next goal was the game-winner, which was scored by Arroyo. It arrived at the 62:50 mark of the match.
"I think we adjusted to what they were doing," Bel Air coach Sergio Delgado said of bouncing back in the second half. "We had more shots, and, in the end, that should pay off for any team that wants to win."
While Bel Air won a state championship in its first ever trip to UIL state, Wakeland fell short of a three-peat and a fourth-ever title in its sixth state appearance since 2010.
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Second Half Surge Clinches Highland Park's 7th Girls Soccer State Title
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Highland Park has one of the state's most dominant girls soccer programs, and the Scots continued that tradition with a 2-0 UIL 5A girls soccer state championship win against Mansfield Legacy at Georgetown ISD's Birkelbach Field on Saturday.
"It feels great," said VYPE Player of the Game Megan O'Neal. "It's really paid off. Our team put a lot of effort in, and gave it all, and it just turned out perfect."
Neither team scored by halftime, but O'Neal changed the course of the match with a goal at the 42:17 mark.
"[At halftime, our coach] just told us to get out of our heads and that we were thinking about it too much, and we need to just go play our game," said O'Neal. "And that's what we did."
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Maja Davison added another goal at the 48:10 mark to put the match out of reach.
"She struggled a little bit all through playoffs and she's a tough kid," said Highland Park coach Stewart Brown. "We knew that when we had her on the field, we had good chances to exploit the other team. So, it was the case of [her] managing herself right today, based off of the heat."
With the victory, Highland Park added its seventh UIL state girls soccer state championship. The Scots also won titles in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2012 and 2017.
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