The Plano East soccer teams held their annual kickoff dinner on Wednesday 23 January with high hopes for the season.  Panther soccer welcomes a new women's varsity coach in Dawn Crow, while men's varsity coach Rick Woodard, men's JV coach Karl Pointer, and women's JV coach Harold White return for another season.  All four teams begin district play Tuesday the 29th with games against Lake Highlands.  The men's teams will play at Lake Highlands while the women's teams will play at Clark East field.  Murphy residents can keep their eyes on several hometown players this season.

The Murphy ladies are (left to right, back row) Rachel Cohenour, Caitlin Hennum, Katie Leto, Ashley Ramos, Marissa Holden, and Maddie Morgan on varsity, and (left to right, front row) Kelly Mezzanatto, Ashton Corum, Lauren Jolly, Paige Pitman, and Stephanie Williams on JV.

For the men's teams, (left to right, back row) Mike Janowski, Steven Trejo, Peyton Hickey, Mohammad Omar, and Zach Dodge are on the Varsity team.  (Front, left and right) James Saulnier and Tyler Breysacher are on the JV team.