ROCKWALL — Heath's soccer Hawks won two games over the last week, including a heads-up 1-0 battle against Rockwall on Friday at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium.
The Hawks defeated the Jackets on a goal by Chase Minter in the third minute in the first game of a double-header at WSS matching RISD teams.
Heath outshot Rockwall 13-5 in the first half after taking the early lead.
RHS came out more aggressive in the second period, outshooting the Hawks 9-6, but could never find net as RHHS carried the 1-0 lead to the final buzzer.
Heath then knocked off The Colony 2-1 on Monday to improve to 4-3-0 in the district standings behind Richardson Pearce (5-0-2) and Lovejoy (3-1-3). Minter and Trevor Pinkston scored goals to lead the Hawks to the win.
Rockwall fell to Highland Park 4-0 on Monday to drop to 2-4-1 in 21-4A play.
The Rockwall girls defeated Heath 3-1 on Friday in the second half of the RISD double-header and controlled the action for much of the game, despite the Lady Hawks early 1-0 lead.
Brittney Buchanan ripped a goal in the15th minute to give RHHS the early advantage. Rockwall answered in the 24th minute with a goal from Shelby Soldat to tie the score.
The Lady Jackets then took a 2-1 lead with 8:15 before halftime when Kayla Smith scored off an assist from sister Kendall Smith.
Rockwall closed out the scoring in the 61st minute on a Jessie Givens goal off a penalty kick.
The RHS girls outshot Heath 18-9 en route to the victory.
The Lady Jackets then lost to Highland Park 3-1 on Monday to drop to 2-3-2 in District 21-4A behind leaders Highland Park (6-1-0), Pearce (6-1-0) and The Colony (2-2-1).
The Lady Hawks were scheduled to face The Colony on Monday, but no results were available at press time.
District 21-4A Standings
Boys
Richardson Pearce 5-0-2
Lovejoy 3-1-3
Rockwall-Heath 4-3-0
Highland Park 3-3-1
Rockwall 2-4-1
The Colony 0-6-1
District 21-4A Games
Rockwall-Heath......1 Rockwall......0
Scoring - RHHS: Chase Minter 1.
Rockwall-Heath......2 The Colony.....1
Scoring - RHHS: Chase MInter 1, Trevor Pinkston 1. TC: Erick Delgado 1.
Highland Park.......4 Rockwall........0
Scoring - HP: Scott Mitchell 2, Trevor Hubbard 1, Braden Miller 1.
District 21-4A Standings
Girls
Highland Park 6-1-0
Richardson Pearce 6-1-0
The Colony 2-2-1
Rockwall 2-3-2
Lovejoy 1-6-0
Rockwall-Heath 0-4-1
District 21-4A Games
Rockwall-Heath.......1 Rockwall......3
Scoring - RHHS: Brittney Buchanan 1. ROCK:
Shelby Soldat 1, Jessie Givens 1, Kayla Smith 1.
The Colony..........1 Rockwall-Heath....0
Scoring - TC: Taylor Grant 1.
Rockwall..............1 Highland Park.......3
Scoring - HP: Kelly Nash 2, Alex Skartsiaris 1.
ROCK: No Data.
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Rockwall's Nicole Salom dribbles this ball downfield on a fast break in the Lady Jackets 3-1 victory over Rockwall-Heath on Friday at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium. Terry Cookston
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