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This Week In Southwest Missouri Soccer

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The High School season reaches it’s midway point, Districts are now 5 weeks away. The marquee game this week is the Christian County derby, as Ozark hosts Nixa on Tuesday evening. Both teams are undefeated in the COC and would like to remain that way. I’ll be there to report on their efforts.

We will begin to see the Ozark Conference and Central Ozark Conference races take shape this week as well. Camdenton and Joplin are both 3-0 in the Conference but that will change tomorrow when they face each other at Camdenton. Glendale visits Camdenton on Thursday while Parkview, who want to get back in the upper bracket, travel to Waynesville and host Joplin.

The Willard Tournament and the Laker Shootout are this weekend. Once I receive the tournament schedules (hint, hint) I’ll update you on what to expect. There is also a significant Midwestern tournament in the St Louis region this weekend.

n123532960006_2661Glendale, Kickapoo and Springfield Catholic are all scheduled to play in the Gateway City Soccer Classic this weekend. The tournament, formerly based in Quincy but now moved to the Metro United facilities in Collinsville (and Edwardsville) features teams from throughout the Midwest. Glendale and Catholic are in the Soccer Master bracket, which includes a pair of Chicago-area squads. Kickapoo is competing in the Pool, with a pair of East Side teams, Cape Notre Dame and others.

There’s also a Facebook page for those who are interested. It’s my birthday weekend so I’m headed for St Louis and will report on the three local teams on Friday while SLU vs Clemson are on my schedule for Saturday night. It will be nice to see former Bear’s GK Coach Jesse Miech at that game.

u20egypt_wclogoThere are two U20 Men’s National team games this week as they complete group play in Egypt at the FIFA U20 World Cup. Both are being broadcast live on ESPN2.

Tuesday September 29th, 11:30 am – U20 US Men vs Cameroon
Friday October 2nd, 11:30 am – U20 US Men vs South Korea

Follow all the action on the USsoccer.com website.

College soccer will offer some quality games this week as well. The Missouri State Bears return home from their weekend in Dallas for a pair of home games.

Thursday October 1st, 4:00 pm – Missouri State Men’s Soccer vs. University of Denver
Sunday October 4th, 1:00 pm – Missouri State Men’s Soccer vs. Eastern Illinois University

Sunday’s game is the Missouri Valley Conference opener for the men while the Panther’s will host Evansville Wednesday. The one common opponent the teams have is Central Arkansas which held MSU to a 0-0 tie and the Panthers defeated 1-0. Should be a typical MVC game!

The Drury Panther’s continued their winning ways this weekend, defeating Missouri S&T and Maryville. The men are now alone atop the GLVC standings at 6-0 after nationally top-ranked Northern Kentucky (8-1-1, 5-1) lost at home to Saint Joseph’s 2-1 on Friday. The women, ranked 15th in last week’s national poll, were stunned 1-0 at Missouri S & T on Friday to snap a seven-game winning streak, but – after a scoreless first half – bounced back with a 2-0 victory at Maryville on Sunday. A pair of home games, both GLVC conference opponents, should allow both squads to continue their climb up the rankings:

Friday October 2nd, 5:00 pm – Drury vs University of Missouri-St. Louis (W) – Harrison Stadium
Friday October 2nd, 7:30 pm -Drury vs University of Missouri-St. Louis – Harrison Stadium

UMSL includes former Catholic All-State player, Anne Prenger, who has started all 8 games this year as a sophomore. The team is off to a slow start, 2-5-1 including a loss to Quincy on Friday and a tie against Rockhurst yesterday, both home games. I’m sorry I’m going to miss this one. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch an UMSL game in St Louis before the year is out.

Sunday October 4th, 12:00 pm – Drury vs University of Southern Indiana (W) – Harrison Stadium
Sunday October 4th, 2:30 pm – Drury vs University of Southern Indiana – Harrison Stadium

Missouri S&T is also at home this weekend. The men are 2 – 3 – 1 in the Conference, all three losses coming in the last 10 days. They should be able to bounce back this weekend as they fight to ensure a playoff spot yet again this year. The women are a surprising 3 – 3 – 0 in the Conference, including their upset of Drury last Friday. The key game for them will be against UMSL on Sunday if they want to make the playoffs this year.

