The Parkview Vikings took second place in the Kickapoo Shoutout Tournament on Saturday. After beating Rockwood Summitt in the second round game 2-1 (OT), Parkview lost 2-1 to #21 state ranked Eureka in the Championship match.

The second match of the Kickapoo Shootout was an intense game. Rockwood Summitt started fast and controlled much of the first half in the midfield. In the 20th minute of the match on a corner kick a Rockwood Summitt player made a beautiful backward deflected header into the side netting of the goal - no chance for keeper Rudy Fotsch, putting the Vikings down 0-1. Parkview fought back right away, and due some great individual work by Matt Medley leveled the score in the 38th minute. Medley beat two defenders who were tugging his jersey and made it to the touchline. He turned and sent the ball just wide of the keeper across the face of the goal and Tim Griffin tipped it in for the tie. The game remained 1-1 throughout the second half, with both teams hitting the crossbar. Rudy Fotsch came up with six excellent saves and the game went to overtime. The Vikings ended it quickly, in the 87th minute, when Matt Medley headed a ball to Tim Griffin. Griffin deftly touched it by one defender, turned with speed, and beat the keeper for the golden goal victory. It was fantastic match and gave the Vikings their 12th win of the season.

Scoring Summary: Tim Griffin (assist by Matt Medley), Tim Griffin (unassisted)

The Championship match was between Parkview and Eureka, which was the third game of the weekend for both teams. With Eureka well rested coming off a 4-0 win, and Parkview tired from a 2-1 overtime victory, the Vikings looked a bit flat to begin the match. The score was 0-0 at halftime thanks to solid defense and goalkeeping, but in the second half the Vikings got on the board with about 20 minutes left in the match when Tim Griffin beat the keeper for his fourth goal of the tournament and a 1-0 lead. The Vikings controlled the majority of the second half with hard work and smart passing, but gave up goals in the 74th and 76th minute to lose and take second place in the tournament.

Scoring Summary: Tim Griffin (unassisted)

This brilliant photo and others of the PHS games can be found courtesy of Steve Ole Olson at www.sgfsoccer.com and here.