District Updates from Around Missouri

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If Springfield Catholic returns to the Final 4 as expected, they will have a new foe for the first time in four years. The St Vincent squad lost in their District Final on Tuesday, ending the three year run the team had that included a Class 1 State title in 2009 when they defeated Catholic, [...]

Class 1 District 12 Girls Soccer Playoffs

Lydia Holtmann, Springfield Catholic 2014/Springfield SC 95/96

UPDATED – The Final between Springfield Catholic and Greenwood will be played Tuesday May 15th at 4:30 pm. The seeding and schedule for the Class 1 District 12 tournament have been announced. The Greenwood Blue Jays are hosting the tournament at their field at the Cooper Soccer Complex, 2334 East Pythian Street Springfield, MO 65802 [...]

Springfield Catholic Capture First State Title

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First year coach Tom Guinn didn’t know what to expect when he took the job as head coach of the boys soccer team at Springfield Catholic. He had never even seen them play. Guinn knew about the team’s recent success but he was told the Irish had lost quite a few seniors and he would [...]

Thomas Guinn Hired To Coach Springfield Catholic Boys

Thomas Guinn, Liberty Mt View Eagles (2011)

Thomas Guinn, Head Coach of the Mt View Liberty Eagles girls teams the past two seasons, has been named Head Coach for the Springfield Catholic boys team. Guinn is a graduate of Fontbonne University where he played for the D3 Griffins, winning the St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament [...]

Missouri Girls High School Soccer Coaches Poll

Ashlee Rightnowar, Rolla Bulldogs (2011)

The first poll of the season is out. Let’s take a look… In Class 1, Springfield Catholic is firmly at the top of the initial poll with 9 first place votes. Greenwood finished just outside the Top 10 as well. In Class 2, Harrisonville received votes. The Wildcats are defending District champions and will fight [...]

Catholic’s Natalie Smid Featured On KSMU

Natalie Smid celebrates Bekah Bade's game-winner

The senior to be at Springfield Catholic, an All-State soccer player (far right, photo above) who is also the 9th best cross country runner in the state (per Coach Nick Russo) and holds the Catholic cross-country school record, was featured on KSMU radio recently. Natalie Smid: A Modern-Day ‘Moses’ With Spirit, Smarts, and Charisma covers [...]

Catholic Ranked 2nd in First Missouri High School Girls Soccer Poll

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The initial poll for the 2010 season has been released by the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association. Let’s check it out! Class 3 1 -Incarnate Word Academy 2 – Liberty 3 – Nerinx Hall 4 – Lee’s Summit North 5 – St. Joe’s Academy 6 – Pattonville 7 – Hazelwood West 8 – Lee’s [...]

Zach Alumbaugh Hired As Springfield Catholic Assistant

Zach Alumbaugh, Springfield SC

From the Springfield Catholic boys soccer program comes the following release: Springfield Catholic Soccer Adds Experience to Boy’s Staff “I can’t tell you how excited I am to have Zach returning to Springfield and especially to have him coaching at Springfield Catholic. He returns after gaining two years of invaluable experience at the college level. [...]

High School Schedules – Am I Missing Your Team?

OK, spent the afternoon Tuesday entering schedules into my High School Calendar and I’m still missing quite a few. The only way I can cover your team is if I have your schedule and can identify games of interest. Please have your Coach or a member of the Booster Club send me the schedule. I [...]

Missouri State Bears Boys Soccer Team Camps

That time of year again, the Team Camp just ended Friday and the Residential Camp begins today. I caught this shot of the save by Bryan Byars of Putnam City North (OK), home of Lance Pickens (Chivas USA/MSU Bears) and Chad Thompson (MSU defender) during the All-Star game. The save is against his HS teammate, [...]

Saying Good Bye

The region lost a pair of assistant coaches with the end of the season last week. There are a lot of hard-working folks involved in this community but an area of particular significance is when recent college graduates give back by working with local high schools. Especially when they didn’t play their prep soccer here. [...]

There’s A New Sheriff In Town News

Final week of the regular season and you know what that means, eh folks. That’s right… Waynesville visits Catholic on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 pm. The Varsity play first and we’ll have a chance to see the two teams that have beaten Kickapoo and Glendale this season. It will also be one of your last [...]

Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Poll

GIRLS SOCCER POLL (05-02-08) Class 2 Rank Team Points 1 – Incarnate Word Academy (11) 190 2 – Lafayette (2) 182 3 – St. Teresa’s 172 4 – St. Joe’s Academy 150 5 – Liberty 136 6 – Nerinx Hall 133 7 – Lee’s Summit North 101 8 – Lee’s Summit 95 9 – Howell [...]

Central Federal Soccer Classic Game Reports

Rolla wins their Classic, winning all three games while getting five goals from five players. Look out Ozark Conference Catholic takes 2nd Place by finishing 1-1-1 against the Class 2 competition, including a win against Washington and a tie against Hickman. Rolla Bulldogs – 2 Hickman Kewpies – 0 A blast from just outside the [...]

Central Federal/Rolla Bulldog Girls Soccer Classic This Weekend

Central Federal - Rolla Bulldog Classic

Friday March 21st * 5:00 Rolla vs. Washington * 6:45 Catholic vs. Hickman Saturday, March 22nd * 9:00 a.m. Catholic vs. Rolla * 10:45 a.m. Hickman vs. Washington * 2:00 p.m. Washington vs. Catholic * 3:45 p.m. Rolla vs. Hickman Coach Mike Howard and his Rolla Lady Bulldogs open their season this weekend with the [...]