Memorial dominates, Cy-Fair wins on PKs as I-10 Shootout begins

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the most popular and exciting high school tournaments in the state of Texas, the I-10 Shootout has started on Thursday, with as many as 32 matches taking place across eight high school campuses in the Katy area and each of the 64 varsity teams that form the field getting to play once.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school teams are split into eight brackets and each of them will have its final on Saturday. The first day of the tournament had the first-round matches, with winners advancing and losers moving to the consolation brackets.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Soccer was in attendance for two of those encounters and here's what we saw:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MEMORIAL 4 - 1 FRIENDSWOOD</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Considered one of the strongest teams in the Houston area, the Memorial Mustangs confirmed the expectations with an emphatic 4-1 victory over the Friendswood Mustangs at the Katy Seven Lakes High School at the start of the afternoon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All five goals happened in the opening half and the first of them was scored by Memorial's senior fullback Cate Biar, who found the back of the net with an unlikely long-distance shot. The Mustangs were very strong in set pieces and scored twice from corner kicks - senior midfielder Logan Patterson was assisted by freshman midfielder [player_tooltip player_id='150822' first='Talia' last='Camin'] to score the first and senior defender [player_tooltip player_id='26383' first='Adelhia' last='Ghonda'] got the second.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ghonda assisted senior forward Zoe Seely on Memorial's fourth goal while Friendswood got their only goal with junior midfielder Brynn Farrar right before the end of the first half.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/grtorres/status/1613650726747791361?s=20u0026amp;t=jd4jc-hybFTpwg46rxl1LQ","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/1613650726747791361?s=20&amp;t=jd4jc-hybFTpwg46rxl1LQ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Players of the Match</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["26383"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Originally a forward, Ghonda spent most of the match playing in the center of Memorial's three-player backline. 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The match ended tied 1-1 after 80 minutes, but Cy-Fair was better from the penalty spot to win 4-2 and move forward.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The windy conditions affected the first half of the match as, despite showing some quality exchanging passes, both teams struggled to get the ball inside the penalty box. Atascocita scored first, with freshman Paige Kees finishing a fast break but Cy-Fair evened the score just a few minutes later with senior midfielder Magen Brotemarkle scoring from a penalty kick.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The match was then decided in a penalty kick shootout and, although both goalkeepers made saves, the Bobcats were more efficient, winning 4-2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/grtorres/status/1613686472208707584?s=20u0026amp;t=jd4jc-hybFTpwg46rxl1LQ","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/1613686472208707584?s=20&amp;t=jd4jc-hybFTpwg46rxl1LQ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><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":"Magen Brotemarkle","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2023","_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":"102","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Cy-Fair","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_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":"Cy-Fair's defensive midfielder had a big impact in the team's victory, dominating the midfield and scoring twice from the penalty spot - once to tie the match and another time in the shootout. 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