The Lady Vikings went on the road to Hillcrest on Tuesday, and won 7-0. Parkview is now 7-0 in the Ozark Conference, and 13-2 overall.

Freshmen Emily Courtney started at outside mid for Parkview, and got the scoring started for the Vikings on an unassisted goal. Courtney also scored the Vikings’ third goal, by beating two defenders to earn a wide open chance inside the 18. These were her first Varsity goals of the season. Shelby Stewart also picked up two goals and an assist, and now leads the team in total points (30), with her 12 goals (tied for first with Loderhose) and 6 assists (second to Maerz’s 7 assists).

The Vikings were able to hold the ball on the Hornets’ side of the field for the majority of the match, while still being able to rest some players with two more games coming up on both Thursday and Friday. Parkview has one of their final two Ozark Conference games on Thursday, on the road at Waynesville.

Scoring Summary: Shelby Stewart 2g 1a, Emily Courtney 2g, Kelsey Loderhose 2g, Caylin Manary 1g, Anna Withers 1a, Melanie Allen 1a, Caylin Manary: Shutout

The JV Vikings also beat Hillcrest, with a final score of 6-0. The JV kids are now 3-5-5, and 1-1-2 in their last four, after beating Hillcrest, losing to Glendale, and tying both Kickapoo and Catholic.

Five different players scored for the JV girls. Mary Langebartel dominated offensively in the first half, scoring the first two Viking goals early in the match, and picking up an assist later as well. Marie Maize, Becca Castillo, and Sayra Villela all scored their first goals of the season.

Scoring Summary: Mary Langebartel 2g 1a, Keyuna Mays 1g, Marie Maize 1g, Becca Castillo 1g, Sayra Villela 1g, Sydnie Pilkinton 1a, Kourtney Pruitt 1a, Amanda Trotter 1a, Yazmin Chan 1a, Maddie George: Shutout

The Vikings will go to Waynesville on Thursday, with a JV kickoff time of 5:00pm, and the Varsity squads to follow around 6:45pm start.

Senior Night for Parkview will be on Friday, May 7th against Ozark. The match will be played at JFK.

In the KHS JV Tournament, The Vikings suffered a close 1-2 loss to Glendale, and tied Catholic 1-1.

Alex Shupert scored from 25 yards out against Glendale in first half stoppage time, to bring the Vikings within one at 1-2 going into half. In the second half, Mary Langebartel, Emily Courtney, and Sydnie Pilkinton created some great scoring opportunities, along with Marie Maize controlling the field for the Vikings. Neither team was able to score in the second half, and the final score was 1-2.

Scoring Summary: Alex Shupert 1g

In the second game of the day, Alex Shupert scored again, this time on an assist from Sydnie Pilkinton. The Vikings went into halftime with a 1-0 lead, thanks to very solid play by Amanda Leckrone at sweeper, and the rest of the defense working hard as well. The Vikings hit a lull in play during the second half, and Catholic took advantage of an opportunity to tie the game up at 1-1. Again Mary Langebartel pressured the Catholic defense well, but the keeper made multiple 1 v. 1 saves to keep the final score at 1-1.

Scoring Summary: Alex Shupert 1g, Sydnie Pilkinton 1a

The Parkview Lady Vikings have played six Ozark Conference matches, and are now a perfect 6-0 after defeating the Kickapoo Chiefs 2-1 in overtime. Parkview is now 4-0 in the District, and 12-2 overall.

The Vikings got on the board first, with 14 minute left in the first half. Shelby Stewart played the ball into the box, and it deflected off of a defender. Kelsey Loderhose was camped out far post, and corralled the ball, took a touch, and hammered the ball in from about 5 yards away.

Parkview held the lead going into halftime, but gave up a goal in the second half when McKenna Adams was able to get through the defense, and tie the game at 1-1.

In the second overtime period, Loderhose ran down a ball and touched it just by the oncoming keeper, slotting it just into the side netting for the Vikings’ second overtime winner in as many weeks.

Ole of www.sgfsoccer.com was at the match, took some photos and did a writeup of his own, as well as this video of Shelby burning two defenders and shooting.

Scoring Summary: Kelsey Loderhose 2g, Shelby Stewart 1a
(KHS: McKenna Adams 1g)

The Junior Varsity Ladies pulled out a 1-1 tie, after going down 0-1 in the first half. The PHS goal was scored in the second half by Alex Shupert from about 35 yards out. Shupert gathered the ball in the middle of the field, pushed the ball a step out in front of her, and hammered it over the keepers hands for the game tying goal.

