Clements, Bridgeland on to I-10 Shootout bracket finals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the most popular and exciting high school tournaments in the state of Texas, the I-10 Shootout has progressed on Friday, with second-round matches taking place across eight high school campuses in the Katy area and the finalists of each bracket are now confirmed.</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>CLEMENTS 2 - 1 DEER PARK</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Fort Bend Clements Rangers from Sugar Land secured a spot in the final of the bracket held at Taylor High School against the home team by coming out on top of a close match with the Deer Park Deer, which they won 2-1.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Rangers found the back of the net for the first time at the 25th-minute mark in the first half with freshman midfielder Jocelyn Kianka collecting a loose ball in the penalty box and putting it on the back of the net. Kianka did it again in the second half, stretching her right leg to connect with a cross from junior forward Chloe Le and beat Deer Park's sophomore goalkeeper Kamryn Shamblin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Deer got one back in the second half, with senior defender Abigal Scott scoring from a long-range free kick, but couldn't find another goal and force a penalty shootout.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/grtorres/status/1614044157294804993?s=20u0026amp;t=vMn1GP_jL5ie_DuH5_NXnA","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/1614044157294804993?s=20&amp;t=vMn1GP_jL5ie_DuH5_NXnA </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":"Jocelyn Kianka","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_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":"Fort Bend Clements","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Albion Hurricanes FC","_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 two goals she scored make Kianka the obvious choice to start the list, but she did a lot more from the Rangers during the 80 minutes. 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