Springfield Catholic Capture First State Title

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First year coach Tom Guinn didn’t know what to expect when he took the job as head coach of the boys soccer team at Springfield Catholic. He had never even seen them play. Guinn knew about the team’s recent success but he was told the Irish had lost quite a few seniors and he would [...]

Lou Opfer Named MVP Of College Club Soccer Open Championships

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Congratulations to Lou Opfer (Glendale) for being named the MVP of the recently concluded Club Soccer Championships in Phoenix. She was joined on the All-Tournament squad by five of her teammates, en route to winning the National Championship in the Open Category. Photos are from the Champions Facebook page. By the way, that’s Lou on [...]

COC Soccer All-Conference Honors

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The Central Ozark Conference Coaches have released their All-Conference list for 2011. 31 players from 8 teams. FIRST TEAM JAXN ROGERS, WILLARD ROBERT NEATHERY, NIXA LUKE MOORE, NIXA DRAKE TREASE, NIXA COREY CANN, NIXA LUDIN GONZALES, CARTHAGE MISAEL MATURINO, CARTHAGE ISMAEL SERRATOS, CARTHAGE ROBBIE OSLICA, OZARK JACOB NEIDIG, OZARK LUIS VARGAS, NEOSHO SECOND TEAM AARON [...]

Bradley and Creighton Receive NCAA Bids

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The Creighton Blue Jays are joined by the Bradley Braves today in receiving NCAA bids. The 48 team field was announced at 3:30 pm today via NCAA.com and includes the two Missouri Valley teams. Creighton received the overall #2 seed, behind North Carolina who won their Conference championship on Sunday over Boston College, who enter [...]

2011 Ozark Conference All-Conference Team

Karl Dupont, Waynesville Tigers and Hunter Durham, Kickapoo Chiefs

Post season recognition. 55 boys are recognized by the 10 teams in the Ozark Conference. MVP Defense – Griffen Locke, Joplin Eagles, 11 Co-Offensive MVP * Karl DuPont, Waynesville Tigers, 12 * Hunter Durham, Kickapoo Chiefs, 11 Player School Grade Position Joseph Loden Joplin 12 B Griffen Locke Joplin 11 B Joe Rice Joplin 11 [...]

Bears Face Creighton in MVC Final – Today on Fox Midwest

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The top-seeded Missouri State men’s soccer team (9-7-2, 5-1-0 MVC) played its way into the 2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference championship match with a 2-0 shutout of Drake at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Neb., on Friday afternoon. With their second win in as many games over the Bulldogs, the Bears will now face No. [...]

Melugin and Maher Earn Top Honors for Missouri State in MVC

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ST. LOUIS – Creighton, the nation’s top-ranked team in the NCAA’s RPI report and the 2nd-ranked team in the NSCAA national rankings, has claimed the league’s top individual honor, with the Bluejays’ senior forward Ethan Finlay taking the league’s Player of the Year honors. Creighton’s Andrew Duran has been tabbed the Valley’s Defensive Player of [...]

Southwest Baptist Adding Men’s Soccer

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The MIAA has announced that it will add men’s soccer as a conference sport, effective with the 2012 fall season. Fort Hays State University, Lindenwood University, Northeastern State University, Southwest Baptist University and Truman State University will all field men’s soccer teams in 2012. Additionally the MIAA announced that is has extended invitations to Harding [...]