Marshfield Blue Jays Soccer

DISTRICT FINALS @ BOLIVAR – Facing Bolivar in district play – seems to be a tradition – as this is the third year in a row. The game started out slowly as both teams were kicking and waiting. Unfortunately, the 7th minute saw Tim Armstrong sneak the ball past the defense on a rebound to make the score 0-1. The Jays fought back in the 10th minute when a nice free kick by Koty Jones into the box was cleared by the defense. In the 11th minute, Clark Campbell passed the ball to Nicholas Harden who sent the ball just high. In the 15th minute, a free kick by Colton Harden was saved. In the 27th minute, a free throw from Ryan Doolittle into the box was heel kicked by Colton Harden to a waiting Clark Campbell who smashed it into the box to tie up the score 1-1. In the 37th minute, Matt Magana was tripped in the penalty box for a penalty kick that was taken by Mitch Waters, who buried the ball into the net to give Bolivar a 2-1 halftime lead.

In the second half, the intense play continued. In the 43rd minute, a flip throw by Matt Magana was headed in by an unmarked Tim Armstrong to make the score 1-3. In the 55th minute, the Jays crowd was on their feet as a deep throw in from Ryan Doolittle to Colton Harden was shot but hit off of the post. In the 59th minute, a through ball from Evan Barth to Christian Harden was just slightly too long as the goalie beat him to the ball. In the 63rd minute, a free kick from Colton Harden was inches too high. In the 66th minute, a pass from Colton Harden to Ryan Doolittle was just high. In the 71st minute, Matt Magana dribbled several defenders and made the score 1-4. The Jays had a fire light under them after this. In the 72nd minute, Colton Harden had a rocket that was barely too high. In the 73rd minute, a pass from Calvin Birsa to Trent Burks was just wide. In the 75th minute, a pass from Joseph Huber to Trent Burks was saved. In the 77th minute, a free kick by Clark Campbell into the box was cleared by the defense. Keeper Nic Yonter finished the night with 16 saves, 325 saves for the season, and 771 for his career. There would be no more scoring on the night. The final score: Bolivar -4, Marshfield -1.

Winning would have given us our first win in at least 23 tries against Bolivar and our first district championship, but it was not to be tonight. We are all very thankful for a great season:

Most goals in a season: Colton Harden (28)
Second most career goals: Colton Harden (47)
Most points in a season: Colton Harden (65)
Most career points: Colton Harden (156)
Most career assists: Colton Harden (62)
Most career assists per game: Colton Harden (0.67 – 62 assists in 93 games)
Most career points per game: Colton Harden (1.68 – 156 points in 93 games)
Most hat tricks season: Colton Harden (4)
Most hat tricks career: Colton Harden (5)
First career hat trick: Evan Barth (10/12/10 v. Rogersville)
First career assist hat trick: Ryan Doolittle (10/12/10 v. Rogersville)
First career goal: Clark Campbell, Christian Harden, Calvin Birsa, Lucas Cheeney
Most players’ first name starting with the same sound: 7 (“K” – 4 “C’s” and 3 “K’s”)
Most players’ first name with the same sound in the first syllable: 11 (“K” – 8 “C’s” and 3 “K’s”)
Most players’ last name starting with the same letter: 8 (the letter H)
Most brothers on the roster: 3 (tied with 2009)
Most minutes played season: Nic Yonter (1836)
Highest Percentage minutes played season: Nic Yonter (100%)
Most shutouts season: Nic Yonter (7)
Most shutouts career: Nic Yonter (10)
Most saves in a half: Nic Yonter (24 – 9/7/10 v. Catholic)
Most saves game: Nic Yonter (37 – 9/7/10 v. Catholic)
Second most saves in a season: Nic Yonter (325)
Second most saves per game: Nic Yonter (14.13 spg)
Most career saves: Nic Yonter (771 – 62 in 2008, 384 in 2009, 325 in 2010)
Most wins for a class: 37 (Evan Barth, Colton Harden, D.J. Hensley, Josh Hyde)
Best record in history of our program: 11-12
Second consecutive district final appearance (only two in history)

You came together as a team and as young men this season. You were a joy to watch. The support of the fans and community was fabulous. It was really nice to see soccer being treated as an equal with the other sports in Marshfield. It is great to see so many realizing how fun it is to play this wonderful sport. Hopefully, we lost to the eventual state champs. Good luck to our seniors in college and looking forward to a great 2011!

***Don’t forget that our banquet is scheduled for Thursday, November 11th at 7:00 p.m. at the Nazarene Church.***

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DISTRICT SEMIFINALS @ BOLIVAR – District semi-finals in Bolivar against Webster County rival Rogersville. Bad weather is basically a given at that field for us. For some reason, there was not a drop of rain for the Bolivar Hillcrest contest, but seconds before the opening whistle the skies opened up! The rain most definitely had a large impact on the first half. Rogersville had a different look to them tonight: their uniforms were new and their play was greatly improved from the regular season. The Jays had a chance in the 5th minute as Christian Harden’s smash bounced off of the keeper and was nearly knocked in by Clark Campbell. In the 13th minute, a cross from Colton Harden was headed in nicely by Evan Barth for a 1-0 lead. The rain and field conditions thwarted many possible chances for the rest of the half. Unfortunately, in the 39th minute, Curt McHenry caught the Marshfield defense on their heels and snuck the ball into the goal to tie the game right before the half.

The rain stopped for most of the second half, which presented many more scoring chances. In the 43rd minute, fans saw some Brazilian futbol action as Colton Harden played a ball to the far post to Evan Barth, who slid and kicked the ball to the opposite post where Ryan Doolittle had a beautiful finish and gave the Jays the lead back at 2-1. In the 44th minute, a cross from Colton Harden to Evan Barth was headed just wide. In the 46th minute, another defensive lapse allowed Curt McHenry to score his second goal to tie the game again. This seemed to light a fire under the Jays offense as in the 48th minute saw a nice pass from Ryan Doolittle to Evan Barth hit just high. In the 49th minute, two corners by Clark Campbell were cleared by the defense. In the 51st minute, a pass from Ryan Doolittle to Trent Burks was cleared away. In the 55th minute, a nice pass from Christian Harden to Colton Harden was hit toward the goal, but saved by the keeper. In the 58th minute, a cross from Colton Harden to Evan Barth was headed toward the goal but hit the head of the keeper, perhaps by accident, but nonetheless redirected away from the goal. In the 60th minute, a through ball from Ryan Doolittle to Trent Burks was almost chased down, but the goalie got to the ball first by a hair. In the 61st minute, a pass from Clark Campbell to Colton Harden was saved. In the 66th minute, a cross from Clark Campbell to Colton Harden was sent slightly high. In the 69th minute, a throw in from Joseph Huber to Colton Harden was shot just wide. In the 75th minute, a rocket off of the foot of Joseph Huber (who was literally all over the field tonight) deflected off of a defender and into the back of the net for a 3-2 lead. Kudos to Joseph!! Keeper Nic Yonter finished the night with 9 saves. The Jays ran out the clock to preserve the 3-2 victory!

This gives us our best record in our history at 11-11! We are in the district championship game for the second time in school history (last year was the first). We are playing – who else? – Bolivar tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2nd at 6:00 p.m. in BOLIVAR. We need the support of our community, friends, family – because you know they will have a crowd. Winner goes to Sectionals. LET’S GO JAYS!!!!!!