Cowboys clinch playoff spot, make most out of Senior Night
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer On Tuesday March 9, Coppell boys soccer team played their last home district game against Lewisville. To keep with tradition, the last home game is set to honor the senior players. “[Senior Night] is not just to celebrate our soccer careers at the high school but also to thank our parents for coming to all of our games no matter where or what the weather is like,” senior captain Colton Reese said. Before the game began, each player got to cross the field for their last time with both their parents at their sides. The players thanked their mothers with a rose and the fathers a soccer ball. After the…
Cowboys battle for playoff spot tonight
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer Coppell boys varsity soccer team plays Hebron tonight, Feb 26, for a crucial game. Both teams are tied for fourth place in District 6-5A and only the top four teams qualify for playoffs. Tonight’s winner is garenteed a spot to playoffs while the other will be out of the running. The game is scheduled to start around 7:30 pm at Buddy Echols Field. JV 2 is scheduled to start at 4:30 pm and JV 1 is scheduled to start at 6 pm. If you have not been able to attend a game this season yet, come cheer your Cowboys to victory and a playoff spot.
Cowboys look to snap scoring drought for playoff push
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer With half the district season over and playoffs coming around the corner, Coppell boys soccer still has not gotten to their full potential. With four more games left until the season is over, Coppell has many crucial games including a Feb. 26 game against Hebron whom Coppell is tied with for the fourth ranking spot. “We beat Hebron last time but anything can happen and we just have to go out there and starting scoring more,” senior captain Jordan Elgin said. Coppell has had a problem with scoring goals this year. Last year, the team scored a total of 11 goals in the first half of the district games while…
Lind brothers reunite at Lipscomb
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer There have been many students who have gone through the Coppell High School soccer program with a sibling following their footsteps, but that path usually ends once the oldest has graduated. Senior Jeremy Lind, however, plans to follow his older brother Josh Lind’s footsteps all the way to Nashville, Tenn. “At the beginning, I never thought I’d end up where my brother went especially since it was a sports decision,” Jeremy said. Josh Lind, CHS graduate of 2008, made All-District first team and Academic All-State his senior year and was captain for the Cowboys. Although Coppell lost in the bi-district playoffs to Keller, Josh was a great defender and was…
Soccer ball fan T-shirt tradition continues 
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer Coppell High School has its fair share of T-shirts, from class shirts to rivalry game shirts, and even to fundraiser shirts. Even if the game or fundraisers are repeats, the designs are often different. One T-shirt that is reliable to look the same every year is the soccer ball fan T-shirt produced by the boys soccer team. “The shirt first came out my freshman year and I got one all four years I was there,” CHS 2007graduate Matt Garcia said. “Even though I don’t go to the school anymore, I still find a way to get my hands on one of the shirts.” The soccer ball fan t-shirt started with…
Weather reschedules Coppell soccer games to Saturday
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer Due to the recent snow North Texas has seen, many soccer games have been rescheduled including Coppell. The boys soccer games against Flower Mound Marcus are rescheduled to Saturday Feb. 13. JV 1 is scheduled to play at Buddy Echols Field at 12 pm and Varsity is scheduled to play after around 1:30 pm. JV 2 will not have a make up game. The girls soccer have yet to say when their Marcus games will be rescheduled but check chssoccer.org later in the day. Weather on Saturday is sunny and has a high of 52° F and a very low percent chance of percipitation. So looking for an outdoor activity…
Injury benches Hinze for beginning of district
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer Junior Chris Hinze is use to watching the Coppell boys soccer games from the goal area. However, this district season, he will be watching the beginning games from the bench. A few weeks ago, during the weekend of Jan. 21, the team went to the Kingwood Tournament in Houston to play with other schools not in the North Texas area. Their first game was Thursday Jan. 21 against Kingwood. Coppell had a devastating loss with the score of 2-0 but the score was not the only devastating loss for Coppell. During the first half, Hinze was going up to catch the ball and on his way down, he landed hard on…
Boys soccer to compete with nation’s heavyweight
By Gaby Moran Staff Writer Usually, for people to see the nation’s top teams in soccer compete against each other, they have to make a trip across the country. However, in this circumstance, people only have to travel to District 6-5A matches to see the best. According to ESPN Rise Fab 50, Coppell moved up 17 spots from last year to being ranked 16th in the nation this year. While that is very good, Coppell still has to compete against a few top of the teams in the nation before going to playoffs. “We’ve put a lot of work and practice into the preseason so we’re ready to see it all come together and…
Bad weather causes cancellations in tennis, soccer
By Travis Bremner Staff Writer Due to the raining and inclement weather all over the Dallas/Fort Worth area, there have been some cancellations of Coppell outdoor sporting events this weekend. The varsity tennis team had a tournament scheduled in Denton Guyer today but the down pour has prevented the matches from taking place. The squad has played fairly well thus far this season, and was looking to continue that, it is unclear when the tournament will be rescheduled. The girls’ varsity soccer was set to face McKinney tonight at McKinney and Saturday’s match with Austin St. Stevens may also be cancelled. The team is 8-2-4 on the season, riding on a two game winning streaking…
Coppell brings down Euless Trinity in first game of season
On Monday Jan. 11, Coppell varsity boys’ soccer played Euless Trinity High School for the first real game of the year and an intense one it was. During the first half, Coppell was aggressive and kept the ball most of the time. While had a few chances to score, the ball mainly went passed the goal. Eight minutes into the game, senior captain Jordan Elgin stepped on number 10 Trojan and sprained his ankle. The injury, however, did not stop Elgin from playing the game. “Trinity is not known to have a good soccer team but they were competitive and a good team to start the season with,” senior Colton Reese said. While not an…