REVISED SCHEDULE: The head coaches agreed that only the teams qualifying for the championship will play in the third round of the tournament; therefore, the 3rd place and 5th place matches on the original bracket have been removed. The tournament championship match will still take place 2:30 PM at JFK Stadium.

The Vikings are proud to host the 2010 Parkview JV Tournament Oct 22-23. We view this event as the de-facto regional junior varsity championship for the greater Springfield area, and we hope it remains a staple of the local soccer scene for years to come.

Participating teams include Catholic, Glendale, Kickapoo, Nixa, Ozark and Parkview high schools. The coaches of each program compared their records and results and then voted for each team’s seed in the tournament. Kickapoo was the unanimous choice for first seed.

Friday games will be played at Kickapoo High School, and all Saturday games will be played at Parkview High School.

The bracket can be seen using the link below:

2010 Parkview Boys’ Soccer JV Tournament

Rock Bridge (14-4 and ranked 13th in the state) controlled the game from the beginning, and prevailed 7-0 when the buzzer sounded.  Parkview’s leading scorer, Brian Otradovec, did not play due to injury, and he was missed up front.   The Vikings hope to rebound Saturday in an 8:00 a.m. game against Greenwood which lost a close game to Waynesville, 2-1.

Linked below is our bracket for the Kickapoo tournament this weekend. Our first game versus Rock Bridge will be 6 PM Friday at JFK Stadium. After that, times and locations will vary depending on the outcome of our games from one round to the next.

In the second round, we will play either Waynesville or Greenwood. Both games would be intriguing in their own way. The rematch versus Waynesville would shed light on our biggest concern: consistency. Can we beat a good team twice in the same season? On the other hand, Parkview has not played Greenwood at the varsity level since 2003. Facing the school that is geographically closest to the Parkview campus and eager to collect a win against a class-3 school would make the Greenwood game doubly challenging.

The other half of the bracket includes Carthage, Smith-Cotton, Kearney, and Republic. Parkview will play one of them in the last round of the tournament.

Parkview lost to Carthage, 4-1, in its first game of the season, giving up two goals in the last three minutes of the game. The rematch would allow Parkview to measure growth from earlier in the year.

Parkview last faced Smith-Cotton at the 2007 Helias tournament, with Parkview claiming the 1-0 victory.

Parkview has never played Kearney, although Kearney has participated in the Parkview tournament each of the last four years. Kearney lost  to Carthage , 1-0 in overtime, at this year’s Viking Showdown. The result, however, was controversial. Many observers stated that an apparent Kearney goal in regulation was not awarded after the shot had crossed the goal line but then took a weird ricochet off the wheel of the goal post. The ball bounced back out into the field of play, and the officials declared, “Play on!”

Republic is in its first year of competition, so a match-up with them would also be Parkview’s first in its history.

Kickapoo Shootout Gold Division Bracket

The Joplin Eagles swept Parkview Thursday night 4-1 (Varsity) and 3-1(junior varsity).  Brian Otradovec beat 2 defenders to score on a run-out five minutes into the game, however, the Eagles dominated possession the remainder of the half and led 2-1 at the break.  The Eagles scored two quick goals to start the second half as the defense seemed to break down at critical times.  It was not until Clint inserted several of the swing players into the game with about 20 minutes to go that the Vikings appeared to have any energy.   The Vikings missed the presence of senior Tanner Bennett who was unavailable because of injury.