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NJCAA Soccer Report: Barton Faces Garden City Tonight

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A tough Laramie County Community College (7-2-1) took the trip from Wyoming to Great Bend, Kansas Saturday night for a non-conference soccer game. Barton County prevailed winning 3-1, and improving their season record to 10-0 on the year. The Springfield Demize players all had a big hand in the win contributing on every goal scored in the match. James Neighbour recorded the assist on the first goal of the match giving him his team leading sixth assist on the year. Oscar Narvaez had the second assist of the match lifting a dangerous free kick into the box which was headed home. Barton’s third goal was a rebound put-back from Kyle Dubay late in the first half. Donovan Dowling recorded a couple of quality saves and was quoted in the Great Bend Tribune saying:

When you’re playing better competition, obviously they’re going to have more chances of coming through, but for the most part, my defense is so strong, and I credit all of my shutouts to them.

Dowling and the rest of the Barton defense, including fellow Demize teammate Ous Senghore have seven shutouts in ten games, and have conceded only three goals thus far. As of Tuesday, that ranked Dowling number six in the NJCAA in goals against average.

The win sets up a huge game Wednesday (tonight) with conference rival Garden City Community College. Garden is also undefeated touting a 7-0 record and a number 10 ranking in the latest NJCAA national poll. Barton came in at number 4 in the same poll. Garden has yet to defeat Barton in their four year history, which means Barton will definitely be getting their best shot, especially with Garden coming in as the underdog. The winner of the game will be the front runner to win the KJCCC conference championship and garner the number one seed for the tournament at the end of the regular season.

The way the regional system works is there are a total of 24 regions in NJCAA division 1 soccer. Each region will establish their winner, and send them on to districts to compete for one of the eight spots in the National Tournament. In Barton’s case, Kansas is their own region, consisting of the teams in the KJCCC (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference). This means that Barton will have to go through the same teams they play in conference to win their region. The same is true for the Missouri teams as well, meaning Jefferson, St. Louis teams, Crowder, etc will all be playing each other for their respective regional title. Clearly for Barton, this means a re-match with Garden at the end of the year is likely to determine their regional champion.

NJCAA Correspondent Austin Dowling

Editor’s Note: Cody Thorn of the Neosho Daily News (and Carthage Press) provides the best soccer coverage of any newspaper in the region, and he files this report on the Crowder College Roughriders which includes a nice action shot of Bolivar’s Ryan Toombs:

Playing at home for the first time in a while — August 29 was the last day at home — the vagabond Crowder College Roughriders soccer team looked for its first home win.

That wait will have to go a while longer.

A goal by Michael Brennan in the 109th minute — in double overtime — lead Blue River Community College from Kansas City to a 1-0 win over Crowder in a Region XVI game played at Lions Field.

Crowder is now 2-5-3. Blue River improved to 4-6. The Roughriders play Friday in Union, Mo., against East Central Community College in another Region XVI game.

Crowder College Roughriders Name Brad Smith Head Coach

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From the Neosho Daily News, Cody Thorn has the news

New soccer coach knows how to start new programs

In his course of being a head coach on the soccer pitch for 33 years, Brad Smith has started three different programs from the ground up. He will get a chance to help complete the construction of the Crowder College soccer program next, as he was recently hired as the school’s second head coach.

Smith is currently the head coach at Brescia University in Owensboro, Ky., where he will exit next week and start the new job at Crowder in July.

Crowder will open its season on August 15 with a scrimmage against Missouri Southern. The team will include Hector Valenzuela (Cassville), David Valenciano (Monett), Ryan Toombs (Bolivar), Justin Rogers (Glendale) and Preston Bates (Kickapoo) on it’s first year roster.

Springfield Soccer College Signings

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I haven’t done this justice folks, as my regular readers know I’ve had a few … distractions. The good news is that gives me plenty of content for the coming month leading up to the girls high school season. So we’ll start with a list of known commitments and in the coming days and weeks, I’ll be providing more detail on the individual players. If I’ve missed you, or your decision hasn’t been made yet, please keep me up-to-date so I can share your story with the rest of the community. In the meantime, here’s the early list for the Class of 2008!

