The Houston Academy boys really had their heads in the game during a 5-2 soccer victory over rival Providence Christian on Tuesday night at the Westgate Complex.
After the Eagles tied it at 2-2 on a Luke Fripp penalty kick in the second half and the Raiders reclaimed the lead on a great shot by Andrew Gil with 24 minutes left, Houston Academy put the game away with two headers for scores in the final 10 minutes.
“We allocate 15 minutes every practice for them to harp on it and emphasize winning the ball and two of the goals were huge for us tonight by the play of Riggs on the service and then Charlie and Lucius hammering the ball in the goal with the head,” Brian Jackson said. “It’s something that we practice literally every day.”
Houston Academy improved to 17-3-1 overall and leads Class 1A-3A, Area 2 with a 6-0 mark. Providence Christian lost for the first time this season and is now 10-1-1 overall, 3-1 in area play. “He’s really worked at his craft over the last three months. Tonight he played like a goalie that’s been playing it the last 15 years of his life. He was instrumental in our victory tonight.”
“And then we had a couple of really bad injuries , and to be honest, a couple of bad calls. Our goalkeeper got tackled, too. Both of those got hurt – Chris stayed in but was in a lot of pain.
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