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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Missouri Class 3 District 12 Soccer: Joplin Eagles Top Seed

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UPDATED with new times for Saturday’s games – The District tournament will be held at Central (Springfield) High School, with a pair of play-in games on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for November 1st followed by the Final on November 3rd. The Carthage Tigers are the defending 3 time champions, having reached [...]

Ozark Conference Title Finishes In Three-Way Tie

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With identical 8-1 Conference records, the Joplin Eagles, Kickapoo Chiefs and Waynesville Tigers share the 2011 Ozark Conference title. Waynesville ensured a share with their win Wednesday evening at Glendale, a 2-1 overtime affair. UPDATE – per Nelson Morgan’s comment, it is the first Ozark Conference title for the Tigers. Congratulations boys. For the Eagles, [...]

Missouri Class 2 District 9 Soccer: Bolivar Liberators Top Seed

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The District tournament will be held at Bolivar High School, with a play-in game on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for October 31st followed by the Final on November 1st. The Bolivar Liberators are the 3 time defending champions, reaching the State Quarterfinals in 2010 where they lost to Marshall. Seed School [...]

Missouri Class 1 District 9 Soccer: Dixon Bulldogs Top Seed

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The District tournament will be held at Dixon High School, with semifinal games scheduled for October 31st and November 1st. The Final will be on November 3rd. The Crocker Lions are the defending 2 time champions, losing to Catholic in the next round. Seed School Record 1 Dixon (11-4) 2 Crocker (11-11) 3 Laquey (8-8) [...]

Nixa Eagles Capture COC Large School Crown

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Congratulations to the Nixa Eagles, COC Large School champions for 2011. The title is Nixa’s 8th, their first since 2008 following the Carthage Tiger’s two-year run. The Eagles went undefeated and unscored on during their Conference matches, outscoring their opponents 46-0. 9/6 Republic W 8-0 9/15 Neosho W 9-0 9/20 Webb City W 10-0 9/29 [...]

Missouri Class 3 District 11 Soccer: Nixa Eagles Are Top Seed

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The District tournament will be held at Kickapoo High School, with a pair of play-in games on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for November 1st followed by the Final on November 3rd. Seed School Record 1 Nixa (20-3) 2 Kickapoo (19-5) 3 Glendale (13-9) 4 Ozark (10-10) 5 Parkview (7-12) 6 Branson [...]

Missouri Class 3 District 10 Soccer: Waynesville Tigers Top Seed

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The District tournament will be held at Camdenton High School, with a play-in game on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for October 31st followed by the Final on November 2nd. Seed School Record 1 Waynesville (12-6) 2 Rolla (15-6) 3 Camdenton (6-14) 4 West Plains (9-11) 5 Lebanon (4-19) Saturday October 29th [...]

Missouri Class 1 District 10 Soccer: Catholic Once Again Top Seed

Catholic, 2010 District Champs

The District tournament will be held at Cooper Sports Complex, hosted by the Greenwood Blue Jays. A play-in game on Saturday October 29th will be followed by the semifinal games scheduled for November 1st. The Final will be on November 2nd. Seed School Record 1 Springfield Catholic (20-0-1) 2 Greenwood (9-9-1) 3 College Heights Christian [...]

Carthage Tigers Featured on ESPN High School

Carthage Tigers, 2010 Class 3 Sectional winners

Nice story about the Tigers who reached the Quarterfinals last year, losing to Rock Bridge at Columbia. Click on the link to be taken to the video. Head Coach Jacob Osborne deserves a lot of credit for creating the environment the Tigers needed to re-establish the winning tradition at Carthage, with District titles the past [...]

Central Ozark Conference Large School Soccer Standings

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The standings for the COC Large School division show a horse race between the Nixa Eagles and Carthage Tigers, as has been the case the last three years if memory serves. The match up between these two teams is Thursday evening at Nixa. Approximate start time 6:15 pm. Here’s the short list. For more details, [...]

Kickapoo Chiefs Defeat Glendale Falcons

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In a game typical of this local derby, emotions ran high and it wasn’t until the second half before a soccer game reared it’s head. With both squads affected by injuries to key players, it would fall to strong individual efforts to create goals this evening. The first goal came as Hunter Durham fought off [...]

Brad Moser Named Head Coach At Webb City

Brad Moser, Webb City Cardinals Head Coach

The Webb City Cardinals will feature a new Head Coach this season as Brad Moser, the assistant the past 3 years, has been promoted. Moser teaches physics at the high school. His background in soccer goes back to his days as a wee-little lad and includes playing club soccer for the Santa Cruz Storm in [...]