San Eli wins 4A state soccer championship

trophy the boys soccer team is bringing home! thanks to adrian velez for posting this on our facebook page. the eagles still flying high after winning the texas 4-a boys soccer championship! the school district tweeted these pictures as the team faced liberty hill just outside austin this afternoon. we shared every minute of the excitement with the team on air and on social media. good evening and thank you for joing us on abc- seven at six tonight. i’m estela cas. rick cabrera is off this evening. the borderland is beaming with pride tonight for the san elizario boys soccer team. now state champs! and what a game it was…. just seconds left in the first half and the eagles would take the lead! then just five minutes into the second half, san elizario strikes again! franciso ruiz with another goal. it was all san eli after that. they go on to beat liberty hill with a final score of 4-2. from outside austin to san elizario and all of the borderland… the state of texas bows down to you, boys. congressman beto o’rourke giving his support before the game… tweeting: “Wishing San Elizario the bes of luck today! former congressman pete gallego also tweeted: “So proud o the San Elizario boys soccer team! Playing for the state championship today!” and el paso county commissioner vince perez is excited for the win: he tweeted: “Congrats San Eli! Second State Title this school year!” ABC-7’s ashlie rodriguez right there in san elizario as the residents held their breath for the boys. this is the eagles nest– and it was so pack, so loud in here just an hour an a half ago. students ditched class to watch the game– and people even skipped work… this is a look at the district headquarters earlier: “nats vo cheering.” vo cont the san eli school district opened its doors to residents — streaming the game from the network. about 100 people were there, not including the high school which was packed. listen to why this game made people so proud: san eli is small, with just 13-thousand people — but now everyone watching the state finals knows exactly who just 13-thousand people — but now everyone watching the state finals knows exactly who they are — the only soccer team in el paso to make it this