Aguirre leads Lady Blue Jays to district-opening wins

By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

At times this season, Jayleen Aguirre has put the Needville Lady Blue Jays on her back – a formula which has worked so far as they pass the midway point of the season.

The formula was there again last week, and led the Lady Blue Jays to a pair of resounding wins to start District 11-4A competition. Needville took down Brazosport 4-1 on Jan. 23 before defeating Stafford 6-2 on Jan. 28 to win their fifth straight match.

Aguirre netted a hat trick in each match, scoring three times against Brazosport before netting three more goals plus an assist in the win over Stafford. Arianna Franco also scored twice against Stafford, and also scored while dishing out an assist against Brazosport.

The six goals last week give Aguirre 19 goals already for the season, which has surpassed her mark of 17 goals from all of last season. She has now scored multiple times in seven matches for the Lady Blue Jays (10-2, 2-0 district), including each of the last six outings.

In Class 5A action, the Kempner Lady Cougars won for the second time in their last three matches with an 11-0 victory over Terry on Jan. 25. Six different players found the back of the net for Kempner (3-5-2, 2-0) against Terry, paced by four goals and an assist from Ava Baley. Cera Moreno had a hat trick of her own and three assists, while Anna Miller had a goal and three helpers. Meanwhile, Taher Evers stopped all four shots on goal to earn the clean sheet.

Foster also picked up a win in their only match of the week, an 8-0 district win over local foe Lamar Consolidated to move to 6-4 overall and 2-0 in District 20-5A. Kaitlyn Walsh netted a hat trick for the Lady Falcons in their fifth straight win, while Addie Zebold also scored twice in a match that saw five different players find the back of the net.

In Class 6A action, the Clements Lady Rangers picked up a pair of wins last week, taking down Austin 2-0 on Jan. 24 before defeating Travis 2-1 on Jan. 27. Chloe Le scored for the Lady Rangers (4-3-1, 3-1) against Travis, as did Jayna Patel.

Elkins’ Lady Knights picked up a 2-1 victory over Travis on Jan. 25 before losing 2-0 to Ridge Point on Jan. 28, moving to 6-3-2 overall and 2-2 in District 20-6A. Amelia Olawu scored both goals against Travis, with Ellie Pitts and Madison Innis each picking up an assist.

Boys

In their only match of the week, the Austin Bulldogs kept their early hold on District 20-6A’s top spotm fighting back manage a 33 draw against Clements on Jan. 24 to move to 50-3 and 3-0-1 in district play on the strength of two goals from Dillon Trimble. Chris McMeans, Rahul Moriarty, and Gabriel Moacyr each scored against Austin for Clements (1-7-3, 0-2-2), which also dropped a 3-2 decision to Travis on Jan. 27. Ridge Point has also started find its groove, as they have won three of their last four matches following a split of last week’s action. Daniel Hopkins scored both goals as the Panthers (5-4-1, 3-2)