Boys Yellow All-Stars – 7
Boys Red All-Stars – 6
13 goals in 80 minutes! The boys put on a scoring clinic – in particular, Ryan Moses (SLU) who was slow to get on the board. Yet, once he got going by foregoing his initial defensive role, he dumped in four of the Yellow All-Star’s seven goals.
The Red All-Stars started the scoring in the 15th minute as Glendale’s Ian Newport (SLU) slipped one past Kickapoo’s All-State keeper Chris Tombridge (Northwestern). Chris’ former teammate, Kickapoo’s Lane Chapman (NEO), also a member of the local PDL Demize, got the equalizer in the 20th minute.
The scoring got started again, in the 31st minute, as Glendale’s Graham Basecke (Indiana) got free in the area and put the Reds up 2-1. Four minutes later Moses started his spree and put in the equalizer. The first half ended in a flurry of chances and goals. A minute later, the Reds were up one on a Devon Newport (SLU) goal. New Covenant’s Brett Murray (Drury) put the Reds up by two in the 42nd minute, on an assist from Glendale’s Ryan Squires (Wm Jewell). However, the first half would end with the Yellow trailing by one as Parkview’s Tim Griffin (Illinois Weslyan) put the final goal of the half away in the 45th minute. The Reds led 4-3 at the break.
Where the first half saw the teams looking for any weaknesses in each other for the first 15 minutes they wasted no time and just started putting up some points immediately in the second. Neosho’s Jordan Blevin started things off in the fourth minute putting the Reds up by two. His goal was quickly matched as Moses found the back of the net in the sixth. 5-4 Reds. Parkview’s Matt Medley (Loras College) found Moses just outside the box in the 15th minute to knot the game at 5 as Moses was able to put his hat-trick goal into the side netting. Griffin put the Yellow All-Stars up one in the 22nd minute. Six minutes later Moses found a way to get his fourth goal of the evening on an assist from Kickapoo’s Tyler Bennett (Oglethorpe Univ), putting the Yellows up 7-5. The scoring finished in the 35th minute on a Devon Newport goal, assisted by Murray.
There were a lot of smiles and laughter, amongst the guys, the two things we sometimes miss in the regular season. The boys played a game that everyone in attendance should be able to look back on with fond memories. These guys represented Southwest Missouri high school soccer in fine fashion.
Girls Red All-Stars – 6
Girls Yellow All-Stars – 1
The girls took to the field at 8PM. The sun was down and it was a pleasant evening for a game. Lebanon’s Janel Glidden (MSU-West Plains, VB) got things started in the 9th minute as she lofted a shot over Kickapoo’s Shannon Johnson’s (Central Missouri) outstretched hands. Monett’s Bianca Holloway (Maryville) put the Reds up 2-0 in the 19th minute.
The next twenty minutes of play saw several chance by each team being thwarted by some smart keeper play. Neosho’s Ashley Bartkoski (GK & co-POY in her district) and Johnson each came up big to the keep the game close for the half.
The first half would end with the Yellow All-Stars getting a PK goal from Kickapoo’s Abby Anderson (Central Methodist) as a Red defender was called for a handball in the 18. The half would end with the Red’s up 2-1.
The second half started much the same as the first, with Waynesville’s Erica Combs (Illinois) assisting Monett’s Bianca Holloway (Maryville) in the 50th minute to put the Reds up 3-1.
Glendale’s Jeni Frewin (KU) broke free on a run in the 65th minute for the Red’s fourth goal.
The Red’s next goal was scored when Lebanon’s Hanna Winkel (Virginia Wesleyan) took the ball off the foot of a yellow player 25 yards from goal. Winkel dribbled the ball past the last defender and took on Bolivar’s keeper Sara Scott (OTC) where she calmly slid the ball to the side netting for her team’s fifth goal in the 67th minute.
Camdenton’s Stephanie Kervan (Wm. Woods, Offensive POY, All-State) would end the scoring in the 77th minute as she took a pass from Winkel and found the back of the net.
The girls put on a nice game with lots of teamwork. Their passing and movement off the ball was something that all their coaches would be happy to see. Again, as in the boy’s game, there were lots of smiles and laughter. What a great way to end their high school playing days. The girls approached the game as a low-pressure event and appeared to enjoy their evening.
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