Zizzer Classic
Varsity- Match #2

Parkview 2
Sikeston 3

Scoring summary: Shelby Stewart 2g, Kelsey Loderhose 1a

Tournament Record: 1-1
Overall Record: 8-7

Joe George’s photos of the game.

Zizzer Classic
Varsity- Match #1

Parkview 4
Cape Central 1

Scoring summary: Shelby Stewart 1g 1a, Jessica Maerz 2g, Kelsey Loderhose 1a, Meaghan Allen 1a

Tournament Record: 1- 0
Overall Record: 8-6

Joe George’s photos of the game.

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 Cape on Friday evening (5:00pm), as well as Sikeston and Liberty-Mountain View on Saturday. The Viking have NEVER won 2 games in this tournament, but look to break that trend this year.

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).

Flash forward to 2009, and the Vikings have raised both their level of play and their expectations as well. The tournament has moved away from a bracket/seeding system and into a “round robin” format as the number have teams involved have increased, Every match will be of equal importance as the Vikings know they’ll have to win multiple games for the first time ever in the Zizzer Classic if they want to have a shot at the first place title.

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

The Viking Varsity squad lost to Glendale 0-5 on Tuesday night. The score was 0-2 at half, as the Vikings found themselves defending most of the game. Caylin Manary had her work cut out for her in goal. Manary made a ridiculous amount of saves in front of the net, as the Glendale attack kept coming and coming. Parkview has lost 3 of their last 4 matches; they have two losses in the KHS Tournament, the Glendale loss, and a win against Branson in between. The Vikings are now 7-6 overall and 2-2 in the conference.

The Junior Varsity match wasn’t much prettier, as the JV squad lost badly as well. A positive for the JV team is the improved play of Amanda Leckrone, Mary Langebartel, and Shelby Walters. The return of keeper Maddie George allowed Sydnea Pilkinton back on the field to help the offense as well.

Next up for the Vikings is the West Plains tournament this weekend.

(Photo(s) courtesy of Joe George)

The Parkview Lady Vikings beat new District opponent the Branson Pirates on Monday night 6-1. Shelby Stewart started off the scoring in the first two minutes of the match by beating a defender before slotting the ball past the keeper for a 1-0 lead. Kelsey Loderhose also had two first half goals, with both assists coming from Jessica Maerz. The half ended with a 3-0 score.

In the second half the Vikings gave up a goal and scored three more of their own. Jessica Maerz scored a goal with the assist from Holly Messick, followed by Molly Robb’s first goal of the season on an assist from Elyssa Williamson. Robb has started the last three games for the Vikings in place of the injured Melanie Allen. The final goal came unassisted from Maerz again.

Scoring summary: Jessica Maerz 2g 2a, Kelsey Loderhose 2g, Shelby Stewart 1g, Molly Robb 1g, Holly Messick 1a, Elyssa Williamson 1a.

The Junior Varsity squad tied their match 1-1. The Vikings scored first with a great goal coming early in the match. Amanda Leckrone lofted a ball over two defenders, and Alex Shupert ran onto it, took a touch, and drilled the ball past the keeper into the back of the net. The Vikings got a bit self-satisfied though, and didn’t bother finishing any more chances in either half (and there were many to finish). Parkview gave up a break-away goal in the second half, and couldn’t get back on top. The JV is now 4-3-2.

Scoring summary: Alex Shupert 1g, Amanda Leckrone 1a

Both squads play again on Tuesday night against Glendale, with the JV kicking off at 5:00pm, and the Varsity to follow around 6:30pm. The matches are being played at Cooper 2 (Lake Country).

The Vikings’ first half looked quite similar to the previous game, as they spent a lot of time defending and not much time offensively on their way to a 0-2 halftime deficit against a very strong Jefferson City team. The encouraging thing about the match this time was how the Vikings battled back. In the hole 0-2, Parkview figured out some things defensively, which led to some connected passes and a few offensive chances for the Vikings. At one point, still down two goals, Shelby Stewart found Meaghan Allen on the right left wing, and Allen was able to cut in and finish with a low hard-struck far post ball (pictured above). After the score stayed 1-2 for a strong portion of the second half, the Vikings gave up one more goal late to lose 1-3. Parkview had a much improved second in this match, and showed that they were figuring things out defensively- something that they can learn from and carry forward in other big games this season.

The Ozark vs. Parkview games was canceled due to the weather conditions. Neither team forfeited, as the coaches agreed that after playing only a week ago there was no point in risking injuries just to squeeze in a meaningless rain-soaked match.

The Vikings play next against Branson at home (JFK). The JV squads will play first at 5:30pm, with the Varsity teams to follow around 7:00pm.

After going down 0-2 at half, the Vikings battled back and found themselves down 2-3 midway through the second half. Shelby Stewart scored two goals to keep the Viking close, both on through-balls followed by Shelby burning a defender with speed and beating the keeper in 1 v. 1 situations. The defense was not able to hold up, however, and the Vikings gave up 5 goals in the second half to lose 2-7.

Goal Summary: Shelby Stewart 2g

Parkview plays Jefferson City on Saturday morning at 9:45am, and Ozark at 4:00pm.

The other KHS Tourney scores can be found at www.sgfsoccer.com.

The brackets for the KHS tournaments can be found on their website.