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9/29 Southwest Region High School Soccer Report

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Branson Pirates – 2
Neosho Wildcats – 1
The Branson Pirates broke through on their home field for the first time on Monday. A 2-1 victory over a very fast Neosho team earned the Pirates their first COC win and their first on field victory at John E. Chase stadium. The Pirates scored first mid way through the first half on a rebound goal by Koda Sorenson (5) setup by a great cross from the right wing, flicked on by Carlos Luevano. Neosho answered late in the first half with a well executed corner. Tied one one at halftime the Pirates came out
with an energy that lasted the entire second half.

The game winner came off the foot of Freshman Juan Navarro 20 minutes into the second half on a
counter set up by Austin Paynes long run up the wing. Neosho had the wind that continued to pick up and pressured the Pirate defense but solid short passing and another stellar performance by goalkeeper James Huffman along with team play withstood the assault leaving the Pirates with their 4th victory of the season. The Pirates are now 4-8, 1-1 in the Central Ozark Conference.

Hillcrest Hornets – 6
Ozark Tigers – 3
The Hornet’s won their 5th game of the season Monday after The Tiger’s struck first. The Hornets came back with 3 goals while giving up another to finish the first half with a 3-2 lead. 3 more goals for the Hornet’s put the game beyond reach for the Tiger’s who got the last goal of the night with about 15 minutes left. In addition to being their 5th win of the season. it was Hillcrest’s first ever victory over Ozark. Hornet’s goals were scored by Bryce Collier (3), Michael Freeman (2) and Cody Wallace. Ozark goals scored by x, #10 and #5.

Nixa hosts Rogersville

9/13 Tournament Reports – Branson Gets First Win!

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    Rolla Tourney

In what proved to be the championship match Rolla held a 3-0 lead over Hickman with 13 minutes remaining. The Kewpies erupted for three goals in the final 13 minutes to tie the match and then win the championship with more goals scored in the tournament.

Tyler Sinnott became Rolla’s all-time scoring leader. He now has 91 career goals and 15 in Rolla’s first 5 games this season. The old record was 87 held by Stephen Williams. Rolla is now 4-0-1 on the season.

1-Hickman
2-Rolla
3-Northeast Kansas City
4-Alta Vista

Saturday
Northeast KC 10 – Alta Vista 0
Rolla 3 – Hickman 3

Hickman 10 – Alta Vista 0
Rolla 8 – Northeast KC 4
Friday games-
Rolla 10- Alta Vista 0
Hickman 9 – Northeast KC 1

    New Covenant Warriors Tournament Results

New Covenant Academy Warriors – 5
Hillcrest Hornets – 3
The decisive game of the tournament, the win gave New Covenant 1st place in their tournament with 3 wins, no losses while Hillcrest placed second with a 2-1 record during the weekend.

Sacred Heart vs. Central

Hillcrest Hornets – 6
Central Bulldogs – 1

New Covenant Academy – 5
Sacred Heart – 0

    Christian County Soccer Tournament Results

Championship Game – Kickapoo defeats Carthage 1-0 for the title. According to a knowledge commentor (his son’s the goalkeeper) Carthage yielded it’s first goal after 392 miniutes of play this season in this game.

3rd Place Game – Greenwood vs Ozark finished at 0-0 after regulation and two OT’s, leading to penalty kicks. Greenwood wins in penalty kicks 4-3 for 3rd place.

Kickapoo Chiefs – 7
Greenwood Blue Jays – 0

Ozark Tigers – 0
Carthage Tigers – 6

5th Place Game – the Nixa Eagles edge the Branson Pirates 1-0 in a game that points to a very competitive District and Central Ozark Conference match later this season.

7th Place Game – the Neosho Wildcats win 4-2, edging their Northern rivals, the Webb City Cardinals.

Bracket games earlier in the day, leading to the playoff games included the Nixa Eagles edging new Central Ozark Conference foe the Neosho Wildcats by a 1 – 0 score.

It took two overtime periods and it went to the 13th kicker, but the Branson Pirates have their first win, over the Webb City Cardinal’s by the score of 3-2. The final total was 9-8 in PKs and the Pirate’s also get their first Central Ozark Conference win in the process. Goalie James Huffman made a solid save to win it for Branson. Luis Mena made the official game winner beating the Webb keeper low to the right.