SOCCER: LeJeune, Riggs named TASCO second-team All-State
Published 2:58 pm Friday, May 4, 2018
Port Neches-Groves senior goalkeeper Libbie LeJeune and senior forward Preston Riggs were named second-team All-State by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches.
TASCO released its lists of All-Region and All-State players for girls and boys from 5A Region III. LeJeune and Riggs were the only Jefferson County players to reach All-State status.
LeJeune played a big role in PNG’s 23 regulation and overtime shootouts on the season, helping the Indians reach the semifinals of the 5A Region III tournament last month. Riggs was named District 22-5A player of the year, finishing with 40 goals and 17 assists.
On the girls’ side, local TASCO All-Region players include:
- First team: Nederland junior goalie Hailey Kimler, PNG senior midfielder Mackenzie Tindel and PNG junior forward Mia Delgadillo;
- Second team: PNG senior midfielder Madison Diaz, Port Arthur Memorial sophomore midfielder Guadalupe Contreras and Nederland junior forward Meg Sheppard.
PNG freshman Jason Lovejoy made the boys’ second-team All-Region.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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