Sweetin Chosen Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year

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Congratulations to Alex Sweetin from KC Rockhurst High School for being chosen the Gatorade Player of the Year for Missouri. Sweetin is headed for St Louis University where he will be part of the freshman class that includes Devon Newport (Glendale) and Ryan Moses (Kickapoo). The Glendale Falcon site notes that Newport was also under [...]

This Week in Southwest Missouri Soccer

Happy Columbus Day! I’m traveling, in fact I may have to celebrate the day on “The Hill” in St Louis where I’m guaranteed some fine Italian. I’m also time constrained so lets dive in… Three weeks remain in the High School regular season, so it’s too early to declare any winners but there are a [...]

10/7 Southwest Region High School Soccer Report

Kickapoo Chiefs – 1 Joplin Eagles – 0 Goal by Brock Ruggeri, assisted by Skyler Russell Parkview Vikings – 5 West Plains Zizzers – 0 Goals by Tim Griffin (3), Jared Moore and Tanner Bennett. Shutout by Rudy Fotsch Glendale Falcons – 9 Lebanon Yellowjackets – 1 Devon Newport scored 4 goals and moved into [...]

10/3 Southwest Missouri High School Soccer Report

Willard Tigers Tournament Bolivar Liberators – 2 Hillcrest Hornets – 1 Elation for the Liberators as Bradley Stillwagon (pictured in white, defended by Radu Mariuta) scores 2 goals in the final 3 minutes of regulation to defeat the Hornets. The Hornet’s took the lead in the 53rd on some brilliant combination play, with Ballhorn winning [...]

9/16 Southwest Missouri High School Soccer Report

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Rolla’s Tyler Sinnott defended by Darren Shaw, Parkview Parkview Vikings – 2 Rolla Bulldogs – 0 Goals in the 27th minute by Tim Griffin and in the 77th minute by Morgan Holt propelled the Parkview Vikings to their second Ozark Conference win Tuesday afternoon. UPDATE – found my game notes! This was the kind of [...]

9/11 Southwest Missouri High School Soccer Report

Hillcrest Hornets – 5 Rogersville Wildcats – 1 The Wildcats took the initial lead in this game until the Hornets turned it up a notch. Bryce Collier tied the game enroute to scoring a pair of goals, Mitch Easter got the game-winner and Michael Freeman and Ben Ballhorn added goals as well. Midfielder Wes Bird [...]

9/9 Ozark Conference High School Soccer Report

Kickapoo Chiefs – 2 Camdenton Lakers – 1 In a hard fought battle, the two Conference rivals went toe-to-toe and both came away disappointed tonight. The Chief’s goals were both scored by junior Skyler Russell as Kickapoo’s new 4-3-3 formation brought them the offensive output needed to win the game. Russell’s first goal was scored [...]

Thursday Game Reports – Carlos Reyes Scores Branson Pirates First Goal

Cassville Wildcats – 10 Branson Pirates – 2 The Wildcats opened the defense of their District title with senior Uziel Franco netting 6 goals. Bryan Schroder, BJ Mcguffey and Nashe Lugeanbeal all scored as well. The Pirates first ever Varsity match included a pair of goals, both scored on set pieces, by Garegin Elchyn and [...]

Let’s Get it Started

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Join Me On FACEBOOK Branson Pirates – 2 Logan-Rogersville Wildcats – 3 Only the JV played tonight folks, in a steady rain that soon became a downpour which led to the cancellation of the Varsity game. The score above is for the JV, with the Wildcat’s scoring the first goal in the 21st minute when [...]

Ryan Moses Commits to St Louis University Billikens

The Kickapoo Chiefs, coming off of their 3rd place finish at State last year, now have a second member of this years team scheduled to play Division I college soccer next year. Senior Ryan Moses recently accepted an offer from Head Coach Dan Donigan to represent the nationally ranked St Louis University Billikens, where he [...]

Tommy Tombridge Commits To Northwestern Wildcats

Springfield, and Springfield SC, has another representative in the Big 10. Goalkeeper Tommy Tombridge (Kickapoo 2009) verbally committed to the Wildcats a week ago, where he’ll play for Head Coach Tim Lenahan at the campus on Lake Michigan, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, IL. Unlike many of the players I’ve talked to about their [...]

Region II Soccer Tournament: Springfield SC Ties KC Wizard Juniors

More good news from Rockford today. In the second game of the three game round-robin, the Springfield SC U17 boys team earned a tie in their game against the Wizard Juniors. Devon Newport scored for our boys, his second in two games. Today’s game had the possibility of determining the group winner if one team [...]

Region II Tourney Update – Springfield SC Win First Game

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Good news from Rockford where the U17 boys won their opening game on Saturday 4-0 over the FC Barrington squad from Illinois making their club’s first ever visit to Regionals. Goals were scored by Ryan Partch, Bryce Collier, Ian Kennedy and Devon Newport, continuing the broad-based scoring model that has gotten them this far. Sunday’s [...]

Springfield SC U17 State Champions – Video Highlights

Springfield SC vs Lou Fusz Popovic – U17 Missouri State Soccer Final from oleolson on Vimeo. Got it done Sunday afternoon when I should have been outside or at least getting something productive done PRESS RELEASE Springfield S.C. U-17 Boys Claim Back to Back MYSA State Cup Championships The Springfield Soccer Club 90/91 (Under 17) [...]

Devon Newport And Graham Basecke – Future Billiken And Hoosier

2008 has been an incredibly active year when it comes to college recruiting news. I have not done it justice in terms of recognizing the opportunities the players in this region have created for themselves. The most difficult challenge is pursuing a Division I opportunity. The two most recent decisions in that area come from [...]