BOYS SOCCER: Alex Mejia’s late goal gives Tech win over Eldorado
September 8, 2016 - 9:05 pm
Alex Mejia scored off an assist from Andres Santana with three minutes remaining Thursday as Tech’s boys soccer team edged host Eldorado, 3-2.
Santana also scored two goals for the Roadrunners. Agustin Nunez and Eduardo Lopez-Garcia each had assists.
Jesus Meza and Francisco Ulloa-Tapia scored for the Sundevils.
Del Sol 6, Sierra Vista 2 — At Sierra Vista, Sergio Calderon scored three goals, and Diego Nieves had two goals and three assists as the Dragons defeated the Mountain Lions.
Erik Serrano added a goal for Del Sol, which led 4-2 at the half.
Daniel Perez scored both goals, one on a penalty kick, for Sierra Vista.
Silverado 3, Desert Pines 1 — At Desert Pines, Tristian Alvarez, Jaime Ayala and David Matias scored in the first half to lift the Skyhawks past the Jaguars.
Joel Sanchez had a second-half goal for Desert Pines.
Shadow Ridge 3, Spring Valley 3 — At Spring Valley, the Mustangs scored two second-half goals after trailing 3-1 to earn a tie with the Grizzlies.
Shadow Ridge’s Chase Castro scored his second goal on a penalty kick to cut the lead to 3-2, and Jack Guynn tied the game on a free kick with 15 minutes remaining.
David Van Hoose had two goals and an assist to lead Spring Valley, which also got a goal from Ethan Orme.
Basic 3, Moapa Valley 3 — At Overton, Brendan Kirkendall scored three goals — two on penalty kicks in the second half — as the Wolves rallied from a 2-1 halftime deficit to tie the Pirates.
Kirkendall’s second goal of the second half put the Wolves up 3-2 late in the game, but Brian Robles scored on a penalty kick to force the tie.
Frans-Josef Biebl and Gabriel Hernandez each scored for the Pirates. Robles also had an assist.
Sunrise Mountain 5, Virgin Valley 0 — At Mesquite, Musio Jimenez-Vazquez and Jose Arreola each had two goals and an assist as the Miners blanked the Bulldogs.
Arturo Garibay-Chavero added a goal for Sunrise Mountain, and Anthony Acedo made two saves to get the shutout.
Box scores:
Shadow Ridge 3, Spring Valley 3
Sunrise Mountain 5, Virgin Valley 0