[He's talks more with his play than he does in this interview, but we like him anyway]
The Parkview Vikings picked up two wins on Saturday, both in quite exciting fashion. The Vikings beat Nixa 3-2, and then Waynesville 4-4 (4-2 in Pks). Brian Otradovec scored five goals in two games on Saturday, (www.sgfsoccer.com has a rundown of the rest of the KHS Tournament games, as well as taking both videos on posted on this article.)
Parkview had lost to Waynesville 0-1 on Waynesville’s field, and got some great revenge in their third game of the KHS Tournament. Parkview was playing without starters Alex Blanco, Tanner Bennett, and Jordan Houseeman due to injuries. The Vikings, down 2-0 with a minute left in the half, scored a breakaway goal from Brian Otradovec thanks to a nice through ball by Jared Moore, which sent the match into halftime 1-2 Waynesville’s lead.
The Vikings focused on passes to feet and having open players show in better areas of the field, and the remedy worked. Parkview scored two straight goals early in the second half, both coming from Otradovec. Up 3-2 with about 12 minutes to go, Waynesville answered back to tie the match 3-3, before Otradovec scored his fourth goal of the match to give the Vikings the lead again. With about a minute left in the match the Vikings dropped back and defended too much, with no one really addressing the ball, and allowed Waynesville to score their fourth goal of the match to send the match into overtime at 4-4. The four goals against could be blamed on a handful of mistakes, but none by senior keeper Jonathan Malter, who had a much better game than the score would imply. Check out this save…
After two scoreless overtimes, Otradovec (sophomore), Blake White (junior), Dane Knapp (senior), and TJ Joy (freshmen) all hit there penalty kicks, while Parkview’s senior keeper Jon Malter saved Waynesville’s 2nd and 4th shots, so Jared Moore did not even half to shoot the #5 shot from the mark as the Vikings picked up their 7th win of the season.
(Scoring summary: Brian Otradovec 4g, Jared Moore 3a)
Parkview 3, Nixa 2
The Vikings played Nixa in their first game on Saturday, the second of the tournament. Parkview had beaten the Eagles earlier in the season 3-1, and came out victorious in a much tighter match this time, 3-2.
Nixa scored first against Parkview, and after losing Jordan Houseman to an injury following his collision with the Eagle’s keeper, the Vikings brought in Pedro Pitonez at striker. Pitonez, a senior who has played mostly JV this year, scored two goals for the Vikings on pure hustle and effort, to give the Vikings a 2-1 halftime lead. In the second half, the Eagles answered to equalize the match at 2-2, before Brian Otradovec scored with four minutes left to give the Vikings the victory.
(Scoring summary: Pedro Pitonez 2g, Brian Otradovec 1g)
Don’t forget: The Vikings play Joplin on the PHS grass field on Monday. This is a reschedule from last week’s “rainout,” and the Varsity will kickoff at 4:00pm, with the JV match to follow.
