R. L. Turner Boys' Soccer February Newsletter

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One of the toughest high school soccer tourna-

ments in North Texas every year is the Little Elm Winter

Invitational hosted by Little Elm High School. Last year

RL Turner was rolling and defeated JJ Pearce for the firsttime in school history 5-0 in the final group game. The

next morning the Lions proved it is only about 10 hours

from the penthouse to the outhouse when they got

trounced by host Little Elm in the semi-finals. Coach

Huston said,

What hurt was we felt we had the best team. To

get beat like we did was embarrassing!

The Lions were determined that would not hap-

pen this year. Once again Turner was rolling going into

the tournament with a record of 12-0-0 and 2 tournament

championships. The Lions advanced with three wins in

group play including some revenge with a 3-1 victory

over host Little Elm. In the semi-finals the Lions would

be without Isai Mireles, Luis Martinez, and Jacob Van-

compernolle. These three players had accounted for 83%of the Lions offense. Turner faced a very tough Frisco

High Raccoon team on a very windy day. Despite the

Lions controlling the game and outshooting Frisco, the

Lions fell behind 1 to 0 in the first half.

In the second half the Lions displayed the resil-

ience they have shown all season by scoring 2 late goals

to win 2 to 1. Goalkeeper Juan Reballos preserved the

victory by saving a penalty kick in the final minutes.

This setup a final between two of the best 4A

soccer programs in the region, RL Turner and defending

State Champions, Frisco Wakeland.Showdown Continued page 2

LIONS GET RESPECT THE OLD SCHOOL WAY:

THEY EARN IT!!!

Despite:

Starting out 2011 with a record of 18-1-1,

The one loss was in a tiebreaker shootout with the

number one ranked team in the state,

winning the championships in the first two tourna-

ments and making it to the final of a third tourna-

ment,

Having a top 10 ranked defense and offense, and

Having three players on the top scorers list,

the Lions have not exactly been in the limelight or any

other light for that matter. In fact, despite all of the

above, the Lions were not ranked by anyone in any-

thing. Many teams that have already lost to Turner

were ranked. Teams with two and three losses were

ranked. Yet Turner remained an enigma.

That changed this week when the TASCO Febru-

ary coaches rankings came out. RL Turner is ranked

#3 in Region 2 by Texas’ largest soccer coaches asso-

ciation. Coach Huston said,

I am very happy for our kids. It means a lot

that they were chosen by the other coaches. It showsthe respect our program has earned over the past

three seasons. Of course the only poll that means

anything is the one they take after the State final but

this is an honor. I just hope there is no kind of Sports

Illustrated curse attached!!

Staying at the top of the rankings will be tough.

The Lions will have to content with a very competi-

tive district that includes district rivals JJ Pearce, who

are ranked #5 right behind Turner.

Volume 1, Issue 4; A Kick in the Grass, RL Turner Boys

Soccer Newsletter

Newsletter Date:

February 2011

Volume 1, Issue 4; A Kick in the

Grass, RL Turner Boys Soccer

Newsletter

Special points

of interest:

Lions 19-1-1

Lions take Wake-

land to shootout

Lions in first after

first half of district

play

Lions ranked #3

in region

Teacher Feature:

Melanie Freeman

UIL Shootout

explained

Inside this issue:

Lions vs. Wolverines

showdown in Little Elm1,2

Lions get respect 1

JV1 2,5

JV2 2,5

Teacher Feature:Melanie Freeman

3

District standings 4

Lions among area leaders

in key stats4

The UIL Shootout ex-

plained6

Remaining Schedule 6

A Kick in the Grass

LIONS vs. WOLVERINES: SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE ELM



Cont.. from pg. 1

The bad news was Wakeland had not lost in over 25 games dating back to the 2010 season. The

good news was that RL Turner was the team that last beat them 2-1 in a very tough, physical game inFrisco. Wakeland came out with a vengeance creating several scoring opportunities in the first 15 min-

utes. After that the game settled into a kind of ebb and flow with the teams exchanging chances. It was a

very skillful game played by two excellent teams. It was a physical game but with few fouls. A great

advertisement for high school soccer. In the 24th minute Isai Mireles headed a corner kick past the

Wakeland defense for a 1-0 lead. This was the first time Wakeland had been behind in a long time but

they responded like champions scoring the equalizer 10 minutes later. The score remained tied through

the second half, the highlight of which was a circus save by Wakeland’s goalkeeper of a Mireles shot

form 20 yards out. The game went to overtime to break the tie but neither team could muster a goal. This

meant the game would be decided in a UIL shootout. Both goalkeepers seemed to be unbeatable but fi-

nally on the 4th shooter Wakeland scored what would be the winning goal. The Wakeland players were

gracious in victory and both teams left the field with a mutual respect and a realization they will probably

play again later in a much more important game.

