Pine Tree Pirates Soccer

“We are One!”

​The boys soccer program began at Pine Tree 34 years ago as the need for diversity in boy’s athletics was reached at the UIL level.  During that time, soccer has been one of the most successful sports program in the history of Pine Tree.  The varsity team has won district 22 times, finished 2nd ten times and 3rd three times.  In recent years, they had participated Regional Tournament 4 times and went to State Tournament once.

​The nickname “Muddogs” was given to the team over twenty years ago.  It was noted that the team practiced on the field that became extremely muddy in the cold, wet weather and the players became muddy as well.  They were very successful in those conditions and the Pirates started a winning tradition that has continued on the turf fields of today.

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2017 Junior High Tournament Schedule
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• (3/23) Pictures from Senior Night have been added to our photos page.
• (3/20) Greetings to all!  Here is the latest news from the boys soccer team since the last update: We opened the second half of our district season with three losses in a roll.  However, the team battled back and displayed great character to overcome our mid-season slump despite of injuries and illnesses to close out the season with three consecutive wins to capture second place in the district with the record of 8-3-1.  Our JV, lead by our first year assistant coach Edwin Raudales, also captured second place in the district with a record of 8-2-2.
  Our leading goal scorer for the season for varsity is sophomore, Fermin Osorio, with 16 goals followed by freshman, Juan Gimenez, with 12 goals.  Our assist leader for varsity is junior, Luke Yoder, with 8 assists followed by sophomore, Michael Molina, with 7 assists.  
  We will open the bi-district playoff game against Highland Park at 7:30 pm on Thursday in Royce City High School Stadium.
  Go Pirates!

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• Our young guns have been able to draw from the experiences of the preseason games to turn in great performances in the first round of the soccer district season with five wins and one tie.  Our leading goal scorer is Fermin Osorio (sophomore) with ten goals total in six games.  The assist leader is Michael Molina (sophomore) with four.  Jose Vazquez (sophomore) controls the mid-field with three goals and two assists.  Bryan Alfonso, a sophomore goal keeper, aided by the defenders - Emmanuel Salas (senior), Colton Lybarger (junior) and Jefet Rodriguez (sophomore) to have a 0.857 goal against ratio in comparison of the opponents' 4.064.  We currently (2/20)  one point behind district leader Mt. Pleasant, due to the tie breaker penalty shootout lost at Mt. Pleasant.  The home game scheduled on Friday 2/24 against Mt. Pleasant (ranked 4th in region) could be the district championship game.  It promises to be a very exciting and entertaining contest with two teams that have been exchanging the district crown over last five years.  If able, please come out to cheer on us.  As always, thank you for your support!
• Starting 1/30, we will no longer be busing to the stadium during eighth period, Instead, we will meet at our dressing room for weight and agility training every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, with the exception of game days. After school practices will start at 4:30 PM. Players will have to make you own arrangements to be at the aux stadium on time for practices.
• On the heels of graduating ten players who had taken our team to one regional semi final, one quarter regional, three bi-district championships, one district championship and three district runner ups, our 2017 preseason campaign has been full of ups and downs. After defeating Longview at the home opening scrimmage and claiming two wins out of three games in a weather shortened Forney tournament, the remaining four games in the preseason offered our inexperienced players a steep learning curve. In three out of four games that we lost, we had the lead of one to two goals against our opponents in first 20 minutes or more only to default at the end of the contest.  Last Friday night at home, we closed out the preseason campaign with the record of three wins and four losses. However, this group of young guns has continued to show steady improvement in each training session and we very much look forward to opening the district season at home against Sulphur Springs this Friday.  If you can, come out to cheers us on!
• The JV game scheduled for Tuesday 1/17 against John Tyler has been cancelled. The Varsity game will now begin at 6:00 PM. This game will now be played at John Tyler High School on West Loop 323 instead of Tyler Rose Stadium as originally scheduled.
• On Friday 1/13, the Pirates lost on the road to Mesquite Poteet 3-2. Mesquite jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and PT trailed 3-1 at the half.  The Pirates managed a PK goal and had numerous equalizer opportunities, but fell just short. Luke Yoder netted both goals for PT. The JV lost 2-0.
• PT defeated Henderson 4-0 on Tuesday 1/10 with goals by Fermin Osorio, Juan Gimenez (2) and Jose Vazquez. JV also won 2-0.
• After opening the season with a victory over the cross-town rival Longview Lobos in our annual scrimmage at Pirate Stadium on January 3, the Pine Tree boys soccer team hosted their first pre-season home game at Pirate Stadium 1/10 against the Henderson Lions. In the first contest, the JV team won with a score of 2-1! In the second contest, the varsity team won their first pre-season home game with final score 4-0. Pine Tree was up 2-0 at half with goals from freshman Juan "Tito" Jimenez and sophomore Fermin Osorio. Second-half goals belonged to freshman Juan "Tito" Jimenez and sophomore Lupe Vazquez. Great job Pirates! We are looking forward to Friday night's game against Mesquite Poteet at Memorial Stadium in Mesquite. Good luck boys and congratulations on a job well done!
• As always, please check with RankOne Sport or MaxPrep for our game result.
• From the Jack Rabbit HS Tournament in Forney:
  • On Thursday, in game one, PT defeated Newman-Smith 2-1 with goals from sophomore Willian Sanchez and freshman Andres Beserra. In the second game, the Pirates fell to JJ Pearce 3-0.
  • All Friday games were cancelled due to weather conditions.
  • On Saturday, PT defeated College Station 3-1 to close out the tournament at City Bank Stadium in Forney. Junior Luke Yoder, freshman Juan Gimenez and freshman Andres Beserra each scored goals as the Pirates finished in fourth place.
• Please check with our blog at pinetreesoccer.blogspot.com or this website of up-todate game result of the tournament.  

The winning t-shirt in our contest has been announced and will be available for sale in the Athletic Office for $20 in early November.

• Please visit our blog for important announcements
• Important Dates:
  • 1/18/17 - Team Picture Day
    
  • 5/16/17- Soccer Banquet
• 2016 Season in Review
  • Record: 20-3-6
  • District: 11-1-2
  • Quarter Regional Finalist, District Champion
  • All-District Sportsmanship (Team)

11/12 Boys Soccer Cleanup Video
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