Texas HS Girls – Travis vs. Ridge Point

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school season is going at full pace in the state of Texas and thousands of teams are getting on the field each week to compete for the much-coveted spots in the playoffs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Soccer will be following the action closely, covering as many matches as possible every week and providing reports featuring the players that had remarkable performances in those encounters. On Tuesday, we were at the match between the Travis Lady Tigers and the Ridge Point Lady Panthers, which took place in Richmond.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Travis 1 - 9 Ridge Point</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The undefeated Ridge Point secured their tenth win in the season (and the seventh in Region 3, District 20) in an emphatic way, dominating Travis (2-9 for the season, 2-5 in district play).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Panthers scored their first goal within the first two minutes of the match with junior forward Justina Tennyson. A brace from senior midfielder [player_tooltip player_id='26619' first='Charlotte' last='Richardson'] took Ridge Point to the halftime break with a 3-0 lead.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/grtorres/status/1623143021964414979?s=20u0026amp;t=3674HrxmYBhXrs8Y8f64rg","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/grtorres/status/1623143021964414979?s=20&amp;t=3674HrxmYBhXrs8Y8f64rg </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ridge Point didn't slow down at the start of the second half and quickly got two more with Tennyson. Sophomore midfielder Camryn Letellier scored the sixth with a low shot that beat Travis' goalkeeper Sydney Whitten and senior defender Taylor Vinson scored the most beautiful goal of the night, hitting a beautiful shot that went right into the upper corner.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior forward Gianna Jimenez got Travis' lone goal of the evening, but midfielders Ashley Pugne (senior) and [player_tooltip player_id='26336' first='Kelsey' last='Vaughn'] (sophomore) found the back of the net for Ridge Point before the final whistle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Players of the Match</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Justina Tennyson","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"null","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"103","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Ridge Point","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Rise SC","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"The junior forward was a nightmare for Travis' backline all night with her endless movement on and off the ball. 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