Revised Schedule

1st Round Games:
Monday @ Harrison Stadium in Springfield
Noon — Carthage & Central
2:00 pm — Neosho & Hillcrest

Semi-Finals Games:
Wednesday @ Willard High School
2 games beginning at 5:00 pm

Championship Game:
Friday @ Willard High School — 6:00 pm

We wil leave School @ 9:30 on Monday May 17th. The girls will get out of class at 9:15.
We will be playing at Harrison Stadium on the Drury Campus in Springfield. Directions are:

I-44 East to Springfield; exit at Chesnut Expressway
Follow to BENTON Avenue, Turn left onto Benton, going North (from Chestnut)
Go through Central Street (stop light), with Central HS on left and
Drury on your right
Proceed to Calhoun Street, which is the next right hand turn
Turn right onto Calhoun
Proceed to Summit Street, which is the next right
Turn right onto Summit
Proceed to the end of the street where they will find the primary
parking lot on the left side, located due North of Harrison Stadium
They won’t be able to go further then that because the street is
closed due to construction on the new stadium at Drury
The entrance to Harrison is further South on Summit, where the
barriers are set up (50 yard walk)

Just as a little refresher before I begin. The Carthage Tigers and The Logan-Rogersville Wildcats have played two games this season. In both game neither team scored during regulation or in overtime periods. Logan-Rogersville won the first game in a penalty kick shoot-out. The second game ended in a tie because it was in pool play during the Branson Tournament.
Thursday May 13th The Lady Tigers and Lady Wildcats took the field again and battled for 100 minutes again without being able to score. The game saw both teams have chances and both teams move the ball well. The Lady Tigers really started to click as a group. They had several chances and set up some good runs on the goal, but were unable to get any shots on frame or by the keeper. The Lady Wildcats really began to apply pressure toward the end of the game with #32 hitting the far post. Phylicia Lewis stepped up at the end of the game and made an outstanding save on a cross that came into her box. This save was a turning point and the Lady Tigers then began to play controlled soccer and began moving the ball back up the field toward the Lady Wildcats goal. Most of the two overtimes were played in the midfield with both teams getting runs up the field, but neither was able to get anything on goal. After 280 minutes of soccer neither squad was able to score. In the PK shoot-out the Lady Tigers stepped it up and put every shot on frame. The Lady Wildcat Goalie made two good saves. Phylica Lewis was able to get her hand on almost every PK shot. She made one save and watched as one shot went over the top and the final shot hit the cross bar. The Lady Tigers won the game 4-3 in a PK Shoot-out.

The Girls ended their Regular season with a 9-9-2 record

Thursday was Senior Night and our Fabulous Five Seniors started the game and did a great job. Deandra Sexton started on the outside right and she did a great job of moving the ball. She worked well with the other girls and gave a great pass that resulted in an early scoring opportunity for the Lady Tigers. Next we had Sarah Cooper who was playing outside left for the Lady Tigers and she did a very good working the ball down the sideline and helping the Lady Tigers on offense and defense. Sarah had a great shot on goal that missed to the near post by about 5 inches. Ashley Heidlage did a very good job of playing in the defense and keeping the Lady Warriors from getting off too many shots. Ashley works hard every game and has developed in to a good defender. Evelyn Naverette started in the mid-field and really helped to move the ball from the defense to the offense. She has kept our mid-field in good shape this year. Evelyn also set up at least four scoring opportunities and did a lot of other great things. Ashley Shannon played up top and did a great job of getting into position to get the ball and put a shot on goal. She was rewarded for her hard work by scoring all three goals. This was the First Hat-Trick in our short history at the Varsity level. Ashley worked very hard and really stepped up her play in this game.
Our entire team did a great job of moving the ball and working hard. I am proud of everyone and hope we can take this hard work and good ball movement into the District Tournament and make more history.
I would also like to send out a huge thank you to our parents for the outstanding food they fed us after the game. It is great to have that type of parent support for our team.