The next Parkview game will be Tuesday at Hillcrest High School. Varsity will play at 4:00pm, and JV will follow at about 5:45pm.

The JV also has a tournament scheduled for this weekend at Kickapoo High School.

Thanks to a Jessica Maerz goal with a minute left in the match, the Parkview Lady Vikings beat the Camdenton Lakers on Tuesday night 2-1, making them 5-0 in the Ozark Conference and 11-2 overall.

The Vikings gave up a goal in the first five minutes, starting flat until the early Camdenton goal woke Parkview up. Shelby Stewart got the goal back before halftime by beating a defender with speed on Anna Wither’s through-ball, and knocking the ball by the keeper to make the halftime score 1-1.

Keeper Caylin Manary had to make a handful of tough saves and decisions throughout the match, including one from point blank in the first five minutes of the match, and coming off her line to calm potential chaos in the box once in the second half as well. Parkview’s offense came for the majority of the match from Shelby Stewart and Kelsey Loderhose, but Jessica Maerz got involved in the second half as well. Holly Messick has a very solid game as well, playing the majority of the match in place of Aubrey Durst who was out for the night.

With only a minute left in the match and the score still knotted up at one all, Holly Messick controlled a loose ball and found Jessica Maerz at midfield. Maerz shot from 30 yards out, and put the ball just over the keeper’s hands for the game winner.

Scoring Summary: Shelby Stewart 1g, Jessica Maerz 1g, Anna Withers 1a, Holly Messick 1a

Ole of www.sgfsoccer.com was at the match, and got some photos as well as writing an article on the Parkview victory.

JV
The Vikings defended well for the majority of the match, and went into halftime with a 0-0 tie. Parkview got their goal when Alex Shupert found Emily Courtney just inside the 18′ and Courtney drilled a shot in the lower 90′ for the 1-0 lead. Camdenton tied the match on a PK that keeper Maddie George dove at and got a hand on, but the shot was placed well and tied the game at 1-1.

Scoring Summary: Emily Courtney 1g, Alex Shupert 1a.

The Vikings’ next match will also be an Ozark Conference match, Thursday at Kickapoo. The JV match will be played first at 5:00pm, and the Varsity game will follow at about 6:45pm.

The Lady Vikings have had a successful year without a lot of recognition, but that changed a bit on Saturday when the Missouri State Poll came out for Class 3. With key wins over Rolla, Nixa, and Glendale twice, the Parkview girls earned a vote in the coach’s poll for the first time ever.

The West Plains Classic has been canceled.

Ole at www.sgfsoccer.com wrote an article on the tournament and cancellation.

The Varsity ladies will look to add tallies in the win column with a return to the West Plains Zizzer Soccer Classic tournament again this year. West Plains always puts on a great tournament, and the Viking squad looks forward to Valley View on Friday evening (5:00pm), as well as Sikeston and Affton on Saturday. The Viking have NEVER won all 3 games in this tournament, but were able to win 2 matches and the tournament for the first time ever in 2009.

The Zizzer Soccer Classic, hosted by West Plains, began in 2004. The first year of the tournament the Vikings went 0-1 before thunderstorms forced it to be canceled. In 2005 the Vikings went 1-2 in the tournament, winning over Harrison before losing to Lee’s Summit West and Moberly (record: 1-2). Parkview was the #7 seed in 2006, getting slaughtered by #2 Jonesboro before losing to #6 West Plains in PK’s and beating #8 Jennings (record: 1-2). In 2007 Parkview was the last seed out of 8 teams in the tournament. The Vikings lost to #1 Notre Dame, #5 Cape Central, and #6 West Plains (record: 0-3). 2008 found the Vikings entering the tournament as the #6 seed. Parkview lost to #3 Moberly in overtime, as well as #2 Waynesville before beating the host #8 West Plains after losing to them in the tournament the previous two years (record: 1-2). In 2009 the Vikings beat Cape and Liberty, and lost to Sikeston. Parkview came out tied for first (with Affton), winning the tournament for the first time ever.

Flash forward to 2010, and the Vikings have raised both their level of play and their expectations as well. The “round robin” style of the tournament will force the Vikings to bring their A-game to the table for all three games, and the Vikings will be looking to win 3 in the West Plains Tournament for the first time ever, and take home the title for consecutive years.

(Archived info. courtesy of WP.com – coach Nick Schmitt)

If this article looks familiar, that’s because it’s a recycled version of last year’s pre-West Plains tournament article. Get over it!