Friday October 2nd – Missouri S&T vs Maryville – Rolla, Mo.
Sunday October 4th – Missouri S&T vs Missouri-St. Louis – Rolla, Mo.

Southwest Baptist faces a tough weekend, after splitting a pair of MIAA games last week. They face the top 2 squads in the MIAA. Nebraska-Omaha is #2 and that will be a tough away game on Thursday.

Saturday October 3rd, 12:00 pm – Truman State

Missouri Southern Lions got their first Conference win of the season Sunday in an overtime thriller with Missouri Western. They’ll hope to establish a winning streak when they host Emporia State and travel to Washburn this week.

Thursday October 1st, 7:00 pm – Missouri Southern vs Emporia State

The Missouri State Lady Bears are on the road this week for an MVC games at Creighton on Saturday evening. They are 5-4-2 overall after yesterday’s game, 1-0 in the Conference. Six games remain in the season, all Conference games. Now’s the time to sort out their offensive questions and do what they are capable of.

Central Ozark Conference High School Soccer Standings

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In the same tradition established by Coach Nick Schmitt, West Plains Zizzers, who maintains the Ozark Conference soccer standings (Camdenton are current leaders at 3-0) on his website, the COC Coaches have come together to do the same for their programs. Coach Evan Palmer, of the co-defending champion Nixa Eagles, volunteered to handle the responsibilities this year. Here are the current Large School standings. We are working to get the Small School standings completed as well.

You can keep up with these results by visiting the COC page on this website, where you can also see the individual game results.


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 Large School COC Record Overall Record COC Goals For COC Goals Against

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 1. Ozark 3-0 7-3 6 1

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 2. Nixa 2-0 7-2 12 2

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 3. Carthage 2-1 10-2 7 1

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 4. Webb City 1-2 6-4 3 12

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 5. Branson 0-1 1-8 1 4

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 6. Willard 0-2 6-3 2 4

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 6. Neosho 0-2 4-6 2 9

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 Sept. 8th Webb City 3 2 Willard 2 OT

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 Ozark 4 1 Branson

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 Carthage 3 0 Neosho

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 Sept. 15th Carthage 4 0 Webb City

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 Ozark 1 0 Willard

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 Sept. 17th Nixa 6 2 Neosho

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 Sept. 22nd Ozark 1 0 Carthage

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 Sept. 24th Nixa 6 0 Webb City

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-09-28

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  • So Austin Hart, Glendale Falcons, puts his shot off the upright 5 min into OT against Waynesville ~ http://bit.ly/bLe9u #
  • Sr Jordan Pitts with a diving save late in the game for Glendale Falcons against Waynesville ~ http://bit.ly/2Gx2Ou #
  • Lady Bears #12 Megan J score on 30 yard blast to top right corner 24 seconds into match #
  • Missouri State Lady Bears winning 1-0 at half. Correction, Becky Handley scored, in 21st second #
  • Missouri State Bears tied 1-1 at halftime at Southern Methodist. #
  • Goals by Paradise & Hoffman also RT @ZizzerSoccer Missouri State beats SMU 3-1. Nick Dryden gets the start and scores the Bears first goal. #
  • Lady Bears win 1-0 #
  • Tue morning on ESPN2 RT @ussoccer U20 #USMNT preparing to face Cameroon in 2nd game of World Cup – http://bit.ly/1xM0uu #

Missouri State Bears Soccer Report

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The Lady Bear’s open MVC play today at Plaster, 1:00 2:00 pm start. I’m betting they handle the challenge much better than the football team did! The men play at Southern Methodist today.

Missouri State Bears, Megan JMissouri State Lady Bears – 1
Northern Iowa Panthers – 0
Freshman forward Becky Handley scored in the first minute of play to lead the Missouri State women’s soccer team (5-4-2, 1-0-0) to victory in the conference opener against UNI (2-6-2, 0-1-0) at Plaster Field today. Senior Jenna Dobkins created a turnover early in the first minute. Handley gained possession of the turnover and drilled the ball into the upper right corner of the net from 25 yards out to get Missouri State on the board 21 seconds into the match. The goal would stand up as the Bears defeated the Panthers 1-0.

