The Lady Mustangs finished the regular season 26-0, winning their final 10 matches by a combined score of 70-0. They outscored their opponents 143-9 for the season. Kaisa Marshall, Amanda Essay and Amanda Kim were among the team’s leading goal scorers for the season. Dallas Brown and Clare Jukabowski were also among the leaders on offense this season.

The District 19-5A champion Kingwood Mustangs boys’ soccer team opened playoffs on the same day, taking on Bellaire at Thorne Stadium beginning. The Mustangs closed the regular season on a 10-game win streak, including a thrilling 2-1 victory over Atascocita to clinch the league title. Kingwood scored two goals in the final four minutes of play to win it. Spencer Hutchins and Michael Micheletti provided the heart stopping goals. Dusty Pate got the victory goal.

The victory improved Kingwood to 16-3-3 overall and 11-1 in district play. The Mustangs finished ahead of second-place MacArthur (10-1-1). Head coach Kevin Johnson enters the playoffs with 502 career boys’ soccer wins.

Kingwood rolled to a 10-0 win over Eisenhower in the District 19-5A baseball opener last week. The Mustangs host Nimitz Saturday, March, 28, for a 7 p.m. district game.

The Lady Mustangs swept a District 19-5A softball doubleheader early last week to improve to 11-9 overall and a district-leading 3-0. Kingwood blanked Humble 15-0 behind the one-hit pitching of Alley Morris (six strikeouts) before turning away MacArthur 2-1 with Debi Risenhoover earning the win.

Both Kingwood Park boys’ and girls’ soccer teams entered the playoffs over the weekend with Texas City providing the opposition in both matches.

The District 41-4A champion Lady Panthers completed the regular season 15-3-3 overall and 10-0-2 in district play. Brooke Harper scored all four goals in a 4-0 victory over Atascocita in a playoff tune-up match early last week. Jamie Luis, Kacie Black, Kristi Murphy and Katlynn Boucher all provided assists.

Austin Salter struck out 11 in Kingwood Park’s 7-3 win over Dayton in last week’s District 19-4A baseball opener.

The Kingwood Park Lady Panthers softball team dropped a 6-0 decision to Dayton but look to rebound at Crosby on Friday, March 27, in a 6 p.m. District 19-4A game.

Photo: (Top) The Kingwood Lady Mustangs, the nation’s top-ranked soccer team, must overcome a three-year Region III-5A championship drought in order to qualify for the state tournament. (Bottom) The Kingwood Park men’s soccer team defeated Texas City 2-0 Friday, March 20 at Abshier Stadium in the opening round of the playoffs. Casen Hunger and Tyler Smith each recorded a goal.