Springfield Catholic Fightin’ Irish, Class 1 District 6 Champions, will face the Crocker Lions, Class 1 District 5 Champions, on Thursday, November 12 at 6 pm. The game will be played at the Boswell Elementary in Lebanon, MO. Directions to the field are HERE.
Please take that short drive to Lebanon and cheer on your Catholic Boy’s Soccer team to help them advance to the Final Four! GO IRISH – Finish strong!
Your Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish Boy’s Varsity Soccer Team:
In a repeat of last year’s Class 1 District Championship game, Catholic faced Greenwood. As Catholic possessed much of the game, Greenwood packed in the defense and had some good runs of their own. At the end of regulation, the score remained 0-0. Only 2 minutes into overtime, Josh Moncada intercepted a goal kick and dribbled over half the field, beat three defenders and fired the ball into the goal for the Championship win. The video says it all:
It took over 17 minutes for Catholic to get on the board when David Bailey flicked a corner kick from Justin Bowenschulte to the middle of the goal that Mitchell Moncada was able to finish. At 22 minutes, Taylor Arens was able to gain control of the ball from a scramble in front of the goal and score. Luke Straus was able to score the third goal in the 28th minute off a pass from Nick Kofron. The fourth goal in the first half was scored by David Bailey who was able to dribble between the NCA defenders and send the ball to the back of the net.
The game became fairly physical in the second half with very few calls by the officials. Catholic continued with the possession game with a couple of unsuccessful drives by NCA. In the 73rd minute, Evan Craig was able to score the final goal of the game.
In their 12th shutout of the year, Catholic defeated NCA 5-0. Catholic will now face Greenwood in the Class 1 District 6 Championship game at 5:00 pm on Thursday, November 5 at Harrison Stadium on the Drury Campus.
Class 1 District 6 Seeding and Tournament Bracket
(Host –Springfield Catholic High School)
Seeds
1. Springfield Catholic
2. Greenwood
3. Richland
4. New Covenant
5. College Heights
6. Laquey
7. Thomas Jefferson
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at SCHS Soccer Field
1:00 pm – (2)Greenwood vs. (7) Thomas Jefferson – winner Greenwood 9-1
3:00 pm – (3) Richland vs. (6) Laquey- winner Laquey 6-1
5:00 pm – (4) New Covenant vs. (5) College Heights – winner NCA 4-1
Monday, November 2, 2009 at Cooper 3
5:00 pm – (1) Catholic vs. (4) NCA
7:00 pm – (2)Greenwood vs. (6)Laquey
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Harrison Stadium (Drury Field)
5:00 pm – Championship game – Winner of Monday nights games
HIGHLIGHT VIDEO - Again, Catholic and Bolivar went head to head over a soccer field that was not only saturated but had standing water throughout the field. Catholic challenged Bolivar with not only their passing game but by attacking their defense. In the 14th minute, Justin Bowenschulte won the ball in a scramble and was able to score. Similarly in the 17th minute, David Bailey stripped Bolivar and slipped the ball through the defense and past the Bolivar GK.
In the second half, Catholic’s offense moved to the end of the field that had standing water in many areas. Catholic not only had to work the ball past the Bolivar players but deal with the standing water that would stop the ball. In the 58th minute, Taylor Arens’ corner kick found Reid Harbach who was able to head the ball in for a goal. Only 6 minutes later, Catholic sharply passed the ball in a beautiful play when Mitchell Moncada was able to score off a pass from Taylor Arens.
Despite the wet conditions that both teams were forced to play through, Catholic continued to play a solid game defensively allowing the offense to work the ball through the Bolivar players.
With a 4-0 win over Bolivar, Catholic remained undefeated in the Central Ozark Conference – Small Schools Divsions winning all 6 conference games. Catholic’s offense was able to score a total of 40 goals against their COC competitors, while Catholic’s defense and GKs did not allow a single goal to be scored against them.
In this second year in the Central Ozark Conference, this is Catholic second COC –Small Schools Division Championship.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - Tonight was Catholic’s last home game of the regular season featuring a free bbq with hamburgers and hotdogs – compliments of People’s Bank of Ozarks. The night started with recognition of the three seniors: David Bailey, Justin Bowenschulte and Ricky Delong. The game started with all seniors on the field for Catholic.
In a game that was closely called, Catholic made several runs to the goal but it took 20 minutes before they scored first. The first goal was off a cross from the right side by Josh Moncada that Nick Kofron on the left side was able to solidly hit past the Nixa goalie. Catholic got their second goal in the 28th minute when Luke Straus scored off an assist by Taylor Arens.
Although Catholic continued to have a solid passing game, it was not until the 59th minute when Justin Bowenschulte scored with an assist from Adam Entrup. In the 61st minute Luke Straus took a corner kick that hit off the shin guards of a Nixa player.
With the comfortable 4-0 lead, Catholic was once again able to give all their players some playing time. Although they were unable to score in the last minutes, they continued to control the game. Unfortunately with only minutes to go, on an iffy officiating call, the Catholic goalkeeper cleanly caught a strike from a Nixa player that the official awarded Nixa a goal. It was the official’s opinion that the Catholic goalkeeper leaned backwards over the line. Nevertheless, Catholic beat Nixa 4-1.
Once again, congratulations to Catholic’s three seniors, David Bailey, Justin Bowenschulte and Ricky Delong. All three players have play for Catholic in each of the three years since the inception of boy’s soccer at SCHS.
Picture by SGFsoccer.com – for more pictures check it out Here.
Catholic’s next game is a rescheduled game at Bolivar on Saturday, October 26th. JV is scheduled to play at 4:30 pm and Varsity at approximately 6:00 pm.
Please join us on Saturday, October 24th at the last 2009 home game at the Catholic vs. Nixa soccer match. Prior to the game, Catholic Seniors, David Bailey, Justin Bowenschulte and Ricky Delongwill be recognized.
Peoples Banks is sponsoring a barbeque by providing complimentary hotdogs and hamburgers which will be served throughout the game.
Please join us and help us have the biggest crowd of the season – celebrating our seniors and our Catholic soccer team!
Springfield Catholic Boy’s Soccer vs. Nixa Soccer
at Springfield Catholic High School Soccer Field
Saturday, October 24, 2009
5:00 pm kickoff
Today’s game at Willard for JV and Varsity has been canceled because Willard’s field has standing water. At this time we are not certain if the game will be rescheduled.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS – Both Catholic and Bolivar faced wet conditions in tonight’s game but Catholic finished on top. Catholic got on the board fast in the 2nd minute when Adam Entrup had a hard strike on the left side of the field into the far right side of the goal. David Bailey got on the board in the 12th minute when he headed a ball in over the GK off a serve by Josh Moncada. Only two minutes later, Justin Bowenschulte scored with an assist by Reid Harbach. The fourth goal of the half was off a corner kick by Luke Straus that Mitchell Moncada was able to hit in on the far post.
Justin Bowenschulte scored quickly in the second half when he was able to get the ball from a scramble and slip it pass the defense and GK. With the comfortable lead, Catholic was able to provide a lot of playing time to the entire bench. They took advantage of their time by adding to the Catholic lead. In the 68th minute, Burke James was able to score from an assist from Evan Craig. Evan Craig was able to get a goal of his own later in that minute from an assist from James Straus.
Catholic was able to win the game 7-0 with a combination of 10 different players either with goals or assist. The entire bench played a solid game despite the weather and field conditions.
The next schedule game is on Thursday, October 15, at New Covenant Academy. Since NCA does not have lights, Varsity will play first at 4:00 pm and JV plays second and limited to only one half.
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