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Ozark Tigers Open Christian County Tourney

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Eureka Wildcats vs Wisconsin Rapids at Ozark, April 2009

Eureka Wildcats vs Wisconsin Rapids at Ozark, April 2009

The Tigers open the Tiger bracket of the annual Christian County tournament with a game against the Eureka Wildcats tonight beginning at 7pm (Varsity only). The Tigers will also take on Kearney and Joplin Saturday as part of their bracket which is listed below and available on my calendar. The Wildcats were one of the best teams I saw last year, they moved the ball very well on the turf at Ozark when they played the Wisconsin Rapids team. It should be an excellent test for the Tigers and a great game to check out.

Ozark Tigers – 0
Eureka Wildcats – 1
From the Tiger blog: Eureka’s field captain, sr center back Kourtney Price, made a run up the right side of the field with the ball and served a perfect ball into the 6-yard box where it was volleyed past the keeper and into the back of the net by freshman forward Hannah Leinert who was streaking into the box at top speed. This goal was scored in the 6th minute of play. Ozark’s defense stepped up big to shut down numerous scoring drives by the Wildcats (who are expected to be ranked #8 in the next Class 3 Missouri coaches’ poll) during the remaining 75 minutes of play.

Friday, 4/9 @ 3pm Joplin vs Eureka
Friday, 4/9 @ 7pm Eureka vs Kearney
Saturday, 4/10 @ 9am Kearney vs Joplin
Saturday, 4/10 @ 12:30pm Ozark vs Kearney
Saturday, 4/10 @ 4:45pm Ozark vs Joplin

This Week In Ozarks Soccer

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2010 WC LogoThe US Men’s team continues their pursuit of a place in World Cup 2010, facing off against Trinidad and Tobago in Nashville on Wednesday, April 1st. The game is being broadcast on ESPN2 at 6:30 pm. I’ll be at Quincy Magoo’s at 900 E Battlefield for the game, feel free to come out and join me. Hopefully the result, and the quality of the game, will be better than what was exhibited Saturday in El Salvador.

I’m still in St Louis, meeting with a new client Monday. Tuesday I’ll be lobbying in Jefferson City, in my role as President of the Missouri Film Alliance of Springfield, promoting the business generation that tax credits offer our local businesses. If you’re a fan of independent films, or a business interested in learning about how to use video in sales and marketing, check out the website I’ve created and sign up for our newsletter.

I may have an opportunity to cover the Jeff City Jays game on Tuesday, as they host the Camdenton Lakers. I’m hearing some very positive things about the Jays, who are now part of District 10 with Camdenton, Rolla and Lebanon. Based upon early results, that District is beginning to look like a real dogfight which will make this a key early match up.

Thursday marks the start of the Christian County Tournament, jointly hosted by Ozark and Nixa High School. A very large slate of games through Saturday day that will get my attention. I’ll have more details later this week and there will be game reports, photos and video interviews to offer.

Coca-Cola Cup Logo Friday will bring the 4th anniversary of this website and I’ll be celebrating by covering the Kickapoo vs Catholic game, the first game covered by SGFsoccer.com and a regular stop for many fans in the region due to it’s competitive nature. The Greenwood Blue Jays will be hosting their Classic on Saturday, which includes Carthage and two other teams I’m still trying to identify. More on that to come.

Time to also gear up and be kind to the soccer tourists who will be visiting Springfield. Lake Country Soccer is hosting the 9th Annual Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Cup at the facilities on the Eastside and we’ll have a large crowd in town. If you have a team participating (Boys U9 up to U18, and girls U9 up to U14) let me know the schedules so I can try and make it out for a game or two. Hopefully the weather will cooperate better than it did here in St Louis where I’m aware of teams who didn’t play a single game.

drury-logo-miniAh, and for the fan of the college game, the Drury Panthers will be playing several games on Saturday at Harrison Stadium. The Women have the Central Missouri State Mules and the Missouri S&T Miner’s visiting for a pair of games while the men will be hosting Mid-America Nazarene which includes Matthew Gow (Lebanon/Springfield Demize). There will be a second team announced as well.

The Missouri State Lady Bears are traveling this week for a pair of games at Oklahoma State while the Men will be in St Louis to take on the SLU Billikens. Both teams are playing on Saturday.

This Week In Springfield MO Soccer

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High School soccer will try to get some games in this week, we’ll wait to see how well the weather cooperates.

Joplin McAuley Warriors opens their season tonight, hosting District foe Greenwood Blue Jays.
Catholic and Willard renew rivalries on Tuesday, following the District Final last year.
Greenwood also visits Willard, on Wednesday. These teams last met in the District semifinals last year, with Willard winning in stoppage time on a goal by current senior Patsy Middleton to advance to their first ever District Final. Varsity only, 5:00 pm start.
It’s also time for the first derby between Glendale and Kickapoo on Wednesday. Cooper Soccer Complex is the site for the game and both teams are hungry for wins. Should be fun!

April 11- 12 the Kickapoo Chiefs host the annual Kickapoo Shootout. Traditionally the best local High School soccer tournament, new coach Phil Hodge has expanded the size and quality this year.

The field includes 8 state-ranked teams plus Rogers AR, a perennial 7A power in AR. It includes St Teresa’s (#2 from KC), Liberty (#6, KC) Lafayette (#7, STL), Jeff City (#12), Jackson (#13, Cape ), and Oakville (#14 STL) along with Class 1 powers Springfield Catholic (#6) and Notre Dame (#7, STL). Glendale is also participating.

The Christian County Tournament is also scheduled for this weekend, hosted by Ozark Tigers and Nixa Eagles. The final schedule is still be determined and should be posted on the Tigers website in a day or two.

Saturday, the Missouri State Bears will play the Missouri Science & Technology Miners at Plaster in a Spring exhibition game. Start time is 6:00 pm and I hope to catch up with new Miner signee, Zack Hay for a recruiting story.

Plenty of good soccer to see at Coester’s this week as well. The Champions League continues on Tuesday and Wednesday, 1:30 pm start times for the 2nd leg of the Quarterfinal games. And on Wednesday evening the NE Revolution visit the KC Wizards. 7:00 pm start time on that one.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t point to tonights NCAA Basketball Final. It’s one sporting event outside of soccer that I really enjoy, having attended the Final 4 as well as a dozens of Regional games in the past 20 years. And with all of the Coaching stories we’ve had recently, here’s another lesson

“Coach Brown was really good at making the game easy for the players,” said Self.

In a profession known for exorbitant salaries and overcoaching, Calipari and Self are much more inclined to let their guys, well, just play — to the point where after his team rolled to a 40-12 lead over North Carolina on Saturday, Self proclaimed, “There were times when I didn’t have much control over what was going on out there.”

“You recruit players and the challenge is to get them to play together,” Calipari said. “You want to put your players in position to have success.”

Hat tip to The Daily Fix