1. Willard
2. Joplin
3. Carthage
4. Neosho
5. Hillcrest
6. Central

DISTRICT SCHEDULE
Saturday May 15th
5:00 #4 Neosho vs #5 Hillcrest
7:00 #3 Carthage vs #6 Central (We Will Wear BLUE)

Soccer District Information

- The HOME team will be the team on the Bottom of the bracket.

- All games will be played at the Willard Soccer Field – located behind Tiger Stadium.

- Locker room assignments will be done on a nightly basis.

- Water coolers and game ball will be provided. Please provide your own practice balls.

- Admission will be $3.00 for everyone. No school passes will be accepted. Entrance to the field is located on the north side – parking in Willard East Elementary Parking Lot.

- All buses should park in the Willard East Parking Lot.

- Athletic Trainer will be on-site for all games.

Rain Dates if Saturday is rained out –

1st Round Games to be played on Monday:
Central & Carthage playing at noon
Hillcrest and Neosho playing at 6:00 pm

Semi-Finals will be on Wednesday at 5:00 & 7:00 pm

Championship game on Friday at 6:00 pm

The Lady Tigers travelled to Springfield to take on the Central Lady Bulldogs. The first 80 minutes of the game the Lady Tigers had trouble finishing our opportunities. The Lady Tigers did have two shots in the first half that hit the post and bounced out. The Lady Tigers pushed hard against a driving wind and moved the ball well, but could not find the net. In the second half the Lady Tigers put pressure on the Lady Bulldogs with the wind at their backs, but could not put anything away. The game went to overtime and in the first minutes of the first overtime the Lady Tigers ended the game with good pressure and a great goal by Andrea Westoff. The Lady Tigers play again on Tuesday May 4th @ 5:00 in Willard. The Varsity will play first in this game.

Directions
1-44 East to Chestnut Expressway Exit (Business 44); follow east
Follow to BENTON Avenue, turn left
First stop light is CENTRAL Street, turn right (Drury University will be on your right)
Follow to CLAY, turn left
You will be driving behind the stadium; the gate will be open and the bus can drop off there. Bus will have to travel up the road and park in the Drury University parking lot.

This is a Varsity only game that starts @ 5:00.

Both Lady Tigers teams got to see a very good team play tonight. I hope that we take the lessons learned from watching them and try to make our squad work as well as their squad worked together. Nixa wins both games. JV game ended at 7-0 and Varsity game ended at 8-0.

On Thursday the girls loaded the bus and headed to Carl Junction to play a much improved Carl Junction team. The girls we ready and up for the challenge. The game started with a lot of mid-field play, but soon the Lady Tigers started to press and move the ball against the Lady Bulldogs. Andrea Westoff opened the scoring in the first half with a great left-footed goal. In the second Half Mandolin Smith scored again to move the Lady Tigers lead to 2-0. Our Season record is now 6-7-2

On a beautiful night the Branson Pirates came to town to finish our 80 minute tie from the weekend. In the first half both sides produced opportunities and moved the ball, but it was the Lady Pirates that scored two goals. In the second half the Lady Tigers moved some people around and began to press the Lady Pirates and for most of the second half the Lady Tigers controlled the game, but could not put in a goal. Our season record is now 5-7-2

Friday April 16th
The girls arrived in Branson to take on a good Marshfield team. In the beginning of the game the girls came out and attacked moving the ball well. Early they were rewarded on a great goal by Mandolin Smith. After that the Marshfield girls took over the game and they beat the Lady Tigers 4-1.
Saturday April 17th
Our First game was against Branson. The Lady Tigers did a good job in this game, but gave away to many mistakes and allowed the Branson Lady Pirates to stay close. In the End the game ended with a tie 2-2.
The next game was against Logan-Rogersville and again these two teams battled for 80 minutes with neither team getting a goal. Both sides had opportunities, but neither team could put in a goal. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. That is 180 minutes of scoreless soccer played by these two teams this year with one more game remaining.
The Lady Tigers ended up 3rd with a record of 0-1-2. The season record is now 5-6-2