Bolivar Liberators – 4
Marshfield Blue Jays – 0
The Class 2 and Central Ozark Conference foes square off in the Liberators first game of the season. Jodie McFarlen, Sarah Magana, Olivia Buer, and Jordan Halbrooke all scored for the Liberators who improved their record to 1-1 on the young season.
Hillcrest Hornets – 6
Carl Junction Bulldogs – 0
Goals by Alicia Otero (2), Courtney Busby (2), Kamay Freeman and Sarah Rodriguez pushed the Hornets to the win over the small school Bulldogs.
Greenwood Blue Jays – 4
Central Bulldogs -1
West Plains Zizzers – 0
Poplar Bluff Mules – 8
Springfield Catholic – 6
Logan-Rogersville Wildcats – 0
The Wildcats, with a perfect 2-0 lifetime record, play their first ever home game against Catholic. It goes to the Irish however as Shelby Hatz scores three goals and Erin FitzGerald, Emily Ortega, and Bekah Bade scored one each as the Lady Irish win their first ever Central Ozark Conference match
MV-BT Liberty Lady Eagles – 4
Pleasant Hope Pirates – 2
A Class 1 District 6 match up
Nixa Eagles – 1
Parkview Vikings – 0
Nixa’s home opener, also an early D11 match up
Joplin Eagles – 7
Carthage Tigers – 1
The Tigers welcome their Western neighbor and District foe. The Carthage Press has the story: It was almost a one-woman show against Carthage as Joplin’s Kelsey Sanders scored the first three goals of the game and ended with four. In the second half, when Joplin’s Yasmin Ulloa scored, Rogers said, “well, at least No. 13 (Sanders) didn’t score.”
Ozark Tigers – 4
Waynesville Tigers – 0
It was a hat trick for junior forward Alicia Collard (with three goals on three assists from teammate Megan Gunnels) that paved the way to a 4-0 victory for the Ozark Lady Tigers in the varsity match. Sophomore Jackie Wacha volleyed the fourth goal in on a ball served to the back side of the 6-yard box by Collard.
Neosho Wildcats – 6
Joplin McAuley – 3
From the Neosho Daily News: The Lady Wildcats, sparked by the scoring barrage of goals by Shelby Murray, defeated Joplin McAuley, 6-3, Tuesday at Dover Hill Soccer Complex in Joplin. Neosho came out and set the tone early in the game, scoring four goals 20 minutes into the contest and that allowed the team to give coach Steve Schnackenberg his first win as the head girls soccer coach.
Melanie White also scored for Neosho while Arielle Santillian had 2 goals and Jae Stephens had a goal and an assist for McAuley. Former Southwest All-Star goalie Scott Bartkoski’s little sister Ashley Bartkoski earned the win in goal for the Wildcats.
St James Tigers - 2
Laquey Hornets – 1
Dave Roberts offers an excellent piece on the Class 1 programs early season test: In the district tournament championship game last season the St. James and Laquey squads battled to a near-standoff. The game was tied after regulation and, after two overtimes, the contest was still tied and went into shootouts. Finally, St. James edged Laquey in the shootout to capture its second consecutive district title.
The Laquey Lady Hornets return the major portion of that ‘08 squad this spring and they came to the St. James Tuesday for a rematch.
As expected the two teams again locked up in a tight one. As it turned out all the scoring came in the first half, and sophomore forward Amanda White ended up scoring the game-winner on a direct kick with just seconds left in the first half.
