23May2008
Catholic will square off against St. Dominic in the state quarterfinal round in Columbia for the second year in a row. The Lady Crusaders are the defending Class 1 state champions and are ranked #1 in the state in the latest MSHSSCAA poll. The game will be played at Hickman High School on Saturday, May 23. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:00 am.
18May2008
The Lady Irish will face St. James (16-4) a 3-2 winner in penalty kicks over Laquay in the District 11 Championship game. The game will be held at 6:00 pm on Tuesday evening at the Tiger Soccer Complex in Waynesville. Directions to field are as follows:
I44 east to Exit 159. Turn left at top of ramp. Just under a mile turn left at the East Elementary School sign. Parking lot is just beyond soccer and baseball field.
14May2008
Catholic overcame a spirited challenge from the Lady Liberators of Bolivar to win their sixth straight Class 1 District 12 championship this evening in Willard. The Irish had the better of play for the first 15 minutes of the match, but Bolivar stepped up and outworked Catholic during the final 25 minutes using long flip throw-ins from Julie Magana to put significant pressure on the Irish defense. The teams entered the break 0-0. Bolivar continued to pressure the Irish early in the second half. Tara Bailes converted a penalty kick in the 56th minute to put Catholic on top. Five minutes later Maddy Renner found the end of a Rachel Herron cross and knocked it inside the left post and Carsen Baron finished the scoring converting a pass from Anna DeLong in the 69th minute.
Catholic will face the winner of District 11 in the sectional match next Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm in Waynesville.
Congratulations to all the girls on winning the district championship against a very inspired Bolivar squad. Also congratulations to Tara Bailes on scoring the 100th goal of her career at SCHS.
12May2008
Catholic defeated Willard 8-0 this evening in the Class 1 District 12 semifinal and will play Bolivar, a 3-2 winner in 2 OT against West Plains, on Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm at Willard. Shelby Hatz scored twice for the Irish and Natalie Smid, Carsen Baron, Maddy Renner, Tara Bailes, Anna DeLong, and Natalie Van Pelt each had a goal. Bailes recorded two assists, while Smid, Hatz, Baron and Emily Kessler had one each. The Irish will be playing in their 6th straight district championship game.
10May2008
The Lady Irish defeated Mountain View Liberty this morning in the Class 1 District 12 quarterfinal round at Willard. Catholic will play the host Lady Tigers in the semifinal round Monday night at 5:00 pm.
7May2008
The Ozark Conference Champion Waynesville Lady Tigers came to Springfield to take on the Lady Irish in what turned out to be an exciting end-to-end affair. Catholic got off to a good start when Shelby Hatz knocked in a cross from Rachel Herron in the 7th minute. Katie Pritchard leveled the match for Waynesville in the 18th minute and Natascha Lord put the Tigers up with a goal in the 29th minute. Carsen Baron equalized for the Irish with a nice finish of a Shelby Hatz cross in the 36th minute, but Pritchard scored again three minutes later sending the Tigers to the break with a 3-2 advantage. The Irish suffered a big loss in the 52nd minute when GK Rachel Scott was sent off for a hand ball just outside the penalty area. Carsen Baron put on the gloves and entered the goal for the Irish, but they would have to play the rest of the way with 10 players against the very fast and athletic Tigers. Erica Combs scored for Waynesville off a corner kick with 10 minutes to play. But the Irish did not quit. Natalie Smid brought Catholic to within one at 4-3 with a nice finish off a Maddy Renner cross, but Waynesville held on for the one goal win.
Congratulations to Katie Pritchard on setting the Class 2 state record with her 168th and 169th career goals.
1May2008
The Lady Irish prevailed this evening in a contest between the top two seeds in the upcoming Class 1 District 12 tournament to begin in nine days. Tara Bailes, playing her first full match without her knee brace, led Catholic with three goals and an assist. Anna DeLong scored twice and Shelby Hatz once, while Natalie Smid had two assists and Emily Kessler had one. Anne Prenger, Ronnie Renner, Andrea Parker, Kathleen Garrison, Jessica Bowman, Emily Ortega, and Carsen Baron played very well defensively as Rachel Scott recorded her eighth shutout of the year in goal.
29April2008
Anna DeLong’s golden goal from an assist by Carsen Baron in the 5th minute of the first overtime period gave Catholic the win over the Lady Eagles in Nixa. The Eagles sent the game to OT with a goal off a scramble in the penalty area following a corner kick in the 74th minute. Anna also scored Catholic’s first goal in the 59th minute heading in a Natalie Smid corner kick.
28April2008
The Lady Irish defeated the Lady Bluejays 6-1 in a make-up game originally scheduled for April 4th. Shelby Hatz led the Irish attach with three goals and two assists, while Anna DeLong scored a goal and added two assists. Tara Bailes and Emily Kessler also scored for Catholic and Carsen Baron and Natalie Smid added assists. Carsen Baron also recorded two saves in the net for the Irish as she gave Rachel Scott her first break of the season in the second half.
23April2008
In an incredible match the Lady Irish and Glendale battled to a 1-1 draw after regulation and two 10 minute golden goal overtime periods. Lorin Opfer put the Lady Falcons on top in the 59th minute with a leaping header at the back post off an Emily Williams corner kick. The Lady Irish showed great heart as they battled back into a strong wind and tied the game in the 75th minute on a breakaway goal by Shelby Hatz after taking a through ball from Tara Bailes. The Irish defense of Anne Prenger, Kathleen Garrison, Ronnie Renner, Andrea Parker, and Carsen Baron were stellar on the evening and both goalkeepers were fantastic in the net and came to their teams’ rescue on numerous occasions. The Falcons’ Rachel Duckworth stopped three Irish breakaways and with five minutes left in the second overtime she made a remarkable diving save to stop a Tara Bailes shot that appeared to have won the game for Catholic. Catholic’s Rachel Scott made two equally impressive saves in the second overtime, the first stopped a sure game winner for Glendale as she dove to her right and deflected the ball off the left post keeping the Irish in the match.
The game would be decided with PKs. Anne Prenger, Ronnie Renner, and Tara Bailes converted for the Irish, but at the end of the first five shooters the score stood at 3-3 sending the PK competition to sudden death. Rachel Scott converted for Catholic on the 6th kick and Maddy Renner scored the game winner on the 7th kick.