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    PHOTO BY A.L. SHAFF/WIMBERLEY VIEW Texan soccer players Mason O’Connor, Alan Hernandez and Brian Schmidt swarm the Lampassas goal keeper during a recent home scrimmage game. Despite the Lampassas’ keepers’ valiant try, Brian Schmidt’s header clear
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    PHOTO BY A.L. SHAFF/WIMBERLEY VIEW Wimberley soccer players Grant Cole and Ramsey Frank tangle with a Lampassas striker during the recent pre-season scrimmage at the Texan stadium.

Boys soccer competes in Pleasantville

The Wimberley Texans boys’ soccer team will compete on January 10-11-12 in the Pleasantville Tournament against some of the best teams in central Texas. Each team will play at least three games as they attempt to advance to the championship. The Texans then will travel to Burnet on January 15 before returning home to host their Texan tournament on Thursday through Saturday, January 17-19.

With the Pleasantville Tournament (called the Battle of the Battle of the Brush) plus an away game against Liberty Hill on Tuesday, January 8, the Texans soon will be deep into the 1918-19 season. With this busy game schedule, first-year Coach Ramez Antoun figures he’ll have a good idea about how the season will unfold as his team moves steadily toward district competition.

After weeks of practice and a scrimmages against Lampasas and the Texan soccer alumni, the new coach sat down to talk about the team’s chances during the 2018-19 season. “The guys are not only getting better as individuals but stronger as a group,” he said. “I have to compliment them on the way they’ve come together with a single goal---to be better!”

The guys are not only getting better as individuals but stronger as a group. I have to compliment them on the way they’ve come together with a single goal---to be better!”
Ramez Antoun, Texan Soccer Coach

“For example, there’s Jack Brunner who we just kind of plugged in with the varsity at wing and he’s proved to be a spark plug. The pace didn’t surprise him and he stayed cool in the scrimmages. And, then, there’s Tristan Auden who proved a huge surprise as he jelled well with the midfield. In fact, I think that, for the most part, everybody’s trending in the right direction.”

Asked how he thinks this year’s squad will fare during district play, coach Antoun commented, “I really think this team will fare pretty well in district play. But, it’s really too early to comment too much. We want to compete to compete strongly in every game and to improve over last year’s fourth place district finish. Those are our goal, that’s what the players have been preaching to each other---to improve over last year’s fourth place in district. If we just keep grinding, I think we’ll do it.”

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