Tuesday Ozarks High School Girls Soccer Report

Parkview Vikings – 4 Joplin Eagles – 0 The first goal of the match game from Shelby Stewart on a shot from distance that snuck in, giving the Vikings a 1-0 lead. Later in the first half Melanie Allen crossed a great ball to Jessica Maerz who was running on and struck the ball into [...]

Thursday Girls High School Soccer Report

A pair of significant results tonight, with Ozark proving last year was no fluke and the Zizzer’s getting an early Ozark Conference win over the Joplin Eagles! Ozark Tigers – 2 (OT) Catholic Fightin’ Irish – 1 Scoreless until the second half when first Andrea Parker scored for Catholic, followed by Megan Gunnels goal for [...]

SGFsoccer.com Names First All-Ozarks Freshman Squad

A common theme the past two seasons has been the increasing quality of the players who are advancing to the high school ranks. I wrote about it May 1st when I interviewed Natalie Smid and Rachel Scott of Springfield Catholic. I still remember the job that Ozark’s freshman did last year when the Tigers Opened [...]

Waynesville Tigers Continue Their Run Through SW Region

Waynesville Tigers – 4 Springfield Catholic – 2 3 It was an offensive battle at the Irish field Tuesday evening with all of the goals, save one, scored in the first half. Catholic’s dynamic freshman forward Shelby Hatz, assisted by Rachel Herron, gave the home team their only advantage on the evening in the 7th [...]

Monday Game Reports

Hillcrest Hornets – 7 Mt View Liberty – 1 My earlier 3-0 report was the score that KOLR10 reported on their news broadcast last night. It was good to see them covering soccer. I’ll get more details on the game soon. Hillcrest goals were scored by Jessica Bass (2), Erin Boschen (3), Kelsie Moss and [...]

Tuesday Non-Conference Games

Catholic Fightin’ Irish – 6 Neosho Wildcats – 0 Catholic beat Neosho tonight scoring three goals in each half. Goals scorers for the Lady Irish were Anna DeLong (Shelby Hatz), Shelby Hatz (Anna DeLong), Andrea Parker (Carsen Baron), Tara Bailes (Anna DeLong), Anne Prenger (free kick), and Emily Kessler (Carsen Baron). Parker’s goal was the [...]

Springfield Catholic Irish Shut Out Kickapoo Chiefs

It can’t be called a surprise, or even an upset necessarily, but the Class 1 Springfield Catholic squad visited their Class 2 neighbors and earned a 1-0 victory tonight. The goal was scored by senior Anne Prenger, on a 50 yard direct kick that appeared to surprise the Kickapoo goalkeeper, dropping in front of her [...]