Waynesville Tigers Earn Second Straight Ozark Conference Crown

Waynesville Tigers – 7 Parkview Vikings – 0 Katie Pritchard scored 4 goals this evening, reaching a regional milestone. She now has 167 goals for her career, tying her with Anne Felts of the Rolla Bulldogs as the most prolific scorer in Southwest Missouri. Michaele Fulmer of KC O’Hara owns the state record with 204 [...]

May Day And Blossoming Freshman

Fortunately for me, I’ve discovered that the majority of you don’t come here because of my journalistic skills. We know newspapers are dying, so I am here cover the game we love and that’s good enough for you. That is all to explain my feeble attempt at a May Day (and the day is a [...]

Springfield Catholic Wins in PK’s Over Glendale Falcons

Springfield Catholic – 2 (PK’s) Glendale Falcons – 1 In one of the most competitive and entertaining games of this season, the Southeast side rivals went toe-to-toe this evening in a classic battle. With the wind at their backs to start the game, Catholic applied plenty of pressure and had the first real opportunity when [...]

Tuesday Game Reports

Waynesville Tigers – 4 Joplin Eagles – 0 Rolla Bulldogs – 4 Lebanon Yellowjackets – 0 Junior Ashley Kerr opened the scoring with a goal in the 36th minute from a long throw by senior Kaitlin Bramel for what turned out to be the game-winning goal. In the second half, Sophomore Jaclyn Standfast scored a [...]

Monday Game Reports

Hillcrest Hornets – 7 Mt View Liberty – 1 My earlier 3-0 report was the score that KOLR10 reported on their news broadcast last night. It was good to see them covering soccer. I’ll get more details on the game soon. Hillcrest goals were scored by Jessica Bass (2), Erin Boschen (3), Kelsie Moss and [...]

Jefferson City Capital Classic Tournament Report

Pattonville Pirates – 2 Rolla Bulldogs – 0 The Pattonville Pirates, 10th ranked in Metro St Louis poll, continued their strong play in Jefferson City, shutting out the Bulldogs in the early game today. Helias Crusaders – 5 Pembroke Hill Raiders – 1 Rolla Bulldogs – 2 Pembroke Hill – 1 Goals from Freshman Ellen [...]

Tuesday Non-Conference Games

Catholic Fightin’ Irish – 6 Neosho Wildcats – 0 Catholic beat Neosho tonight scoring three goals in each half. Goals scorers for the Lady Irish were Anna DeLong (Shelby Hatz), Shelby Hatz (Anna DeLong), Andrea Parker (Carsen Baron), Tara Bailes (Anna DeLong), Anne Prenger (free kick), and Emily Kessler (Carsen Baron). Parker’s goal was the [...]

Springfield Catholic Irish Shut Out Kickapoo Chiefs

It can’t be called a surprise, or even an upset necessarily, but the Class 1 Springfield Catholic squad visited their Class 2 neighbors and earned a 1-0 victory tonight. The goal was scored by senior Anne Prenger, on a 50 yard direct kick that appeared to surprise the Kickapoo goalkeeper, dropping in front of her [...]

Springfield Soccer Weekend Update

It’s my anniversary folks. Not directly, the calender never quite cooperates. How can Easter be over already? I’m entering my 4th year of coverage of high school, club and college soccer in the region with tonights game between Springfield Catholic and Kickapoo. It was the first game I covered in 2005 when I started this [...]

Monday’s High School Soccer Game Reports

Hillcrest Hornets – 4 Willard Tigers – 1 Erin Boschen scores three for the Hornets as they surprise the Tigers, District Finalists last year. Nixa Eagles – 4 Central Bulldogs – 0 Senior Jacklyn Finley the Eagles first goal of the season in the 7th minute from 22 yards on a restart (just above the [...]

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 [...]

Thursday Game Reports

Waynesville Tigers

Update – I got my answer to the question of whether anyone was playing today. Springfield Catholic – 2 Lebanon Yellowjackets – 0 The Lady Irish traveled to Lebanon to take on the Class 2 District 11 Finalists from last year. Missouri State signee Tara Bailes (pictured in last years Class 1 Quarterfinal loss to [...]

Missouri Girls Soccer Statewide Preseason Poll Results

GIRLS SOCCER PRESEASON POLL (03-14-08) Class 2 Rank Team Points 1 Incarnate Word Academy (5) 103 2 St. Teresa’s (2) 94 3 Nerinx Hall 85 4 St. Joe’s Academy 82 5 Lee’s Summit North 70 6 Lafayette 66 7 Ft. Zumwalt West 65 8 Ursuline 53 9 Cor Jesu 31 10 Hazelwood West 30 11 [...]

Tara Bailes Signs With Missouri State Bears

Tara Bailes, Soccer Signing

Tara Bailes participated in a soccer signing ceremony at Catholic High School on Friday with teammate Anne Prenger. She has chosen to continue her career with Division I Missouri State where she will play for Coach Rob Brewer. I asked Coach Brewer about the role he expects Tara will play for the Bears. We expect [...]

Springfield Soccer College Signings

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, [...]