2008 Christian County Tournament Updates!
September 10th, 2008Click 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!
Ozark Records First Home Victory of Season
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.
Ozark Loses Home Opener to Glendale
September 7th, 2008The 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)
Ozark Defeats Marshfield 2-1 in OT
August 31st, 2008The Ozark Tigers won their first game of the season by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday in Marshfield, but had to go to overtime to get the victory.
The score was tied 0-0 at the end of the first half of play.
In the 55th minute, junior Landon Hunter scored on a header off a corner kick taken by senior TJ Miner.
Score remained 1-0 until the 81st minute (stoppage time) when Marshfield tied it with a header off a corner kick to send the game to overtime.
In the second extra period, junior Zack Moore scored on a free kick from 24 yards out, putting the ball right in the corner of the goal, just past the goalkeeper.
Final Score Ozark 2 and Marshfield 1. (game report submitted by Ray Presnell)
4-0 Win For Coach Ulrich’s Team in Redneck Cup
August 27th, 2008
The boys in red came away with a repeat win for Coach Ulrich in Tuesday night’s intra-squad scrimmage. Following the scrimmage game on the new turf, players and families enjoyed a pizza dinner in the high school cafeteria. Pictured above are seniors Tommy Kindle and Zach Marlow.
2008 Christian County Men’s Soccer Tournament
August 26th, 2008The schedule for the 2008 Christian County Men’s Soccer Tournament is now available.
The first round of games will be played on Friday evening, September 12, 2008, with bracket play concluding on Saturday, September 13.
Lake Country Soccer offering High School Girls Academy
August 20th, 2008Lake Country Soccer in Springfield is offering a new program this fall for High School Girls. The new High School Girls Academy is designed to provide high school aged girls additional training and development opportunities in the fall. Primarily, it is intended to provide a service to those girls who are not playing on a club team. However, the program is an open enrollment program regardless of which high school and/or club team a player is registered with in the fall. The program is scheduled to begin on Sunday, September 7th, and currently planned to include a total of eight sessions. These sessions are tentatively scheduled on Sunday afternoons from 1:30 - 3:00 pm on the north fields (Field #10) at LCS. The cost to register is $60 per player. For more information, please take the link above to the Lake Country Soccer website.
Ozark Tigers Move to Class 3 - District 11
August 15th, 2008The new district assignments were announced today for soccer, which also included the addition of a third class for high school soccer in Missouri. Ozark has been placed in Class 3 - District 11 with Glendale, Kickapoo, Nixa, Parkview and the new team from Branson.
Class 3 - District 12 includes the following schools: Carthage, Central, Hillcrest, Joplin, Neosho and Willard
Boys Schedule Available on iGoogle Public Calendars
August 15th, 2008Thanks to Suzanne Hill (Catlin’s Mom), the Ozark high school boys soccer schedule is now available on iGoogle Public Calendars.
iGoogle is a free service . . . you’re just required to become a user
When you go to iGoogle Calendar, type in “Ozark Tigers Soccer - Boys” and click “search public calendars”. You can then load the information from it to your own personal calendars so you won’t miss a game!
OHS Boys Soccer - Red Neck Cup
August 14th, 2008
The Ozark Tigers High School Boys Soccer team will scrimmage in the annual “Red Neck Cup” on Tuesday, August 26th, at 7:00 pm in Ozark’s new stadium. Plan to be there for this exciting event to get the first look at the new squad. There will be a meal following the game for players and their families. Please plan to attend to get to know each other and meet the new members of the Ozark soccer family. Some valuable information will be shared during the meeting that will follow regarding upcoming team building events and some other great stuff! Pizza will be served at a cost of $4 per person. Please RSVP to Edith VANHOESEN@aol.com to let her know how many from your family are attending or not so we can plan for how much food we need to provide. Edith will be sending a list for side items for each family to bring as soon as we know how many we will be feeding. Please join us for this fun event and bring the family.