The bar is always set high for

Turner’s JV1 squads. In the past four years

they won numerous tournament champion-

ships and two straight district championships.

This year is no different. The team is currently

undefeated and in first place in district. The

Lions are 11-4 overall and have outscored

their opponents 56 to 15 under the leadership

of Vincent Jovel who is in his eleventh year

with Turner.

Cont. on pg. 5

SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE ELM

JV2 FACES

TOUGHEST SCHEDULE

JV1 HAVING ANOTHER

GREAT SEASON

Volume 1, Issue 4; A Kick in the Grass, RL Turner Boys Soccer Newsletter

“The game we played

against Wakeland was a

great advertisement for High School soccer”

One of the best kept secrets at RLT is the

Junior Varsity 2 squad. The team consists pri-

marily of incoming freshmen and some sopho-

mores. Because most teams in the district do not

field a JV2 team, Turner must schedule outside

opponents. For this reason Turner’s JV2 squad

plays the most difficult schedule of the threeteams. Lions play state 5A powers like Allen,

Jesuit, Plano, Coppell, Hebron and 4A power-

house Wakeland. In spite of this difficult sched-

ule Coach Juan Gomez has guided them to a Cont. on pg. 5



TEACHER FEATURE:

MELANIE FREEMAN


At the Turner boys’ soccer games, Melanie Freeman is a regular in the stands and, when she can swing it, on the sidelines. Sh

likes to be close to the action and does not want to be distracted by anyone or anything during the game. She does not care what

Mother Nature throws out, either. If her boys are playing, she is there to cheer them on.

Growing up an athlete, Ms. Freeman appreciates the dedication and sacrifice the Lions soccer players make. She participated i

swimming and gymnastics. From ages 5 to 17 she swam competitively in 100 and 200 Individual Medley and 100 Fly, to name a

few.

In return the boys appreciate her dedication to them. Juan Reballos said, “She’s really nice ‘cause she helps us on our school

with our work so we can pass our classes and do good in school. She also supports us on the field even if we win or lose, she’ll be

there with us.”

Ms. Freeman grew up in North Texas. She calls Gainesville “home” even though she was born in Austin – according to her

family members she bleeds burnt orange – and graduated high school from Coppell. She only left Texas for four years to attend Bib

lical Institute of Los Angeles in La Mirada, CA.

While BIOLA has been undefeated in football for 103 years, their soccer program has not fared as well. Being a soccer fan for

years, Ms. Freeman attended many of the Eagles’ soccer games, having many friends who played.

Ms. Freeman didn’t go to BIOLA for sports, however. She went because she wanted to attend a small, private university with

solid biblical background. And that is exactly what she got. Friends and speak-

ers from local ministries, many of whom are BIOLA grads, recommended the

university to her. She made the transition to California based on the school’s

foundation and mission. She graduated in 1999 with a BA in Liberal Studies

with a specialization in Elementary Education and a minor in Biblical Studies.As a lifelong learner, Ms. Freeman is finishing her Master’s degree in Li-

brary and Information Science at Texas Women’s University. She will earn that

degree in May and hopes to be a school librarian in the near future.

Now in her seventh year at Turner, Ms. Freeman teaches English I to Eng-

lish Language Learners. At the suggestion of Maria Harrison, Ms. Freeman

starting going to the Turner boys’ soccer games in 2005. Not that she needed

much convincing, as a fan of the sport. She went sporadically at

first but by the 2007 season, she would not miss a game. She loves

the student-athletes, the coaches and the atmosphere. She is fond o

Coach Huston because he is entertaining to watch on the sideline

and because he wants the best for his boys on and off the field.“When he talks to the boys, he praises them for who they are,

not what they can do. And he’s not afraid to be emotional with

them. He puts himself out there with them,” said Ms. Freeman.

