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PLAYOFF BOUND TEMPLE FALLS AS HARKER HEIGHTS

Playoff bound Temple falls as Harker Heights

JON BROOKS

Temple Daily Telegram | 3/7/2025

Temple has known for a week that Friday’s regular-season finale wouldn’t be its last skirmish on the soccer pitch this season. Thanks to a shutout of Bryan last week, the Wildcats clinched their fifth straight playoff berth with room to spare.

Temple entered its last two District 12-6A matches this week hoping to keep the fire stoked so that it could go into the postseason on the right track, though rival Harker Heights had plans to keep its postseason hopes alive.

Needing a win to move on, Ian Otto’s goal in the first half staked the Knights to the lead at the break, and teammate Isreal Valdez-Munoz’s tally late in the second half canceled out Jean Carlo Esmerelda’s equalizer to help Heights claim a 2-1 victory to seal its playoff bid.

Valdez-Munoz finished off a corner kick with just 4 minutes remaining to push Heights (5-8-6, 3-4-5) ahead after Temple (9-7-5, 6-3-3) controlled possess... Click here to read full article

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