The boys’ Lobo soccer team swept both matches played last week and found themselves ranked sixth in the initial 2A soccer rankings for this season. Playing on their home field, they cruised past Holbrook 10-0 on Wednesday night, then pitched another shutout, although much closer, the following night with a 2-0 road win at Show Low.
Those two wins moved their regular season mark to 5-2 overall. They are leading the east region standings with a 3-0 region mark. The team will play twice this week. Tuesday they will host upstart Winslow, then Wednesday a trip to Chino Valley to face the unbeaten leaders of the north region. The Cougars are 6-0 on the season and entered this week ranked second overall.
The Lady Lobos also enter this week ranked sixth with a 5-3 overall record. Snowflake sits third in region standings. This past week they defeated Holbrook 9-0 on Wednesday night.
Over the weekend they played in the Chino Cup Tournament where they went 2-1 in pool play. They lost to Northland Prep 1-2 on Friday morning, then bounced back to defeat Winslow 13-0. Saturday morning they took care of St. Johns 2-1. Their final match was with Chino Valley on Saturday afternoon where they walked away with a 4-0 win claiming third place for the tournament.
The team will be in action twice this week. On Tuesday afternoon they host Winslow at 4 p.m. Thursday evening they will travel to St. Johns for a 7 p.m. start time. Next week they play at Blue Ridge on the 15th.
