Terry Cookston
CNHI
ROCKWALL — Rockwall-Heath and Rockwall boys soccer teams will take the field at Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the first game of a double-header pitting RISD teams against each other in District 21-4A matchups.
The Lady Jackets and Lady Hawks will face off in the second game immediately following the boys contest at approximately 7:15 p.m.
All four RISD teams are still in the 21-4A playoff mix five games into the season.
Rockwall's Jackets are in a 2-way tie for third with Highland Park and Heath is a half game back with its 2-3-0 record. Richardson Pearce tops the standings with a 4-0-1 record, with Lovejoy in second place at 3-1-1.
The RHS boys knocked off The Colony 1-0 last Friday behind a single goal by Trei Rodriguez and lost to first-place Pearce 2-0 on Tuesday. Rodriguez is among the area leaders in scoring with eight goals for the season.
The Heath boys lost to Pearce 2-1 on Friday with Guillermo Medina scoring for RHHS. The Hawks then posted their third district loss on Tuesday, losing to Lovejoy 2-0.
Rockwall's girls team is in fourth place with its 1-2-2 record after tying The Colony 1-1 on Friday and losing to Pearce 1-0 on Tuesday. Jessie Givens scored the goal for the Lady Jackets against The Colony.
The Lady Hawks dropped to 0-3-1 after losing to Pearce 1-0 on Friday and to Lovejoy 2-1 on Tuesday. Highland Park leads the district with a perfect 5-0-0 record, followed by Richardson Pearce in second place at 4-1-0 and The Colony in third at 1-2-1.
District 21-4A
Boys Standings
Richardson Pearce 4-0-1
Lovejoy 3-1-1
Rockwall 2-2-1
Highland Park 2-2-1
Rockwall-Heath 2-3-0
The Colony 0-5-0
District 21-4A
Girls Standings
Highland Park 5-0-0
Richardson Pearce 4-1-0
The Colony 1-2-1
Rockwall 1-2-2
Rockwall-Heath 0-3-1
Lovejoy 1-4-0
District Games
Rockwall.....1 The Colony.....1
Scoring-ROCK: Jessie Givens 1. TC:
Morgan Fancher 1.
Rich. Pearce.....1 Heath.....1
Scoring-JJP: Gayle Ziegler 1.
Lovejoy.....2 Heath.....1
Scoring-No Data
Rockwall.....0 Rich. Pearce.....1
Scoring-JJP: Taylor Matthews 1.
The Colony.....0 Rockwall.....1
Scoring-ROCK: Trei Rodriguez 1.
Heath.....1 Rich. Pearce.....2
Scoring-RHHS: Guillermo Medina 1.
JJP: Ricky Davies 1, Nick Ucherek 1.
Rockwall.....0 Rich. Pearce.....2
Scoring-JJP: Edgar Gonzaga 1, Marcos
Paiz 1.
Heath.....0 Lovejoy.....2
Scoring-LOVE: Byron Butler 2.
