Soccer Recap: Garland Falls Short of Rockwall-Heath in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Garland can now relate to. They fell just short of the Rockwall-Heath Hawks by a score of 3-2 on Friday. While losing is never fun, Garland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 266th, while Rockwall-Heath are ranked 72nd).

Colton Dunbarger and Eric Melgar scored both of Garland's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.

Owls

Previous 5 Games

03/21/25 vs Rockwall-Heath	2-3
03/14/25 @ North Garland	0-0
03/11/25 vs Wylie East	1-1
03/07/25 @ Lakeview Centennial	5-0
03/04/25 vs Wylie	0-2

The loss snapped Garland's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 11-9-2 record. As for Rockwall-Heath, their win bumped their record up to 14-4-4.

Garland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Rockwall-Heath, they have already played their next matchup, a 0-0 defeat against Waxahachie on the 26th.