Going into district play, head soccer coach Charlie Delong had very simple, basic objectives for his team: “to win,” “to play good soccer ” and “to work hard”. The Jesuit Ranger soccer team effectively met that criteria, as they have been rocking their district opponents with an impressive nine wins, one loss, and two ties, with a current winning...
The bright fluorescent lights illuminate the deep green pitch, and a cool breeze ruffles the hair of the exhausted players while a few glowing stars linger above in the black and blue sky. Nothing can be heard but the piercing shriek of the referee’s whistle, the anxious shouts of the fans, and the grunts of the players. The restless crowd watches in...
On Friday, January 3oth, the Varsity Soccer team took the field against Skyline for their second district game of the season. They were heavily favored going into the game, but Jesuit needed a last-second goal to secure a tie.
Although Skyline only had one win coming into the game, the Raiders surprised Jesuit with an early goal, scoring in the...
Three weekends ago, the Jesuit varsity soccer team participated in a round-robin tournament in Duncanville, Texas at Old Panther Stadium. With six teams participating, Jesuit went into the tournament with a rather good chance of winning it all.
A two bracket competition, the tournament ran on a 10-point system based off of record and goal differential. The six schools that participated...
Vuvuzelas humming, Die hard Jesuit fans cheering, and “GOOAAALLLL!!!!!” Being shouted, is all you could hear during the entire annual Jesuit Meinster Soccer tournament.
Founded in 1982 the annual Meinster tournament has been a essential start to the Jesuit varsity soccer team. The tournament has included some of the most noteworthy North Dallas highschool soccer teams and this year is...
This past month, the Jesuit Soccer program teamed up with the North Texas Food Bank to combat hunger in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers sponsored a canned food drive at Jesuit and worked at North Texas Food Bank sorting and boxing groceries for struggling families.
This annual tradition for the team began last year when team parents and Coach...
Since the beginning of the school year, prospective soccer players have awoken every morning and walked out onto the pitch to partake in a rigorous game against one another. The tryout process that Coach Delong has introduced is unlike any other tryout process at Jesuit. Every day since the very first week of school back in August, the players...
Upholding a perfect streak of making it to the state playoffs every season since Jesuit was amalgamated into the UIL in 2004, the Varsity soccer team advanced to take on Plano West at Plano Clark Stadium on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 in the opening round of the 5A playoffs. The Rangers had established a name for themselves among...
