Finally, Fall weather. Taking a hot shower on a cool morning, the changing colors around us, making use of the fireplace again. And some soccer. Pretty nice eh.
The Drury Panthers are at home this weekend. Both the men and the women sport identical 6-2-1 records with three GLVC Conference games remaining. The six wins ensure both squads a GLVC playoff spot, the first for the men and the second for the women. Now they are looking to stay in the Top 4, which offers a home game on November 2nd in the first round.
The men play against #21 ranked Lewis Flyers tonight at 7:30 pm. A conservative coach would play for the tie at home, to ensure a point is earned while keeping the Panthers in reach of the #2 team in the Conference. I don’t know that I would classify Coach Bilbao as a conservative coach, or if this team can be reined in in that fashion which ensures a rollicking affair this evening. A win offers valuable confidence points only two weeks from the playoffs, especially against a team with 7 straight wins and ranked just ahead of the Panthers in the Regional poll.
The women’s game is less fraught with significance, except for the fact that Lewis is battling for a playoff spot. Game time is 5:00 pm tonight. Sunday will be more significant as the Quincy Hawks visit, sitting in 6th place two spots behind Drury in the rankings and the regional polls. Sunday’s game’s are at 12:00 pm (women) and 2:30 pm (men).
The Missouri S&T Miners host the Quincy Hawks this evening. For the women, the game matches #6 against #7, both needing points to maintain their position in the playoffs or earn a home game in the first round. Game time is 5:00 pm.
The Miner men sit at #6 while Quincy is at #9 and desperate for points. With games coming up against Drury and Rockhurst, #4 and #1 in the Conference at the moment, next weekend this is a key game for the Miner’s. 5 wins has been key to ensuring a playoff spot in recent years and the Miners sit at 4-2-3 right now. Now is the time to win.
Lake Country Soccer hosts the Thompson Cadillac Fall Classic tournament this weekend. Featuring boys games from U9 up to U14, and girls games from U9 up to U19, it will be the usual active affair at the fields on Pythian. If you’re an Eagle’s fan, you might want to swing by and take part in the Raffle. LCS has a pair of tickets for the Eagles concert at JQH Arena available. $10 gets you one chance, $20 will buy you three chances to win the pair of tickets.
On a related note, Missouri Youth Soccer Association announced this week that Lake Country Soccer will be the hosts for the 2009 State Cup. The dates for the Boys & Girls State Cup are June 6th through 14th, 2009.
And for those of you keeping track at home, High School District playoffs begin two weeks from tomorrow (Saturday). In Class 3, the road to State for teams in this area will go through District 9. The Columbia Hickman Kewpies have established themselves as the team to beat in that district and they are playing the Kickapoo Chiefs this evening at Kickapoo (5pm JV, 6:30 pm approximate Varsity start) and will play the Glendale Falcons on Saturday (10am JV, 11:30 am approx Varsity start). Columbia Rock Bridge is also here, playing Glendale tonight as well as facing Ozark tomorrow (10 am) and Kickapoo (2pm).
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We could probably do without the shower imagery.