Hidalgo Pirates score its second state soccer title

Hidalgo's Joaquin Rosales (10) raises the Region IV-4A championship trophy and celebrates with his teammates after defeating Boerne 4-2 in PKs to advance to the Class 4A state tournament Saturday, April 8, 2023 at Cabaniss Soccer Field in Corpus Christi. (Blake Purcell | Special to The Monitor)

Hidalgo captured its second state soccer championship, and the first for the Rio Grande Valley since 2016, with a 3-0 shutout over Palestine on Friday in the UIL Class 4A state title match at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown, Texas.

Rey Cantu was named the Most Valuable Player, scoring two goals for the Pirates in the victory.

Hidalgo won its first state title in 2009. Brownsville Porter was the most recent Valley team to capture the state crown, doing so in 2016.

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