HS Soccer: SPX gets long-awaited victory in Shepherd showdown

had their five-game winning streak snapped Monday with a 72-47 loss to district-leading Madison, but previously beat Wisdom 46-35 on Jan. 21 and defeated Northside 6134 on Jan. 17. The Lady Rams now sit at 12-6 overall and 8-4 in district play, and currently hold District 19-5A’s fourth and final playoff spot.

The Heights Lady Bulldogs had their three-game winning streak snapped last week, losing 45-41 to Lamar on Jan. 18 before dropping a 66-47 decision to Bellaire on Jan. 20 to fall to 8-13 and 3-5 in district 18-6A competition.

Scarborough is 0-10 on the season fol - lowing losses to Worthing and Yates last week, while Booker T. Washington fell to 1-12 overall and 0-4 in district play following a 61-29 loss to Wheatley.

In private school action, the Lutheran North Academy Lady Lions took down Westbury Christian 50-33 on Jan. 20 to move to 10-7 overall and 7-1 in TAPPS district play. Reagan Morrisey scored 12 points to lead the Lady Lions, while Imry ShroutJordan added 10 points of her own to help Lutheran North win its sixth straight game.

St. Pius X has its first winning streak of the season following two wins last week. The Lady Panthers defeated Emery/ Weiner 52-14 in a nondistrict game on Jan. 17 before taking down Incarnate Word Academy 53-38 on Jan. 20 to move to 3-13 overall and 1-4 in district play.

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com

One full graduating class had come and gone through St. Pius X High School since the last time the Panthers’ boys’ soccer team was victorious against local rival St. Thomas. But that streak is no more, as the Panthers got a victory that was a long time coming last week.

Overall, the Panthers split a pair of matches last week. But the one win was in the first iteration of the annual Shepherd showdown, as SPX took down the Eagles in penalty kicks on Jan. 17 prior to a 2-0 loss to The Village School on Jan. 20.

The Jan. 17 win was a monumental one for the Panthers (9-2-1, 2-2 district). It was the first time they have defeated St. Thomas since 2016, as the Eagles had won the previous 12 matchups prior to last week’s result. Alex Mejia scored the lone regulation goal for St. Pius X off an assist from Preston Kyle, while Diego Guandique turned away St. Thomas’ final PK to secure the win.

The loss continued a recent skid for St. Thomas, which has lost five of its last six matches after also dropping matches to Antonian Prep (3-2) on Jan. 20 and Central Catholic (4-0) on Jan. 21. Alejandro Tello scored twice for the Eagles (8-9-3, 0-3) against Antonian Prep, while Cade Larson scored in regulation against St. Pius X.

In public school action, the Scarborough Spartans defeated Yates last week to move to 4-2 on the season and 2-0 in district play.

The Heights Bulldogs dropped their only match last week, a 4-1 loss to Memorial, to drop to 2-31 on the season.

Waltrip had its twomatch winning streak snapped last week, falling to Milby in penalty kicks on Jan. 17 before losing 3-0 against Northside on Jan. 20. The Rams are 2-6 on the season and 2-2 in district play.

Girls

On the public school slate, the Waltrip Lady Rams split two matches last week, falling 4-2 to Milby on Jan. 17 before winning 7-0 against Northside. Joselin Cardentey had a hat trick for Waltrip (6-6-1, 3-1) against Northside. The Lady Rams were next slated to face Wisdom on Tuesday night.

Heights Lady Bulldogs had a tough week, going 0-1-1 with a scoreless draw against Cy-Ridge on Jan. 17 before losing 3-1 to Summer Creek on Jan. 20. However, the Lady Bulldogs still sit with a solid 4-1-2 overall mark entering Wednesday’s scheduled match against Lamar.