The Bears outshot UNI, 12-7, in the match. Handley led the Bears with four shots. Samantha Aguilar added three shots for Missouri State. Missouri State had several chances to add to the lead in the second half, but UNI keeper Lauren Potzman made two spectacular saves (check them out on my Youtube Channel) to keep the Panthers close.

Missouri State sophomore goalkeeper Jessica Teahan made two saves, but left the match in the eighth minute due to injury. Freshman keeper Chelsea Voet stepped in and made one save to preserve the shutout and the win.

Missouri State Bears – 3
Southern Methodist Mustangs – 1
The Missouri State men’s soccer team (4-2-1, 1-0-0) used a second half surge to rally and defeat SMU (3-4-1) in the final match of the SMU Classic in Dallas today. The Bears got goals from Nick Dryden, Paul Paradise and Jordan Hoffman in the second half to overcome a 1-0 deficit at halftime. Missouri State goalkeeper Alex Riggs made three saves in the win for the Bears.

Dryden scored in the 55th minute off of a free kick from senior Johannes Demarzi to knot the score at one. Paradise put the Bears ahead in the 68th minute on a cross into the box from David Buckenheimer and Jordan Hoffman. Hoffman would add the insurance goal in the 85th minute off a pass from Edin Sabic and Brandon Durk.

SMU Classic All-Tournament Team included Carl Wozcyenski, UAB as MVP as well as three Bear’s players: Nick Dryden (Springfield SC/West Plains Zizzers), Thomas Vania and Alex Riggs.

Missouri State Bears – 0 (FRIDAY’s Game)
Houston Baptist Huskies – 1
The Huskies got their goal in the 89th minute off an Adam Jakle pass into the box that Duke Ogega put in the corner of the net.

Missouri State will face host, SMU, in the finale of the SMU Classic on Sunday with a 1:30 kickoff at Westcott Field.

The Bears return home for a three-game homestand beginning Thursday, October 1 against Denver at 4:00 p.m. Missouri State will then host Eastern Illinois October 4 at 1:00 p.m. and Creighton October 7 at 4:00 p.m. to open the home portion of conference play.

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-09-27

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Saturday’s High School Soccer Report

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Parkview Vikings – 2
Cape Central – 0
Viking goals by Jared Moore (assist by Brian Otradovec) and Tanner Bennett (unassisted).

Glendale Falcons – 0
Jackson – 1

    Liberator Classic

Championship
Bolivar Liberators – 3
Warrensburg Tigers – 0
The win in their tournament title game was also an opportunity to avenge the only blemish on their 9-1 record this season. Details at LiberatorSoccer.com

3rd Place
Greenwood Blue Jays – 4
Clinton – 0
Goals by Chris Aiken, Stewart Beezley and John Fenwick earned the Jay’s 3rd place in the Tournament. Clinton contributed an own goal.

5th Place
Marshfield Blue Jays – 4
College Heights Crusaders – 1
Marshfield goals by Colton Harden (DJ Hensley), Robert Martin (Colton Harden), Colton Harden, Robert Martin (Colton Harden).
Marshfield Keeper Nic Yonter with 11 saves, for a total of 38 for the tournament. College Heights goal by Drew Satterfield.

Clinton – 3
College Heights Crusaders – 2
Clinton moved into the 3rd place game with their win over College Heights, getting goals by Codey Ivie, Alan Shriner, and Blake Anderson.
college Heights goals by Drew Satterfield (2)

Warrensburg Tigers – 2 (PKs)
Greenwood Blue Jays – 1
It would take two overtimes and pk’s to determine this one, with Warrensburg getting a goal by Shane Luehrs. Leonal Lopez scored the deciding PK. Devan Whitlock got the goal for Greenwood. According to the Liberator site, Isreal Baeza secured the win for the tigers with one of the best pk saves Coach Fast has ever seen! Warrensburg takes 1st in their group, facing Bolivar for the title.

