Pirates defeat Paris in a regional tune-up, 2-1

By ELLIS KNOX reporter@campcountynow.com

Tuesday, March 22, the district 13-4A champions Pittsburg Pirates played a tune-up game before the playo s against the Paris Wildcats. The Wildcats had beat the Pirates 2-0 earlier this year in tournament play. The Pirates got on the board rst when Armando Cisneros passed to Victor Ponce. Ponce would expertly handle the ball and nish the shot, putting the Pirates up 1-0, 10minutes into the game. e Wildcats would answer quickly, just barely getting the ball past the goal line 5 minutes later, making it 1-1. at’s how the half would end a er aggressive defensive play by both teams. In the second half it would be all defense by both teams as nobody could get much going on o ense. e defensive e ort for the Pirates again being led by the foursome of Cisneros, Alexandro Mata, Eric Ponce, and Alex Rodriguez, as well as a lot of help by junior stopper Jose Garcia.

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