The 7th Annual Southwest All-Stars Games, presented by Springfield Soccer Club, will be held Thursday June 23, 2011 on the Greenwood Stadium Field at the Cooper Soccer Complex. The Girls Game, in it’s sixth season, will be played along with the Boys game.

The roster for the Girls Team, high school seniors who graduated in May 2011 and have recently completed their high school careers, is listed below. Formal invitations are being sent out to the players this week. The Girls team should be announced later this week.

Players are asked to do two things – please join the Facebook Group that has been set up to provide game information. More importantly, please confirm your participation at this website. Please register and let SSC know if you will, or will not, be playing.

Number by Class
Class 1 – 12
Class 2 – 7
Class 3 – 26

Districts and Players
Class 1 – Districts 10 (1), 11 (2), 12 (9)
Class 2 – Districts 11 (5), 12 (2)
Class 3 – Districts 10 (6), 11 (12), 12 (8)

I now have DVD’s available from the 2010 All-Star game produced by Mediacom. If you would like to purchase a copy of either the Boy’s game OR the Girl’s game, contact me for details. All DVD’s have been professionally created and will come packaged in a sturdy plastic case with a photo cover featuring the player’s respective team.

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News-Leader photo by Amber Arnold of Girl's All-Stars

Boys Red – 6
Boys Yellow – 2
First half scoring by Red – Patrick Baltz, Glendale; Red – Kyle Varner, Waynesville; Red – Ben Moore, Waynesville (assisted by Baltz). Second half scoring by Yellow – David Bailey, Catholic (assisted by Ian Kennedy, Kickapoo); Red – Tyler Sevon, Willard (assisted by Andrew Presnell, Ozark); Yellow – Chris Aiken, Greenwood; Red – Sevon (assisted by Baltz); Red – Seth Hampton, Ozark (assisted by Jordan Pitts, Glendale)
Yellow: 0 – 2 = 2
Red: 3 – 3 = 6

Girls Yellow – 7
Girls Red - 1
First half scoring by
Yellow – Megan Melugin, Kickapoo; Red – Elle Aston, Republic (assisted by Ashlyn Robillard, Nixa). Second half scoring by
Yellow – Emily Boyer, Lebanon (assisted by Lindsey Sprouse, Glendale); Yellow – Maddy Esther, Greenwood; Yellow – Boyer; Yellow – Olivia Cox, Rolla (assisted by Boyer); Yellow – Shelby Stewart, Parkview; Yellow – Sprouse (assisted by Stewart)
Red: 1 – 0 = 1
Yellow: 1 – 6 = 7

The story includes a nice gallery of photos from the Girls game.

KSPR 33 offers up Local Soccer Stars Shine in Southwest All-Star Game with goals by Elle Aston, Emily Boyer, Maddy Esther and an interview with Emily. For the boy’s game, goals by Patrick Baltz, Kyle Varner and Ben Moore (on Pitt’s cross) for plenty of action.

KSFX 27 checks in with Red Wins Boys Soccer All-Star Game that includes a pair of goals, the first by Patrick Baltz and the second by Kyle Varner. They also have Yellow Wins Girls All-Star Soccer Match that includes the recognition of the Catholic girls as well as a pair of goals by Emily Boyer and one by Maddy Esther.

Photo by Rodger Wheeler, RepublicMOnews.com

The odds of a female athlete from Republic being chosen to participate in the Southwest All-Stars soccer showcase would not be very high, based on the fact that the Republic school system does not have a soccer program. So with the sport of soccer kicking off this fall at Republic High School, it was even more of a rariety that two high school seniors from Republic—Elle Aston and Molly Marcotte—were selected to be a part of the event showcasing the area’s best female soccer players.

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5th Annual Girls All-Stars

It’s late so I’m going to keep this brief. Under a beautiful summer sun and night sky, the 6th Annual All-Star game drew the top seniors from the area and a very good crowd to Springfield Catholic High School. The game also drew a significant media presence as KY3, KOLR10/KSFX27 and KSPR33 were all in attendance. The News-Leader had two photographers and two reporters along with reporters and photographers from the Christian County Express, Republic Monitor and Lake-Sun Leader. I’ll find all of the stories as they are posted and point you to them here so come back often!

The game was taped by Mediacom who will broadcast it on Channel 22 later this week. Look for it on Thursday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 pm and again on Sunday at 1:00 pm. DVD’s will be available for purchase. More details as soon as I get them!

If you shot photos of the game and the event, I’d love to hear from you so that we can share them with others who will have an interest in your efforts. Contact me and we can arrange to post them or point others to them.

The efforts that Springfield Catholic High School and their Soccer Booster Club went to to provide a comfortable and enjoyable viewing experience were amazing. That included pulling power to support Mediacom’s ability to broadcast the game without a generator that would have distracted from the game. Turns out that the high heat probably had the air conditioners in the area going at high blast so the Boy’s game was interrupted with 20 minutes remaining when a transformer blew. The Boys voted to finish the game despite missing a bank of lights in to applause from the crowd. Thank you SCHS, State Champions and quality hosts. I vote we return in 2011. What do you think?

Cox Sports Medicine was represented by Dr Rusty Bond and two trainers including Charles Bower and they brought all of the tools of their trade to bear keeping the players prepared to play in the heat. It was the 5th year they have participated and it included stationing an ambulance near the field for the entire evening. Thank you!

The referees donated their time tonight and thanks go out to Andy Wilkinson and Patrick Burns who worked the center for the Boys and Girls game respectivley. AR’s included Todd McCutcheon and Jess McCutcheon, a 2008 All-Star herself as well as S Bollin. Thank you!

The game is brought to you by Springfield SC and SGFsoccer.com and the SSC and their partner J&K Soccer provided the tshirts that the players now have as souvenirs of their efforts. J&K also provided the game balls and tents to provide shade for the players, especially important during the early game. Bella!

I’m interested in knowing what you thought of the game, as a player or attendee. Please share your thoughts via the comment field at the bottom of this story. And do come back as I collect reports from around the area!