    Sacred Heart – Sedalia

Springfield Catholic – 7
St Paul Lutheran – 0

Principia – 3
New Covenant Warriors – 2

    Ozark JV Tournament Results

Title Match:
Waynesville Tigers – 3
Carthage Tigers – 0

3rd Place Game:
Ozark Tigers – 2
Nixa Eagles – 1
Ozark Goals by Logan Minor, Rodney Germia (LJ Van Helden)

Waynesville Tigers – 2
Ozark Tigers – 0

Carthage Tigers – 1
Nixa Eagles - 0

Frisco League Soccer Tournament Report – Postponed

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The annual event is being hosted by Iberia this year.

Friday’s Games:
Game 1, 3 pm: (4) Laquey vs. (5) Iberia – Laquey shut out Iberia, 9-0
Game 2, 5 pm: (2) Richland vs. (3) Dixon – Richland got past Dixon with a goal in the final minute, 3-2

Saturday’s Games: POSTPONED DUE TO FIELD CONDITIONS
Game 3, 9 am: (1) Crocker vs. Laquey
Game 4, 11 am: 3rd place game, Dixon vs Iberia
Game 5, 1 pm: Championship game, Richland vs. Game 3 winner

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-09-26

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  • The scholar-athlete at it again RT @JDemarzi: Predictions: Missouri state Bears soccer win 2 in Dallas and breaks into top 30. GO BEARS!!!! #
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  • Nationally ranked Drury Panthers head to Rolla tonight to play Missouri S&T Miners. Wish I could be there! ~ http://bit.ly/2CYqvl #
  • RT @LadyHawkSoccer Result: Quincy 2 UMSL 0. Goals by Conroy and Boyko. Shutout for Toni Eye. Go Lady Hawks! #
  • Not a good start to the weekend RT @MissouriStBears Bears Lose Heartbreaker to Houston Baptist in SMU Classic Opener http://bit.ly/bJi4a #
  • U20 MNT opens against Germany Sat 9am CDT #ESPN Classic or 360 @ussoccer #USMNT #FIFA #U20WC #
  • Best tweet I've seen recently RT @WisconsinSoccer UW men 0:1 Indiana – IU goal 57th min. UW players and staff irate. Cards issued. #

Friday’s High School Soccer Report

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Parkview Vikings – 1
Jackson – 2
Vikings get an early goal from Tanner Bennett but were unable to hold it

Glendale Falcons – 2 (PKs)
Cape Central – 1
Glendale goes to PKs for the 3rd straight day. Leading 1-0 for about 70 minutes, the Falcon’s gave up a late goal and the teams battled to a 1-1 tie through 2 overtimes. Goalkeeper Jordan Pitts wins the shootout for the second time, with a save and 2 Cape misses for a 4-1 advantage and the win. Glendale Goal by Tyler Paulsell.

Waynesville Tigers – 4
Nixa Eagles – 2
Goal scorers for Waynesville were Kevin Johnson (2), Ben Moore and Kyle Varner.

Kickapoo Chiefs – 6
Branson Pirates – 0
In the conclusion to a game begun on Monday but stopped due to lightning, the Chiefs shut out their District 11 foe. Goals by Skyler Russell (4), Dane Ruggeri and Sean Marren.

    Frisco League Soccer Tourney

(4) Laquey Hornets – 9
(5) Iberia – 0

(2) Richland Bears – 3
(3) Dixon Bulldogs – 2
Richland got the game winner in the final minute of the game Friday. The Bears scored first, about 20 min into match and Dixon answered with 5min left in the half. Early in second Richland scored on PK to make it 2-1 only to see Dixon tie it up once again in the 72nd minute. Richland faces the winner of the Iberia vs Crocker game in the Final on Saturday.

    Liberator Classic Soccer Tourney

Bolivar Liberators – 7
College Heights – 0

Greenwood Blue Jays – 2
Marshfield Blue Jays – 0
Greenwood goals by Stewart Beezley (2) in the 39th and 40th minutes. Marshfield Keeper Nic Yonter with 11 saves.

    Sedalia Sacred Heart Soccer Tourney

Springfield Catholic – 4
Barstow – 0

Pembroke Hill – 5
New Covenant Warriors – 2