Archive for September, 2008

Despite early score, Tigers lose to Kickapoo

Friday, September 26th, 2008
Ozark had their hands full on Thursday night, playing the more experienced and confident Kickapoo chiefs. Ozark’s strategy against Kickapoo mirrored the strategy they used against Carthage just two nights earlier: play a very defensive game, then take advantage of scoring opportunities when possible.
Ozark held Kickpoo scoreless through most of the first half. In the 37th minute of play, senior Jeremy Dauer got the Tigers on the scoreboard first when he finished a ball that was played back into the box on the left side of the goal. The ball had just been punched out of the box by Kickapoo’s keeper following an Ozark corner kick. But Kickapoo, who controlled the ball much of the first half scored two goals in the final two minutes before the halftime whistle to give Kickapoo a 2-1 halftime lead. Ryan Moses and Skyler Russell tallied the goals for Kickapoo.
In the second half, Ozark had a couple of quality chances to get within one goal, but it was not to be.  Moses scored again in the 54th minute on a free kick that ricocheted off of a Tiger defender. Russell scored the games final goal in the 74th minute, to make the score 4-1.  (report by Ray Presnell)

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Ozark vs Willard (September 16th)

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Marion Lup of the Willard Tigers scored a hat trick to lead his team to a 3-1 victory over the Ozark Tigers. Lup’s first goal came in the first minute of play.  Ozark tied the score in the 18th minute, but Lup struck again 4 minutes later.  Lup would score his third goal in the second half to seal the victory for Willard.

Ozark’s record for the season stands at 3 wins and 5 losses as they head into a week with matches against two tough opponents (Carthage on 9/23 and Kickapoo on 9/25)

In the JV match at Willard, the Ozark boys won by a score of 2-1.  The Ozark JV squad improved their record to 2 wins and 2 losses for the season.

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Ozark Boys Finish Fourth in Christian County Tournament

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

The Ozark Tigers lost their first game on Saturday to the Carthage Tigers by a score of 6-0.  In the third place match, the score was tied 0-0 at the end of regulation time against the Greenwood Bluejays.  The teams agreed to go straight to PK’s where Greenwood came out on top, outscoring Ozark 4-3 in the shootout.

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Tigers defeat Webb City in Opening Round of Christian County Tournament

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Junior midfielder Zach Moore continued his scoring streak and put the Tigers on the board with a goal in the 3rd minute of play against the visiting Webb City Cardinals on a sunny Friday afternoon in Tiger Stadium.  Junior teammate Landon Hunter got the second goal of the game for Ozark in the 12th minute of the game as he pulled a beautiful move made famous by Argentina’s legendary Diego Maradona as he beat his defender up the right side of the field and placed a hard low shot across the face of the goal and past the Webb City keeper into the far side netting.  Zach Moore would score his second goal of the game to give Ozark a 3-0 lead in the 29th minute after receiving a pass through traffic from Seth Hampton.  Late in the first half, Webb City got their first goal as Kyle Handley floated a long free kick into the wind from 30+ yards out.  The ball hung in the air and then managed to dip just under the cross bar and over the finger tips of Ozark’s keeper, Matt Funderburk.  The score at half-time was 3-1 in favor of the Tigers.

The Cardinals came out with increased energy with the wind in their back and seemed to take control of the game for the first 10 to 15 minutes of the second half.  Eight minutes into the half, Ryan Clark got their second goal of the game to draw within one of the Ozark Tigers and then had a couple other opportunities to even the score and change the course of the game.  Momentum however shifted back to the Tigers midway through the second half and was evidenced by junior Seth Hampton’s goal in the 58th minute followed up a minute later with a goal by senior Zach Marlow.  Marlow would find the back of the net again in the 67th minute to give the Tigers a 6-2 lead.  Junior Andrew VanHoesen crashed the goal on a set piece in the 72nd minute of play and headed the ball that came off the keeper’s gloves back over the keeper and into the goal for the final Ozark goal of the game.  Webb City did not give up however, and Jordan Wood found the back of the net one more time for the Cardinals in the final seconds of stoppage time to result in the final score of 7-3 in favor of the Ozark Tigers.  The victory puts the Tigers in the winner’s bracket of the tournament and guarantees they will play all games on their home turf.  Ozark will play Carthage on Saturday morning at 10:45.  Carthage defeated Branson by a score of 7-0 on Friday night in Nixa.  A win against Carthage puts Ozark in the championship game at 4:00 pm.  A loss puts them in the 3rd place game at 2:15 pm.

