ALEDO – With the second half of their District 5-5A schedule underway, the district-leading Aledo Ladycat varsity soccer club had a Valentine’s Day date with Brewer’s Lady Bears. The Ladycats extended their home win streak to five matches as they routed the hibernating Lady Bears, 5-0, at Tim Buchanan Stadium.
The Ladycats (11-3 overall, 6-1 in district) have had a phenomenal 2025 campaign thus far. Aledo Head Coach Bryan Johnson is nearing 200 career wins as the Ladycat head coach and win number 300 for his career. If the Ladycats continue to handle their business the way they have so far this season, Johnson should reach both milestones at home against Fossil Ridge on Feb. 25.
One aspect of their game that has led to the Ladycats’ success this season is their wide range of scoring options. During the start of the 2024 season there were significant question marks surrounding the Aledo squad, including where their goals would come from. Ally Weimer stepped up as a freshman to lead the Ladycats in goals with several other teammates being more passive participants in the offense than true scoring threats.
In 2025 things are different and Friday’s match against the Lady Bears was the perfect case in point. Each one of Aledo’s five goals was scored by a different Ladycat. Weimer may have put the Ladycats on the board with 29 minutes left in the first half, but Baylee Velarde, Avery Sands, Jules Avery, and Kylee Vandiver all followed her lead with goals of their own. The days of opposing defenses being able to mark Weimer to take away Aledo’s offense are a thing of the past.
On Friday, Weimer scored the first Ladycat goal of the match as the ball landed behind a pair of Lady Bear centerbacks. Weimer won the foot race to the loose ball, dribbled down field for about 20 yards before taking a shot on goal that the Brewer keeper had no shot at.
Just six minutes later Velarde scored the second Aledo goal of the match with just more than 23 minutes left in the first half to put the Ladycats up 2-0. They enjoyed that cushion through the remainder of the first half before getting back to work in the second half.
Reagan Tomlin connected with Sands to score the first Ladycat goal of the second half. Having already proven themselves a scoring threat, Velarde and Weimer picked up assists in the second half as they fed Avery and Vandiver the ball respectively on goals of their own.
At the far other end of the pitch, freshman goal keeper Audrey Obana picked up her second clean sheet in a row after she kept Azle off the board earlier in the week.
The Ladycats return to action on Friday, Feb. 21 when they travel to Chisholm Trail for another District 5-5A matchup. Aledo bested Chisholm Trail 5-1 back in their first meeting in January.
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