Ms. Freeman recalled her favorite moment in Lion boys’ soc-

cer. It was last season, the last game before playoffs. After losin

to Frisco Wakeland earlier in the season, the Lions finally beat them

and did it on Wakeland’s field. The looks on the Lions’ faces said,

“We’ve arrived!”

Melanie with family

Melanie with Carlos Lopez and Heber Arzola at

2010 Prom



is wins!” Solid teams have solid players, the

Lions are no exception. Isai Mireles is

currently tied for second with 22 goals.

Luis Martinez is 10th with 15 goals and

Jacob VanCompernolle is 11th with 14.

Van Compernolle is also ranked 3rd in

assists with 12. Mireles is tied for 5th

with nine and Ayala is 6th with eight.

Defensively, Turner Goalkeeper

Juan Reballos recorded 10 shutouts in 17

games with a couple of those goals com-

ing late in matches that were already de-

cided.

If you ask any Turner player they

will tell you that the stats do not matter.

They are staying focused on their only

goal right now: winning a district champi-

onship. With a very tough district

20AAAA this will not come easy.

The Lions have posted some impres-sive stats so far this season. They represent

Turner well on the Dallas Morning News’

area leaders list in all categories.

One of the main reasons for the Lions

success is their ability to score goals. As a

team the Lions offense scored 72 goals

averaging 3.6 per game so far. This puts

them at 7th among public schools.

The defense is sound as well. The

Lions gave up a stingy .38 goals per game,

which is 5th best in the area. Regarding his

team’s impressive stats, Coach Huston

said,

“The ability to score cannot be under-

rated and we have won a couple of games

simply because we could finish and our

opponent failed to. But we also know that

in a team sport only one stat matters, that

LIONS LEAD DISTRICT 20-4A AT HALFWAY POINT

INDIVIDUAL LIONS AMONG AREA LEADERS


D

Team

Overall District Home Away

W L T PCT W L T PCT W L T PCT W L T PCT

RL TURNER 19 1 1 0.950 4 0 1 .900 5 0 1 .916 14 1 0 0.966

JJ PEARCE 6 3 3 0.625 3 0 2 .800 5 1 0 0.833 1 2 3 0.333

CREEKVIEW 7 2 4 0.750 2 2 1 0.500 3 1 3 0.642 4 1 1 0..750

HIGHLANDPARK

5 5 4 0.500 1 2 2 0.400 3 2 2 0.571 2 3 2 0.428

THE COLONY 3 10 1 0.250 1 3 1 0.300 1 3 1 0.300 2 7 0 0.111

NEWMAN

SMITH0 6 2 0.125 0 4 1 0.100 0 3 2 0.200 0 3 0 0.000

EDEHER

AYALA

ISAI

MIRELES

JACOBVANCOMPER-

NOLLE

JUAN

REBALLOS



SCORES SO FAR


RESULTS SO FAR

RL TURNER 3 ARLINGTON BOWIE 0

RL TURNER 6 WYLIE EAST 2

RL TURNER 7 MANSFIELD SUMMIT 1

RL TURNER 1 MESQUITE HS 0

RL TURNER 1 IRVING MACARTHUR 0

RL TURNER 5 AUSTIN REAGAN 0

RL TURNER 6 HOUSTON SCARBOROUGH 1

RL TURNER 5 BASTROP HS 0

RL TURNER 4 HOUSTON C.E. KING 0

RL TURNER 3 HOUSTON LANGHAM CREEK 1

RL TURNER 10 DESOTO HS 0

RL TURNER 3 FW POLYTECHNIC 0

RL TURNER 3 GREENVILLE 0

RL TURNER 3 LITTLE ELM 1

RL TURNER 2 FRISCO HS 1

RL TURNER 1 FRISCO WAKELAND 1 (lost in shootout)

RL TURNER 5 NEWMAN SMITH 1

RL TURNER 6 THE COLONY 0

RL TURNER 0 JJ PEARCE 0

RL TURNER 3 HIGHLAND PARK 1

RL TURNER 2 CREEKVIEW 0

If you or your company would like to

offer corporate sponsorship to the RLTurner boys’ soccer program, please

mail your check to:

RL TURNER HS

Attention: Kay North

1600 S. JOSEY LN.

CARROLLTON, TX. 75006

Please make the check payable to:

RL TURNER BOYS SOCCER

All checks should include a

drivers license number and a phone

number.

