Center Roughriders Stadium, Tuesday, March 5, 2019 -
The hometown Center Roughriders Varsity Soccer Team defeated the visiting Henderson Lions by a 3-2 score on Tuesday to keep their District 19 4A record unblemished with three conference games remaining. Center now stands at 13-6 overall with league play at 7-0. The team is coached by Gerardo Martinez.
The game was tied at 1-1 when Adrian Huerta scored for Center to give the Roughriders a 2-1 advantage with 9 minutes remaining in the first half. ‘Rider teammate Alan Espino scored the first goal of the second half which gave the Roughriders a 3-1 advantage.
The Lions had a goal scored off a header negated because of an infraction with 7:42 left in the game. The Lions were able to regroup and scored on a Sevastian DeLeon goal with 4:51 remaining in the contest. This made the score 3-2 in Center’s favor. This proved to be the last score of the game.
