The Springfield News-Leader and HS beat writer Kyle Neddenriep provide coverage for Catholic's remarkable run through the Capital City Classic last weekend when they knocked off #11 ranked Rolla (Class II) enroute to the Tourney championship. Coach Timson offers some comments on the weekend and several of the players earn recognition as part of a balanced scoring attack. … [Read more...] about News-Leader coverage
Archives for April 2005
Central Ozarks Conference update
Checking sports stories from the Central Ozark Conference: Willard and Marshfield faced off in a Conference match last night with Willard earning the shutout by a score of 2-0. Goals came from Patsy Middleton, assisted by CJ Epperson with CJ scoring the second on an assist from Patsy. The JV game finished as a scoreless draw. The Marshfield Mail provides highlights of … [Read more...] about Central Ozarks Conference update
Rolla 4, Glendale 1
The Bulldogs of Rolla HS came to town last night and with their 4-1 win over the Glendale Falcons, positioned themselves as the likely Ozarks Conference Champions. Rolla maintained their unbeaten record in the Conference by jumping out to a 2-0 lead with goals in the 4th and 7th minutes. Both goals came against the run of play, as Glendale was working very hard and pushing … [Read more...] about Rolla 4, Glendale 1
Ozarks Conference Update
With Conference play in full swing, there were four matches last night, two of them with implications in the title chase. If you recall, the Regional poll of the coaches on April 6th had the teams ranked as follows: 1. Kickapoo 2. Rolla 3. Parkview 4. Waynesville 5. Glendale & Joplin (tie). Since that time, Kickapoo traveled to Rolla and lost 0-1, defeated Joplin 4 - 0 on … [Read more...] about Ozarks Conference Update
“The Game of their Lives”
I got to see the new movie, the one about the US National team's game against England in the 1950 World Cup, last night while I was in STL on business. It's directed by David Anspaugh who also directed "Rudy" & "Hoosiers". If you enjoyed those movies, you'll come away satisfied yet again. I enjoyed the movie but I have to admit to being biased. That bias comes from some … [Read more...] about “The Game of their Lives”
