Friday started well with the Varsity coming out strong and beating Lebanon 4-0. Tim Griffin (junior) had the opening goal on an assist by Dane Knapp (sophomore). Tim Griffin (junior) scored a second goal on a penalty kick. Later Will Griffin (senior) set the table for Rudy Fotsch (junior) and a 3-0 score. Tim Griffin (junior) later assisted Will Hopkins (sophomore) for his second goal of the night. Jonathan Malter (sophomore) had three saves in goal.
Saturday morning Parkview played Carthage in a barn burner of a game that Parkview won 3-2. Matt Medley (junior) opened up the scoring receiving an assist from Derek Rosbrugh (senior). Morgan Holt (junior) put Parkveiw up 2-0 before the half with an unassisted goal. In the second half Carthage roared back and tied the score with goals by number 14 and number 5. Parkview won the game on an unassisted goal by Tim Griffin (junior).
The Championship game pitted Parkview against a very good West Plains Zizzer team – ranked 7th in the class 2 state high school soccer poll just this past week – coming into the action with a 7-2 record. The Vikings came out strong and the Zizzers held defensively and managed a few good scoring chances on the counterattack. On one counter, Stuart Ziegler broke in on the right side and fired a shot off the inside of the far post that bounced out and was grabbed by the Vikings Keeper. A few moments later, in the tenth minute, Ziegler took and pass from Chris Saner and fired another shot off the post, but this time it bounced in the goal for a 1-0 Zizzers lead. In the 21st minute Parkview tied it up on an unassisted 25 yard shot from Matt Medley (junior). One minute later, a Viking cross by Jared Moore (sophomore) found an onrushing Tim Griffin (junior) alone at the back post where he headed it in for a 2-1 Parkview lead. A failed clearance in the 35th minute, led to a third Parkview goal before halftime when Derek Rosbrugh (senior) pounded a shot into the back of the net. In the second half, Parkview continued to have the better of play. Griffin added another goal in the 4th minute after receiving a pass from Jared Moore (sophomore) and dribbling through a crowd a Zizzer players – ending up alone on Zizzer Keeper Shane Corl. Parkview’s final goal came on a 20 yard shot in the 12th minute by Rudy Fotsch (junior) assisted by Tim Griffin (junior) for an impressive 5-1 victory.
Special thanks to correspondant Scott Kalbaugh on assignment for the information above and the Zizzers web site (see our links) for additional information.
