HS: Winter SIMA FAB 50, Jan. 17

by Sheldon Shealer

January 17, 2017

Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) made it look easy -- jumping ahead 3-0 within 15 minutes in victories over three nationally ranked teams last week en route to a sixth straight Montverde Academy Soccer Tournament title.

The victories secured a seventh straight undefeated season for this Florida boys soccer juggernaut and sealed a fifth straight SIMA FAB 50 title -- and sixth in the past seven years.

On the girls side, Southlake Carroll, which is starting at least six high-level sophomores, moves into the No. 1 spot following a loss by former top-ranked Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas).

NEWCOMERS: BOYS: No. 8 Plano West (Plano, Texas), No. 13 Sam Houston (Arlington, Texas), No. 28 Auburndale (Fla.), No. 29 Brophy Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.), No. 32 San Clemente (Calif.), No. 33 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), No. 34 Santa Barbara (Calif.), No. 35 Scripps Ranch (San Diego, Calif.), No. 36 Paramount (Calif.), No. 42 Grand Prairie (Calif.), No. 45 [Ronald Reagan tx-m] (San Antonio, Texas), and No. 46 Seven Lakes (Katy, Texas). ... GIRLS: No. 5 Livermore (Calif.), No. 6 [Plano tx-w] (Texas), No. 15 Allen (Texas), No. 33 Keller (Texas), No. 35 Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), No. 47 Royal (Simi Valley, Calif.), No. 48 St. Scholastica (Covington, La.), No. 49 San Marcos (Calif.) and No. 50 Quartz Hill (Calif.).