Happy Holidays!

Xmas decorations

Here’s to safe and wonderful family celebrations this week. Posting will be light the remainder of the week although I’ll probably find a few things to add to the site. See you next week.

Downtime

First my desktop PC and now my Laptop PC has failed. I’ll be back as soon as possible but it may be after Xmas before I’ll be posting regularly again, including the Fall All-Star announcement. Enjoy the holidays! You may see some activity on Twitter – http://twitter.com/SGFsoccer or Facebook – click here

Jack Jewsbury Named To SLU Billikens Hall of Fame

Jack Jewsbury, April 2008

From the St. Louis University website – The Saint Louis University department of athletics announced today that 11 individuals, the Luechtefeld family and the 1999-2000 men’s basketball team will be inducted into the Billiken Hall of Fame Feb. 18, 2011, in a ceremony held at the Busch Student Center on the SLU campus. A reception [...]

Max Duncan Named To MVC All-Freshman Squad

Max Duncan, Drake Bulldogs (2014)

Congratulations to freshman Max Duncan (Joplin 2010) who was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman squad this season. Max joined the Drake Bulldogs following three years with the KC Wizards Junior program and four years as a starter with the Joplin Eagles where he tallied 84 career goals and 51 assists, en route to [...]

Heath Melugin Named To CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-American 2nd Team

Heath Melugin, Missouri State Bears (2012)

Missouri State junior men’s soccer player Heath Melugin was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-America second team, the organization announced today. Melugin holds a cumulative 3.96 grade point average and is majoring in cell and molecular biology. Melugin was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District VII first team on November 2, the second-consecutive year that [...]

NCAA D3 Soccer – Ziegler, Aiken Playing This Weekend!

Stuart Ziegler, Medaille Mavericks (2012)/West Plains (2008)

(Buffalo, NY) – The Medaille College men’s soccer team will face the University of Rochester in the opening round of the NCAA Division III National Championships on Saturday (11/13) at 7:30pm (EST) and you can follow all of the action live. For streaming video click here, If the Maverick’s advance they will face the winner [...]

Emily Jordan’s Concordia-Moorhead Cobbers Open NCAA D3 Tourney Play Today

Emily Jordan, Concordia-Moorhead (2013)

From the Concordia website – The Cobber’s will play at their “home away from home” for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend. The Cobbers will play Northwestern (Minn.) at Macalester on Friday, Nov. 12 at 5 p.m. in the opening round of the national playoffs. Last year Concordia advanced to [...]

Thank You

(Children hold signs for wounded warriors in Annapolis, Maryland, May 2010.)

On Veteran’s Day I am thankful for my father who served for 30 years in the Army, including a tour of duty in Korea and Viet Nam, and my grandfather who served in France in World War 1, despite having only been in the US for a decade prior. Who are you thankful for? From [...]

Caleb Collier Earns ESPN Academic All-District Honors

Caleb Collier, Missouri S&T Miners (2013)

ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T’s men’s soccer team has qualified for the NCAA Division II tournament for the first time ever – advancing to No. 16 nationally and second in the NCAA Division II Midwest region – and has also seen four members of its team earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors for their [...]

Joplin’s John Duncan Chasing UAA Title and NCAA Invite

John Duncan, Washington Univ in St Louis (2011)

John Duncan, and the No. 12 Washington University in St. Louis men’s soccer team, played to a 0-0 tie in double overtime with New York University in a crucial University Athletic Association (UAA) matchup on Sunday afternoon at Francis Field in St. Louis, Mo. Washington University entered the game trailing New York by just one [...]

Kicking For A Cure Tuesday At Kickapoo

BCA Event

In recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness month, the boy’s soccer programs at Republic High School and Kickapoo High School are jointly sponsoring a fund-raising event with all proceeds to be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation. On Tuesday, October 26, 2010, the Republic Tigers will host the Webb City Cardinals on the [...]

Devon Newport Nets Game Winner For Billikens

Devon Newport, SLU Billikens (2013)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Saint Louis sophomore midfielder Devon Newport (Springfield, Mo./Glendale) netted his first career goal as the Billikens ousted host George Washington 1-0 Sunday in Atlantic 10 Conference men’s soccer action at Mount Vernon Field. The Billikens improve to 4-5-2 overall and 2-2-0 in A-10. Next week, they travel to No. 23 Charlotte for [...]

Patrick Carver Named To Emory University All-Time Roster

Patrick Carver, Emory University (2009)/Parkview (2005)

Before an enthusiastic and overflow crowd at the Woodruff PE Center, the Emory Athletics Department unveiled the highly anticipated Clyde “Doc” Partin, Sr., Athletic Historical Timeline and also announced the all-time teams for the university’s intercollegiate teams. The Timeline was conceived by former Emory athletic director and long-time athletic and physical education department employee, the [...]

WashU Bears, And John Duncan, Ranked 18th In D3

John Duncan, WashU Bears (2011)

St. Louis, Mo., September 14, 2010 – The Washington University in St. Louis men’s soccer team checked in at No. 18 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Top-25 Poll, as announced Tuesday on the organization’s website. Washington University, which cracks the top-25 for the first time this season, is off to [...]

NAIA Top 25 Includes SGFsoccer Representatives

Megan Garrad, Wm Jewell Cardinals (2012)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Top-ranked Concordia (Ore.) and three other top-five teams held intact in the second edition of the 2010 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Tuesday. At least one first-place vote was awarded to the top-four squads, with Concordia earning 16 for 617points. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) checks [...]