Thanks for your support of our boys!

Cont. from pg. 2

10-3-0 record at this point in the season.Daniel Miranda is the team’s leading

scorer. Feeding him the ball is a strong mid-

field led by Hector Balderas, Emmanuel

Martinez, and Gabriel Luevano. The defense

has been working hard and steadily improv-

ing all season. The team’s best game was

undoubtedly the 2-1 victory over Allen High

School.

Coach Gomez called it a great overall

team effort. “We look forward to these play-

ers one day contributing on our varsity.”

JV2 FACES TOUGHEST

SCHEDULE

JV1 HAVING ANOTHER

SUCCESSFUL SEASON

COACH JOVEL SHOWS OFF THEHARDWARE AFTER OUR JV TEAMS

FINISHED 1ST AND 2ND

IN A TOURNAMENT

Due to injuries and players learning new positions, the team had a slow

start. However when February came and they had been playing together for a

month they hit the current winning streak of 11 games. Vincent enjoys work-

ing with this group, “I’m very proud of this group. There are no egos, they play at the posi-

tion I tell them and no questions are asked. They just want to play and have

fun”.

The team is led up front by leading scorer Jose “Nacho” Belmonte. The

team has a strong midfield with playmakers Eduardo Flores, Javier Vasquez

and Efrain “Fries” Retana. Retana was moved up to Varsity and Flores and

Vasquez have stepped up in his absence. The team’s defense has developed

into a solid unit led by Jose Ramirez. Coach Huston is excited about next

year’s varsity with so many solid players to chose from.



RL TURNER HIGH SCHOOL

1600 S. JOSEY LANE

CARROLLTON, TX. 75006

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Lets start by saying that soccer is played basically everywhere on earth that you find

people. More importantly, it is played by basically the same rules everywhere on Earth with

one exception: Texas.

Texas’ University Interscholastic League uses a “shootout” to decide tied games. I will

attempt to break down the rules governing the UIL Shootout.

Visiting team kicks first, no coin toss or captains’ meeting.

Alternate first 5 shooters until one team has an insurmountable lead.

If still tied after 5 kicks, we begin sudden death or victory, depending on how you see it.

Any player on roster may shoot and after 10 kicks a player may take a second kick.

Shooter starts anywhere on a line 35 yards from and parallel to the goal line.

Shot must be made before whistle sounds at 5 seconds, however it does not have to go into

the goal within 5 seconds.

Shootout ends with any of the following: Shooter touches ball after 5 seconds, Goalkeeper

gains possession of the ball, The natural inertia of the ball stops, The ball goes into the goal

Shooter may not touch the ball after it rebounds from Goalkeeper, goalpost, crossbar.

If shooter leaves the line early the shot is halted and retaken.

If Goalkeeper leaves line early shot is halted and retaken.

If ball hits referee shot is retaken

If a foul is committed by the goalkeeper and the shot is missed, a Penalty kick is awarded,if the shot is made, the goal stands.

If a foul is committed by the shooter no goal is allowed.


VARSITYFRI 2-25 NEWMAN SMITH STANDRIDGE 5:30 PM

WED 3-2 THE COLONY HS COX PARK 7:00 PM

FRI 3-4 JJ PEARCE HS PEARCE 7:00 PM

TUE 3-8 HIGHLAND PARK HS COX PARK 7:00 PM

TUE 3-15 CREEKVIEW HS STANDRIDGE 5:30 PM

JV1

FRI 2-25 NEWMAN SMITH POLK 7:00 PM

WED 3-2 THE COLONY HS COX PARK 5:30 PM

FRI 3-4 JJ PEARCE HS PEARCE 5:30 PM

TUE 3-8 HIGHLAND PARK HS COX PARK 5:30 PM

TUE 3-15 CREEKVIEW HS BLALACK MS 7:15 PM

JV2WED 3-2 SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE COX PARK #2 5:30 PM

FRI 3-4 JESUIT PREP COX PARK #2 5:00 PM

TUE 3-8 JESUIT PREP JESUIT 5:00 PM

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the world

and RL Turner

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