The Frisco High School Lady Raccoons opened up district play last night against the Frisco Liberty Redhawks.  The girls and fans braved some chilly temperatures, yet again.  

The JV Girls played a nail biter, that had the fans on the edge of their seats.  The Lady Raccoons played strong and tough, and the Lady Redhawks were giving it all they had.  The Raccoons were doing a pretty good job of keeping it on their side of the field, a break away by a Lady Redhawk had them take a shot on goal and the Frisco keeper making a save and sending it back down field.  The Lady Raccoons made the most of it.  Brittany took a sideline pass from Nicole and booted it to the goal, it bounced off the post and Audrey played it perfectly, kicking the ball into the back of the net for the score.  Frisco took the lead 1-0 after ten minutes of play.   The Lady Raccoons worked hard and limited the Lady Redhawks to their shots on goal, but a pass up the field, had a Liberty player get one past the keeper to tie it up with seven minutes left to play in the half.  With a minute left in the half, Lauren took the ball down the sideline, crossed it to the center where Audrey had to fight off a defender, she passed out to  Dahnie who took the shot on goal.  It was successfully defended, but Frisco got a corner kick with less than 20 seconds on the clock.  Brittany sailed the corner kick toward her teammates and Taylor kicked it in the goal.  Frisco took a 2-1 lead to the half time break.  

The Lady Raccoons came out strong in the second half, but it was an all out defensive battle.  The entire team played hard and well together, from the forwards to mid-fielders to the defenders.  The Lady Raccoons had several shots on goals, but could not get one in the net.  The defense played stellar, and an excellent save by Alta showed that the defense was up to the task in keeping the Lady Redhawks off the scoreboard.  Although, the game was close, the Lady Raccoons put in a solid performance to get a district win, Frisco 2-Liberty 1.  Great Job Ladies!!

The Lady Raccoons Varsity Squad had an easier time with the Lady Redhawks.  Frisco's first score came in the 23rd minute of play, when Maddie dribbled the ball down the field, and past the keeper, who came out to defend, and nailed the ball into the goal.  The Lady Raccoons played solidly for the remainder of the half, and with just seconds left on the clock, Jordan passed the ball out to Maddie on the far sideline, who took it the short distance and sailed the ball to net, it was deflected and Jordan tapped it in for what the Frisco fans thought was a sure goal.  However, the ref ruled the score did not count as it was tapped in after the buzzer.  Frisco took the 1-0 lead to the half. 

The second half had the Lady Raccoons fired up and ready.  The second score started with the familiar site of Maddie taking the ball down the sideline, she crossed it to the center where Jordan, surrounded by two defenders and goalie, booted it in for a 2-0 Frisco lead with less than eight minutes ticked off in the second half.  Frisco continued the pressure, when Janie got a free kick perfectly to her teammates.  Jordan leaped up and headed the ball into the goal.  Perfectly played!!  The  Lady Raccoons had some breathing room with a 3-0 lead with thirty minutes left to play.  Frisco continued to flex their muscle with several more shots on goal, the final goal coming as Blair hammered a shot past three defenders.  Frisco played strong and smart to finish out the last thirteen minutes of play to preserve the shut out and take the victory, starting off 1-0 in district play.  Congratulations Lady Raccoons on a fantastic victory!

Here some images from the JV Game. 

Images from the Varsity game.