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Ozark Shutout by Parkview Vikings

Thursday, September 11th, 2008
 
Varsity Score:  Parkview 3  Ozark 0
Parkvew Viking GoalKeeper, Jonathan Malter, shutout the Ozark Tigers Wednesday night at JFK Stadium.  Despite several chances to score, Ozark came up empty on the night.  Parkvew started the scoring in the 25th minute with Matt Medley scoring on a Penalty Kick that just went off the outstretched hands of Ozark GoalKeeper, Matt Funderburk.  The second goal was scored by Morgen Holt in the 31st minute after he beat a defender to the middle of the field and shot a low, screaming ball that found the bottom corner of the net.  Holt put the game away in the 2nd half by scoring his second goal of the game, making the final score 3-0. 
 
JV Game:  Parkview 3, Ozark 2
In the JV Game, despite being down 3-0 at halftime the JV Tigers battled back to make it a 3-1 game on an unassisted goal by L.J. Van Helden off of a goalie misplay, with 19 minutes left in the game.  Jacob Agee (pictured above) scored on a Penalty Kick to make the score 3-2, but that turned out to be the final score, despite Ozark having several scoring opportunites after Agee’s goal.  (game reports provided by Ray Presnell)

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2008 Christian County Tournament Updates!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Click here to be taken to the Bracket Sheet

Please note that the Friday match between Ozark and Webb City has been moved up to 3:00 pm!

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Ozark Records First Home Victory of Season

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Varsity:  Ozark 2  Branson 1
Ozark improved their record to 2-1 on the season, with a victory over the upstart Branson High School Soccer Program.  All of the scoring came in the first half.
 
Zach Marlow scored his first goal of the season on a rebound of a shot taken by T. J. Miner in the 20th minute of the game.  Branson tied the game 1-1 just seven minutes later on a free kick by Roman Gomez.  Zack Moore scored the final goal of the first half, and the game, on a penalty kick after being fouled from behind in the box.  Both teams battled hard in the second half, with Ozark having several chances to score but unable to net a goal.  Goalkeeper Matt Funderburk shut out the Pirates the last 53 minutes of the game. (Varsity report provided by Ray Presnell)
 
JV Game:  Ozark JV 4  Branson JV 2
In the JV match, Branson opened the scoring on a breakaway in the 11th minute of play.  Ozark junior Andrew VanHoesen scored for the Tigers in the 25th minute to tie the score.  Ozark freshman Connor Collard gave the Tigers the lead in the 28th minute of play when he placed an indirect kick taken from about 15 yards out past the wall of Branson players and into the right corner of the goal.  The score at half-time of the JV game was Ozark 2 Branson 1.  Branson came out and tied the match again in the first 5 minutes of the second half.  Ozark sophomore Clayton Nickolson would net the game winner in the 48th minute of play and freshman LJ VanHelden (pictured above) would put another ball in the back of the net in the 59th minute to seal the victory for the Tigers.   
Ozark’s next game is tomorrow night, Sept 10th vs Parkview at JFK stadium, with the JV beginning at 5:30 pm.
 
Scheduling Notes:  Ozark’s starting time in the first game of the Christian County Tournament has been moved up one hour and will now begin at 3:00 pm.  The game will be played on the turf field. 
 
Also, Ozark has added an additional game to their schedule for the season, hosting  Columbia Rock-Bridge on Saturday, October 18th.  Varsity will play first at 10 a.m.

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Ozark Loses Home Opener to Glendale

Sunday, September 7th, 2008
The Ozark Tigers lost to the Glendale Falcons by a final score of 4-1 on Thursday, September 4th.
 
Glendale jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first half on goals by Devon Newport, Alex Martinez and Hunter Horton.
 
Ozark cut the lead to 3-1, scoring in the final minute of the first half, with Zack Moore netting his second goal of the season, assisted by Landon Hunter.
 
In the second half, Glendale’s Ryan Partch scored in the 70th minute to make the final score 4-1.
 
Glendale outshot the Tigers 31-5.
 
JV Result:  Glendale 2 Ozark 0
 
Ozark’s next game will be at home on Tuesday, September 9th, against the Branson Pirates, who are playing in their inaugural season.  Branson was defeated 10-2 in their first game against the Cassville Wildcats.
 
Ozark will also play on Wednesday, September 10th, against the Parkview Vikings.  That game will be played at JFK Stadium, in Springfield.  (report provided by Ray Presnell)

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