The Parkview Viking soccer team’s season came to an end on Tuesday night, losing to the Glendale Falcons 3-0 in the District 11 Class 3 semi-finals. The Vikings were ranked #3 in District 11, and the Falcons were ranked #2. Glendale beat Parkview 1-0 in the first game of the season this year, and will face Kickapoo in the finals on Thursday night which will be played at 7:00 p.m. on Cooper #1 (LCYS).

Parkview out-possessed the Falcons for the first 15 minutes of the match, but was unable to get any clear goal-scoring opportunities. The combination of Matt Medley, Leland Eckstam, and Jared Moore worked well possession-wise for the Vikings from a passing standpoint, as the Vikings worked the ball around the field and controlled the tempo early. Glendale got their offense going in the second 20 minutes, including netting one goal before halftime on a ball played through the defense. The second half found Glendale coming out strong, getting a 2-0 lead, and keeping the majority of possession. Junior goalkeeper Jon Malter was able to keep Parkview in the game with a few beautiful saves, notably one a line-drive shot from inside the six that Malter dove on and somehow covered up. The Vikings took a risk trying to get more offensive with about 20 minutes left, adjusting their formation by relying on the defense to cover more ground and pushing senior Morgen Holt into the offensive mix as a third forward. The move paid off in offensive attempts, but not in goals, as Holt had a beautiful header late in the match that went just wide, as well as a few nice shot opportunities. Seniors Tim Griffin and Rudy Fotsch put pressure on Falcon defenders, but were also unable to slot anything by the keeper.

The Vikings end the season at 18-8, their most wins since the 2005 season. Parkview will graduate 10 seniors (8 starters); Leland Eckstam, Rudy Fotsch, Tim Griffin, Justin Hansen, Morgen Holt, Trey Kalbaugh, Kyle Kutz, Vance Marlow, Matt Medley, and Darren Shaw.

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#5 Ozark 0
#1 Kickapoo 4

District 11 Class 3
First Round

The Parkview Vikings topped the Branson Pirates in the First Round District 11 Class 3 Tournament on Monday night, which puts their overall record at 18-7. The win was COACH CLINT NURNBERG’S 200th career high school coaching win, and featured senior captain Tim Griffin netting two record breaking goals as well. The Vikings’ first goal came from senior Leland Eckstam on a brilliant free kick from 35 yards out, putting the Vikings up 1-0 in the 8th minute of the match. Eight minutes later Morgan Holt struck a laser on a ball he received from Tim Griffin, beating the keeper near post for the 2-0 lead. In the 29th minute TIM GRIFFIN took sole possession of the PHS All-Time Career goal and points mark when he received a pass from Jared Moore and slotted it calmly far post for his 92nd career goal. Both both the goals and points records were held by Patrick Carver. Just 9 minutes later Matt Medley and Tim Griffin played a phenomenal give and go at the top of the box and Matt scored to make it a 4-0 halftime lead. In the 55th minute Tim Griffin broke the single season record with his 37th on a pass from Leland Eckstam that he struck to the far post side netting (also previously a Carver record). The final goal of the match came in the 78th minute when Trey Kalbaugh (normally a defender, but playing some outside mid) received a ball from Jared Moore and finished with a nice low strike to the near post for a 6-0 score. The Viking defense kept Branson from building much of an attack throughout the game, although Jonathan Malter did have to make a tough late save or two in order to preserve the shutout. Vikings advanced to second round play with their 6-0 victory.

The Vikings will play again on Tuesday night (So VOTE early). Parkview will face off against Glendale for the first time since the opening match of the season. The District 11 Class 3 semifinal game will be played at 7:00 on Kickapoo’s field.

Scoring summary: Leland Eckstam (1G 1A) Morgan Holt (1G) Tim Griffin (2G 2A) Matt Medley (1G) Trey Kalbaugh (1G) Jared Moore (2A)

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Ozark Tigers 3
Nixa Eagles 2

The Ozark Tigers beat the Nixa Eagles 3-2 in a hard fought battle. The early match in Class 3 District 11 play, Ozark pressured right off the first whistle, but was unable to finish. After a foul was called against Ozark about 25 yards out on the left side of their box, Kaleb Romero put the set piece far post upper 90 for a 1-0 Nixa lead. The answering goal came from Ozark’s Skyler Foster as he found a ball loose in the box and stuck it in the back of the net to tie the game up at 1-1. An Ozark player crossed the ball from the left corner that keeper Marcus Fernandes got a hand on but was unable to do anything with, and junior Seth Hampton cleaned up the trash to put Ozark up 2-1. Less than 2 minutes later TJ Miner crossed a ball from the right side and directly to the feet of Hampton, who one touched the shot for his second goal in 100 seconds, and a 3-1 lead. Late in the match sophomore Weston Hanger scored for Nixa, to bring the score to 3-2, but the score stayed put after that, advancing Ozark to a 5:00 matchup against Kickapoo on Tuesday night.

Scoring summary: OHS- Skyler Foster (1G) Seth Hampton (2G) TJ Miner (1A)
NHS- Weston Hanger (1G) Kaleb Romero (1G)

For all of the evenings scores check out www.sgfsoccer.com

Here’s the SGF article about Tim’s record breaking achievements and Clints’ 200th win.