Heath Melugin, Kickapoo – Missouri State Bears
Chealsey Russell, Kickapoo – Rice University Owls
Tara Bailes, Springfield Catholic – Missouri State Bears
Anne Prenger, Springfield Catholic – University of Missouri St Louis Tritons
Katy McLain, Kickapoo – Drury Panthers
Kyler Temple, Kickapoo – Drury Panthers
Zack Hay, Kickapoo – Missouri Science & Technology Miners w00t!
Lorin “Lou” Opfer, Glendale – Truman State Bulldogs
Brianna Ragains, Lebanon – Missouri Southern Lions (Joplin)
Jessica McCutcheon, Kickapoo – Rogers State Hillcats
TJ Miner Martin, Webb City -Rogers State Hillcats (Claremore, OK)
Michael Handley, Webb City – Ashford University Saints (Clinton, IA)
Maggie Schrier, Glendale – Hendrix Warriors(Conway, AR)
Ryan Toombs, Bolivar – Crowder College Roughriders (Neosho, MO)
Rebecca Carter, Central – Grinnell College Pioneers (IA)
Brice Hunt, West Plains – Birmingham Southern Panthers
Luke Bayless, Carthage – Northeastern Oklahoma Norsemen (Miami, OK)
Matt Arnold, Carthage – Northeastern Oklahoma Norsemen (Miami, OK)

I think your Dad would be very proud of you.

If you’d like to help me keep up with your game, friend me on Facebook. I promise I’m discrete. I learned that lesson a long time ago… And remember, you can see all of these young men at the Southwest All-Star game on June 19th. The ladies nominations will come out in late May.

News-Leaders Names All-Ozark Soccer Squad

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Now that it feels like winter again, it’s time for the All-Ozark squad from the News-Leader. (to be continued once I get time to update it from Wednesday’s paper) Updated, with corrections noted

Kyler Temple (Kickapoo, Sr. forward)
The Chiefs’ explosive forward played some of his best soccer as Kickapoo made a trip to Columbia Fenton. Temple — headed to Drury — ended the season with 14 goals and four assists.

Stuart Ziegler (West Plains, Sr. forward)
Ziegler led the Zizzers up front with a team-high 25 goals. His speed was disruptive to opposing defenses as he created other goal-scoring opportunities with 17 assists.

Devon Newport (Glendale, Jr. forward)
Exciting to watch, Newport dazzled Falcon fans with footwork and finishing skills. The junior Falcon finished with 20 goals and 14 assists.

Justin Scicluna (West Plains, Sr. midfielder)
Scicluna scored some amazing goals from the midfield position, while creating chances for others. He finished his senior season with 20 goals and 17 assists.

Ryan Toombs (Bolivar, Sr. midfielder)
Toombs was a second team all-state selection, using his length to reach for balls and control the middle of the field. He finished with 26 goals and 14 assists.

Heath Melugin (Kickapoo, Sr. midfielder)
The Chiefs had final four vision from the opening kick, and Melugin — heading to Missouri State — was the centerpiece. The first-team all-state selection scored an astonishing 55 goals, and also led the team with 25 assists.

Kam Maddy (Rolla, Sr. midfielder)
Maddy was an ever-present force in the middle for the Bulldogs, and was second on the team with 14 assists.

Tanner Roberts (Bolivar, Sr. defender)
He was the Southwest Region defensive player of the year for the second year in a row, as well as grabbing his second all-state nod as a senior.

Ryan Squires (Glendale, Jr. defender)
The Falcons’ senior junior sweeper anchored Glendale’s defense with hard tackles, and always going strong to balls in the air.

Zack Hay (Kickapoo, Sr. defender)
A second-team all-state selection, Hay was the Chiefs’ defensive sweeper. Heading to University of Missouri-Rolla Missouri Science & Technology (formerly UMR), he also scored eight goals and dished five assists from the back.

Patrick McCarthy (Glendale, Sr. goalkeeper)
Glendale’s senior keeper had 13 shutouts, and showed consistency throughout his senior campaign, with a keen knowledge of reading the game.

Second team
F – Tyler Sinnott, Rolla (Jr)
F – Ryan Schlichtman, Cassville (Sr)
MF – Rob Curtis, Ozark (Sr)
MF – Max Duncan, Joplin (So)
MF – Justin Rogers, Glendale (Sr)
MF – T.J. Martin, Webb City (Sr)
D – Tyler McElroy, Glendale (Sr)
D – Carter McKay, Central (Sr)
D – Lane Chapman, Kickapoo (Jr)
D – Will Griffin, Parkview (Sr)
GK – Adam Legg, Kickapoo (Sr)