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SOCCER SHOWDOWN
Tri-City Athletic League prevails
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East Unions Antonio Zunigo, right, played for the Tri-City Athletic League and won the battle for the ball with a San Joaquin Athletic League player on Sunday in a 3-0 win for the TCAL in the fifth annual San Joaquin Soccer Alliance Showdown at St. Marys High in Stockton. - photo by DAVE CAMPBELL/The Bulletin
STOCKTON – The fifth annual boys San Joaquin Soccer Alliance Senior Showdown was Sunday at St. Mary’s High School and the Tri-City Athletic League all stars downed San Joaquin Athletic Association 3-0 on Sanguinetti Field. Representatives from the Valley Oak League were split up between both teams with Zimri Rico and Justin Ruiz from Sierra and Antonio Zuniga from East Union playing for the TCAL. Rico took an assist from Ruiz to for a goal and a 2-0 lead for the TCAL. “I caught the ball he (Ruiz) passed me,” Rico said. “And I saw a defender coming toward me and I knew I had to do something about it, so I got around him and saw the open goal and I shot.”