Tillie Bill, Southern Boone Co Eagles (2010)
Player of the Year – Tillie Bill, Southern Boone
Co-Offensive Players of the Year – Shelby Hatz and Natalie Smid, Springfield Catholic
Co-Defensive Players of the Year – Carsen Baron and Rebecca Mayus, Springfield Catholic
Co-Goalkeepers of the Year – Rachel Scott and Megan Goetzinger, Springfield Catholic
Chris Miller, Jeff City Jays (May 2007)
The Eagles beat Fatima 3-0 last year before running into the Fightin’ Irish in the 2009 Quarterfinal. That game finished 2-1 in Catholic’s favor on a pair of first half goals. The Eagles are led by Tillie Bill, last year’s Class 1 Offensive Player of the Year and had 52 goals as of May 19th according to this article that also discussed Goalkeeper Rebekah Dowd’s 14 shutouts and Katie Curtis’ effort in midfield. All three were All-State players in 2009 along with Hannah Schlitz Schiltz. Dowd and Bill are seniors.
Coach Miller was chosen the 2009 Class 1 Public School Coach of the Year for the team’s run to the Quarterfinals when they were the only public school remaining in the Final 8. This year Barstow joins them in this elite list. UPDATE – as pointed out in the comments (and via email) the Barstow Lady Knights are in fact a private school in KC. The SoBoCo Lady Eagles are the unofficial Class 1 Public School champions.
Player of the Year: Tillie Bill, Southern Boone
Co-Offensive POY: Shelby Hatz, Springfield Catholic
Co-Offensive POY: Natalie Smid, Springfield Catholic
Co-Defensive POY: Rebecca Mayus, Springfield Catholic
Co-Defensive POY: Carsen Baron, Springfield Catholic
Goalkeeper of the Year: Rebekah Dowd, Southern Boone
COY-Private: Ben Timson, Springfield Catholic
COY-Public: Chris Miller, Southern Boone
Position Player Year School
D - Carsen Baron, SO - Springfield Catholic
D - Caroline Jensen, JR - Greenwood
D - Rebecca Mayus, SO - Springfield Catholic
D - Shelby Tinney, SR - Joplin McAuley
D - Jessica Bennett, SO - Southern Boone
D - Kelby Wheeler, SO - Southern Boone
F - Maddie Esther, JR - Greenwood
F - Shelby Hatz , SO - Springfield Catholic
F - Arielle Santillan, SR - Joplin McAuley
F - Hannah Schiltz, SO - Southern Boone
GK - Rebekah Dowd, JR - Southern Boone
MF - Erin FitzGerald, JR - Springfield Catholic
MF – Andrea Parker, SO - Springfield Catholic
MF - Maddy Renner, SR - Springfield Catholic
MF - Natalie Smid, SO - Springfield Catholic
MF - Maddie Smith, JR - Greenwood
MF - Jae Stephens, SR - Joplin McAuley
MF - Tillie Bill, JR - Southern Boone
MF - Katie Curtis, FR - Southern Boone
MF - Kelsey Greer, JR - Fatima
Springfield Catholic – 2
Southern Boone Eagles – 1
Sophomore Natalie Smid scores early in the 1st half, and later assists Jessica Bowman who scores in the 26th, helping to send Catholic to the Final 4 for the first time since 2002.
Southern Boone gets a goal by captain Tillie Bill in the 68th minute. The Eagles were the only public school of the eight remaining teams in Class 1 soccer.
Catholic advances to the Final Four in Fenton, MO June 5-6, facing the winner of Whitfield vs Trinity in the semifinals.
From the Boone County Journal: Eagles coach Chris Miller has seen Springfield Catholic play twice this year, including their 7-1 district title win.
“They are a very good team, but I we won’t do anything special for them,” Miller said. “It would be unfair to the girls on our team to ask them to play a comletely different game than what we have worked to hard to do this season. We will go there and play hard and be who we are. We may tweak something here or there as we have for other teams, but we won’t make any major changes.”
St. Vincent (17-5) –
Lutheran North (10-8) –
Barstow (11-9) –
St. Pius X (Kansas City; 15-8-1) –
Whitfield (10-8) -
Trinity Catholic (16-9) –
The Class 1 and Class 2 Coaches from the Central Region have compiled their preseason picks.
Preseason All Area Team
GK – Annie Streumph (Helias)
D – Liz Gayer (Hickman), Caty Newbold (Helias), Jeanna Ross (RB), Caitlyn Guerrant (Fulton),
MF – Alex Litofsky (RB), Shawn Beard (Moberly), Melissa Young (Helias), Latea LaRue (Camdenton), Sarah Hotop (Mexico), Tillie Bill (SBC)
F – Kelsey Sanders (JC), Ashley Russell (Fulton), Lauren Kelly (RB), Andie Wiesner (Moberly)
Honorable Mention: Blaire Baker (Camdenton), Danielle Baumgartner (Helias), Molly Cowley (JC)
Class 2 District 10 Preview:
The Class 2 District 10 race has arguably been the most competitive in the state and this year will be no different as each of the six teams can make a significant run at a district title. One thing that should make this district interesting – three first-year coaches and one second-year coach out of the six district teams. The District 10 winner will more than likely play state power Incarnate Word Academy in a sectional game this May. IWA won its district last year in record-setting fashion – 15-0 over Gateway – en route to a second place finish in Class 2. Incarnate returns two of the top players in the nation and was ranked nationally for the majority of 2007. The Rock Bridge Bruins are defending District champions.
1. Rock Bridge (11-7-5)
2. Helias (12-6)
3. Jefferson City (17-5-2)
4. Hickman (8-11-4)
5. Smith-Cotton (14-7-2)
6. Camdenton (12-12)
Class 1, District 10 Preview:
Defending champ Moberly has all the ingredients to repeat. The Spartans return 10 starters from the team that knocked off upstart Mexico 3-1 in last year’s final after Mexico had surprised defending champ Hannibal in the semifinals. Moberly MF Shawn Beard is one of the smoothest players in the area and she will have plenty around her to work with as coach Robbie Murray will try to repeat his successful fall season. Mexico MF Sarah Hotop will lead Brad Ellebracht’s rapidly improving Bulldog team. Fulton had its best season in school history, but will lose the area’s leading scorer in Jessica Martin. The Hornets do return 1st Team NCMC players F Ashley Russell and D Caitlyn Guerrant. Kirksville played everyone tough, but also loses key field player Rebekah Blankenship. The Tigers return 1st Team NCMC GK Mackenzie Kelly who has the ability to keep her team in any match. Southern Boone and second-year team Canton round out the district for one more year before both teams head to Class 1 next season. Southern Boone’s sophomore MF Tillie Bill will lead a young Eagles team that should also benefit from the addition of senior Courtney Branch, who is playing her first year of soccer. Hannibal lost a solid group of seniors, but will return F Elise Bensman and GK Whitney Voepel to a team that has shared conference and district dominance with Moberly over the past few years. The district winner will more than likely face defending Class 1 state champ St. Dominic in the sectional game.
