Fri March 21, 2025

By Lance Hawley

Sports Hope

Bobcats Improve to 2-0 in Conference with 3-0 Win Over Bauxite

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Bobcats Improve to 2-0 in Conference with 3-0 Win Over Bauxite
Bauxite- The Bobcats (5-1, 2-0) headed to Bauxite on Thursday night in search of their second conference road win of the week, after a 3-2 win over Mena Tuesday night. Hope came entered Thursday's game rolling, sporting a 3-game win streak. The Bobcats attack got going early, as Alex Hernandez set up Josh Ramos with a beautiful pass, and Ramos did the rest as he made a move on a defender and sent the ball to the back of the net to give Hope an early 1-0 lead. Just a couple of minutes later, Ramos sent a nice through-ball to Anthony Dominguez, who showed off his speed, made a move on the keeper, and scored a nice goal to extend the Bobcat lead to 2-0. The Bobcats created multiple chances after the first two goals, but the GK from Bauxite made a couple of good plays, and the Bobcats couldn't get that third goal in the opening half. 

The second half was more of the same, a lot of opportunities, but no goals. Until a great through ball from Elliott Vazquez found Anthony Dominguez, who made a nice move, and found freshman Bradley Brown sliding in front of the goal to find the back of the net for a nice Dominguez to Brown connection to give Hope a commanding 3-0 lead. The Bobcats would go on to finish the game with a 3-0 victory. Captain Josh Ramos spoke on the win after the game, "We started out with intensity, we went strong from the beginning, the second half we didn't start off as good as we should have, we caught another one and we're going home with an away win."

The Bobcats did an excellent job with controlling the match, they did a great job possessing the ball throughout the night, limiting the Miners chances to just a few. Goalkeeper Joel Bello finished the night with a clean sheet, as he made a couple of really nice saves. The defense of Gio Ruiz and Fabian Aguilar really stood out on Thursday, along with Dylan Mercado, Nathan Sanchez, and Carlos Garcia. 

Elliott Vazquez did a great job around the mid-field, Josh Ramos played really well, the speed from Brian Jimenez and Anthony Dominguez gave Bauxite a lot of problems, especially early. Alex Hernandez continues to find his way in the box score, with either an assist or goal. Yahir Velazquez and Yair Munoz played good, jonathon Hernandez played well, John Gutierrez had some really good minutes for Hope, and Bradley Brown continues to showcase his abilities on the pitch. 

With the win, the Bobcats are now 5-1 on the year and 2-0 in conference. After Spring break Hope will welcome Nashville to Hope on April 1st for their conference home-opener. Everyone be sure to come out and support. 

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