CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The London Pirates hosted the UIL 4A-DII Bi-District first round of playoffs for their high school boys and girls soccer double-header. Both Pirate soccer programs won in shutout fashion.
The Pirates boys soccer team won 4-0. London's Noah Gonzalez and Efe Van Niekerk each scored 2 goals. 3 of the 4 scored in the second half.
"I think the intensity is what really kept us in this game," Van Niekerk said. "First half we were struggling a little bit, but second half we really came alive. We started pressing every tackle like there's no tomorrow. We played the game like it's our last."
The London Lady Pirates also shutout their Bi-District playoff game in UIL 4A-DII, 8-0 over Vanguard Academy Rembrandt.
Bi-District Coastal Bend Playoff Boys Scores
UIL 5A-DI
Flour Bluff 1, Mission 0
Palmview 2, Veterans Memorial 1
UIL 5A-DII
Carroll 0, Juarez-Lincoln 3
Nixon 3, Gregory-Portland 1
UIL 4A-DI
Hidalgo 6, Tuloso-Midway 2
Beeville 2, IDEA Pharr 3
UIL 4A-DII
London 4, IDEA North Mission 0 (HIGHLIGHTS)
Vanguard Academy 5, Santa Gertrudis Academy 2
Bi-District Coastal Bend Playoff Girls Scores
UIL 5A-DI
Flour Bluff 7, Laredo Nixon 0
Palmview 0, Veterans Memorial 4
UIL 5A-DII
Gregory-Portland 8, Martin 0
Juarez-Lincoln 2, Ray 0
UIL 4A-DI
Calallen 5, Hidalgo 0
Valley View 1, Beeville 0
UIL 4A-DII
London 8, Vanguard Academy Rembrandt 0 (HIGHLIGHTS)
Vanguard Academy Beethoven 2, Rockport-Fulton 4
