Parkview picked up a huge win over Cape Central on Saturday, although the Vikings were playing without starting sweeper Dane Knapp or starting center mid Alex Blanco. The Vikings used Michael Duff at sweeper and, and the defense played cleanly to keep the shutout intact (along with a few stellar Jon Malter saves). The first goal came early in the second half when Brian Otradovec flicked a ball over the last defender and Jared Moore ran into the space and knocked it by the on-rushing keeper. The second goal came when Tanner Bennett crashed the net and picked up the trash, rewarded by some hard work from Jordan Houseman. (photo by www.sgfsoccer.com)

The Vikings will see Waynesville, Jopin, and Nixa this week, which should be three great games.

PHS 1, Cape Central 2 (JV)
The Junior Varsity squad lost to Cape Central 1-2. The Parkview boys scored first off of a corner kick by TJ Joy, which found Evan Friese standing on the far post. Friese one touched the ball into the back of the net on a great ‘right-place, right-time’ goal, his first of the season. The Vikings could not hold on, however, and will look to shake up the lineup a bit to bring some focus and consistency onto the field.

PHS 1, Jackson 2
The Vikings Friday game against Jackson was a battle, but Parkview could not hold on to an early lead and lost 1-2. The Vikings took the 1-0 advantage on a Tanner Bennett goal about 5 minutes into the match, and held on to that lead for a good bit of the first half. Late in the first half Jackson scored to tie the match at 1-1, and in the second half they got their second one to go 2-1. Parkview was playing without senior sweeper and captain Dane Knapp.

The Parkview Varsity squad lost 1-2 to the Kickapoo Chiefs on Tuesday night. The Vikings got an early goal from Brian Otradovec on a rebound from the KHS keeper, but the Chiefs were able to get an equalizer before halftime. Senior captain keeper Jon Malter was injured in the first half and had to sit out the last 10 minutes of the half, but Freshmen keeper TJ Joy came in and held down the fort in his absense without giving up a goal. Also in the first half Senior captain center-back Dane Knapp got hit hard in a collision and missed the last 50 minutes of the game. This put the Vikings in a tricky situation with one key player playing injured and another on the bench.

In the second half the Chiefs scored with 15 minutes left to take the 2-1 advantage. This was another tough loss for Parkview, who has played well but lost the majority of their games this season (now 2-7).

Steve Olson was at the game, took a bunch of pictures, and has a nice article about the match on his website www.sgfsoccer.com:

Otradovec benefited from Jordan Houseman’s hard work on the right side, winning a foot race for the ball and sending it back into the box from the endline. It was that type of work, in combination with Jared Moore in the center, that made it hard for the Chief’s to establish any rhythm themselves…

The Newsleader also wrote an article on the game:

As Parkview High School senior goalkeeper Jon Malter made one stellar save after another, Kickapoo senior Skyler Russell had one simple answer in mind: just keep shooting…

The Junior Varsity match was tied with about 9 minutes left before Kickapoo was able to put an opportunity away. Although Pedro Pitonez got a nice look on goal, the keeper saved it and the Chiefs countered to get a second late one and win 2-0 over the Viking JV.

Farmington picked up 3 wins on their way to winning the Viking Showdown this year. Farmington is now 9-0 on the season. Steve Olson wrote a great article on www.sgfsoccer.com about the tournament. Steve has compiled the scores, with small blurbs about the games, and a video interview with the winners.

Friday- Sept. 18, 2009
Parkview 10
Lebanon 0

Carthage 2
Kearney 0 (with 15 min. left; not official final score)

Neosho 4
West Plains 0

Fulton 1
Farmington 4

Saturday Sept. 19, 2009
Parkview 2
Neosho 3 (OT)

Farmington 1
Carthage 0 (OT)

Lebanon 2
West Plains 0

Fulton 2
Kearney 1

Parkview 0
Carthage 2

Farmington 7
Neosho 0

The Parkview Varsity squad will play the Lebanon Yellow-Jackets in the first match of the Viking Showdown tournament on Friday at 3:15pm on the PHS grass field.

The rest of the schedule for the Showdown tournament can be found on the Viking Showdown page.

The Parkview Varsity team lost 1-2 to Ozark on Wednesday night, playing their second game in as many nights. After going down 1-0 in the first half on a late first half goal, the Vikings also gave up an early second half goal before reasserting themselves in the match. Parkview changed their lineup a bit and got their feet back under them, applying real pressure throughout the second half.

The Vikings earned great chances by playing to feet and making a lot of great passes, especially facilitated by Jared Moore. Sam Vigil, had a solid game defensively for the Vikings, and Tanner Bennett, Jordan Houseman, Alex Blanco and Brian Otradovec helped kickstart the offense in the second half. Bennett was able to get off a couple good looks on frame, and late in the match the Vikings finally got a call in the box. Jared Moore beat a player 1 v. 1 and then was dragged down inside the penalty area. Moore was able to finish off the PK shot to bring the score within one, but the Vikings could not finish any more opportunities.

Ozark High School wrote up an article as well, which you can check out as well.

Scoring summary: Jared Moore 1g (PK)

The Junior Varsity squad won their match, scoring two goals in each half. Pedro Pitonez scored the first goal of the match, unassisted. Juan Garcia, playing in his first JV game of the season, scored the second goal. In the second half, Pedro Pitonez got his second goal of the season on an assist from John Bogue, and TJ Joy got the assist on the last goal of the game, scored by Bogue.

Scoring summary: Pedro Pitonez 2g, John Bogue 1g 1a, Juan Garcia 1g, TJ Joy 1a, Evin Barber: Shutout