Alice Coyotes Boys Soccer Players Earn All-District Honors After Standout Season

Not one game at home. The Alice Coyotes boys soccer team played its entire 2025-26 season without setting foot on their own turf, yet still produced enough standout performances to earn multiple All-District honors when district coaches submitted their postseason votes following the conclusion of league play in late March.

The all-away schedule was no accident. Memorial Stadium, the traditional home for Alice soccer, football, and track at 1 Coyote Trail, was demolished during the school year to make way for a new 6,000-seat facility. Alice ISD Superintendent Anysia Trevino confirmed that three of the Coyotes' would-be home matches were relocated to San Diego ISD, while the remainder were played at opponents' sites across the South Texas district. The Alice Echo News Journal published the All-District roundup on April 6.

The Coyotes finished the season 10-10-1, with the All-District selections reflecting contributions across both offensive and defensive positions. Those honors carry real consequence beyond the certificate: Alice athletes with postseason credentials attract college programs. Landen Brunston-Castillo, an Alice student-athlete, signed with Texas Lutheran University in early April 2026, a recent illustration of how district-level recognition translates into college placement along the Coyote pipeline.

The soccer honorees joined a broader postseason surge for Alice ISD. The Coyotes' boys basketball team earned All-District recognition on March 26, and the Lady Coyotes basketball program followed on March 25, giving the school's athletic department multiple celebrated squads within a single spring window. That cross-sport momentum builds on the fall football team's own statement: the Coyotes clinched back-to-back district championships, the first time the program had accomplished that in 39 years.

Alice High School, founded in 1887 and enrolling approximately 1,290 students, competes under burnt orange and white as "The Pride of South Texas," fielding 13 varsity sports under UIL governance at the 4A-DI level. The new Memorial Stadium is on track to open by May 2026, meaning the soccer program's next home opener will come on a field that did not yet exist when this season's All-District honorees were earning the recognition that put them on the map.