The Port Isabel Tarpons will be playing at home against the Rio Hondo Bobcats at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Port Isabel has four straight wins, Rio Hondo has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
After failing to score in their last matchup, Port Isabel made sure to put some goals up on the board against Harmony School of Innovation on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 4-2. Given Port Isabel's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 354th, while Harmony School of Innovation is ranked 734th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Port Isabel hit Harmony School of Innovation with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Derrek Herrera,
Oscar Arona,
Anthony Garcia, and
Obed Dominguez.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Rio Hondo's offense. They were the victim of a rough 8-0 defeat at the hands of IDEA Riverview on Friday.
Port Isabel is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season. As for Rio Hondo, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Port Isabel took their victory against Rio Hondo in their previous meeting on February 6th by a conclusive 7-1. Will Port Isabel repeat their success, or does Rio Hondo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
