Jacks earn road win against Toppenish
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
Quincy’s Daniel Mendoza, pictured in a game against Othello, made a great assist to Edwin Hernandez who scored the game winning kick, said coach Hector Vaca.
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The Jackrabbits’ Dominik Plascencia gains possession of the ball in a game against Ephrata.
Braydan Nunez chases the ball in a game with Ephrata. The Jacks look to continue their winning streak as they head into a busy schedule.
QUINCY — The Quincy Jacks soccer team won on the road 1-0 in Thursday’s game against Toppenish.
“I think the biggest thing is when we’re on our game and playing our style of soccer, we’re going to be a pretty dangerous team,” said coach Hector Vaca.
The Jacks put up the one score of the game with a buildup play that started from their keeper and worked through lines into their defense. The ball then made it into the midfield where Daniel Mendoza kicked the ball out wide and led to a tap in by Edwin Hernandez, said Vaca.
Vaca said there were also a few unlucky shots throughout the game as well that kept hitting the goalpost, but overall feels it was a great team win.
“At the end of the day a 1-0 win in a league match is good,” he said.
Quincy has a daunting schedule ahead with their next two games being league matches at home and Saturday a game on the road to play Kings High School in Shoreline. As they move into this week the team will put a focus on taking some time to rest in preparation for their coming opponents, said the coach.
“I have a lot of guys just with knocks and sick and coming back from vacation as well,” he said. “I think we need rest, it’s a lot of games in a short period of time.”
The Jacks are currently on a three-game win streak and look to keep up this momentum moving forward.
“I would just say, props to the players for enduring everything that’s going on,” said Vaca. “(The) ups and downs of seasons, it just really takes a toll on your mind and your body, so I just want to give them a huge shoutout because it’s a lot.”
The Quincy Jacks will be playing their next game at home against Prosser tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Quincy Roster
Romauldo Sandoval 1
Jose Garcia 2
Sergio Hernandez 3
Jesus Carrillo 4
Maximo Serrano 5
Joshua Nunez 6
Edwin Hernandez 7
D’Aundre Aguilar 8
Ken Morales 9
Braydan Nunez 10
Erick Zepeda 11
Gerardo Silvas 12
Ramiro Beltran 13
Julian Ochoa 14
Daniel Mendoza 15
Ian Marintez 16
Dominik Plascencia 17
Obed Medina 18
Joel Flores 19
Emanuel Rubalcaba 20
Kasey Toevs 21
Jose Garcia 22
The Jackrabbits’ Dominik Plascencia gains possession of the ball in a game against Ephrata.
Braydan Nunez chases the ball in a game with Ephrata. The Jacks look to continue their winning streak as they head into a busy schedule.ARTICLES BY CALEB PEREZ
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