Five Ozark seniors and a junior were named to the All-District Teams for Class 3 District 11. Midfielder Zach Moore and Defender Andrew Presnell were two of twelve players included on the first team for District 11. Midfielder Jordan Burns, forward Seth Hampton and forward Landon Hunter were among the players who made second team. Junior midfielder Michael Headlee received Honorable Mention. See the sgfsoccer article for the full list.
Archive for November, 2009
All-District Teams Include Six OHS Tigers
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Five Tigers Receive COC All-Conference Honors
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Ozark Tiger seniors Jordan Burns (midfielder), Zach Moore (midfielder) and Andrew Presnell (defender) were among fifteen Central Ozark Conference players named to the COC All-Conference first team for 2009. Ozark Tiger senior Landon Hunter (forward) and junior Michael Headlee (midfielder) are members of the second team. See sgfsoccer for the full list.
Ozark Tigers Fall to Kickapoo 5-2
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
The season came to an end for the Ozark Tigers in the semi-final of the district tournament. Ozark senior forward Seth Hampton opened the scoring giving Ozark the early lead in the 12th minute of play. Kickapoo answered back with 2 goals in the first half by Skyler Russell and Ian Kennedy to end the half with a 2-1 lead. Russell completed a hat trick in the second half extending Kickapoo’s lead to 4-1 before Ozark junior Michael Headlee scored a beautiful header goal from a set piece served by Zach Moore to make the score 4-2. Kickapoo got a final goal in the 74th minute to result in the final score Kickapoo 5 and Ozark 2. (Picture from Kickapoo website)
Tigers open District Play with 3-1 Victory over Branson
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The Ozark Tigers, seeded third and hosting the Distrit 11, Class 3 playoffs, opened their district play Monday night with a 3-1 victory over the sixth-seeded Branson Priates.
The Tigers got out to an early 2-0 lead and controlled the majority of possessions throughout the game. Seth Hampton scored in the tenth minute, off of a pass from Landon Hunter. Jimmy Oslica got his first goal of the season after a corner kick that Branson was unable to clear. The shot deflected off of a Branson defender and found the back of the net.
Branson cut the lead in half with a goal by Patrick Neely that rolled past the Tiger keeper Ryan Bilyeu, making the score 2-1.
The final goal was scored in the 75th minute when Hampton again took a pass from Hunter in front of the goal and one-timed it past the Pirate keeper, giving the Tigers thier 3-1 lead, and securing the victory.
Other Game: Nixa 1 Parkview 0
Wednesday Night Games:
Glendale vs. Nixa 5 p.m.
Kickapoo vs. Ozark 7 p.m.
Ozark Records Shut-out Victory over West Plains, 3-0
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
The Ozark Tigers recorded their fifth consecutive, shutout victory Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over the West Plains Zizzers. The win improved the Tiger’s record to 15-7 on the season.
Landon Hunter scored in the fourth minute for the only goal in the first half.
Seth Hampton recorded a goal when his close range shot just crossed the end line, after bouncing off the right goal post. The Zizzer goalkeeper saved the ball but to no avail, and the Tigers lead 2-0 in the 52nd minute.
The final goal was scored in the 75th minute, when Andrew Van Hoesen took a long pass from Jimmy Oslica, split between two Zizzer defenders, and then beat the keeper with a hard right-footed shot, to give the Tigers their third goal, and the victory of 3-0.
JV Game: No game