Marshfield Blue Jays Soccer

Jays Home Opener

Soccer — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:04:37 +0000

MARSHFIELD – Perhaps the best thing to say is that it is good to have the opening game jitters out of the way. The first 5 minutes were even with chances for both sides, but after that, it was not. The first half ended with Ozark up 5-0. Although Marshfield had the wind to their back in the second half, Ozark still scored 4 more goals to make the final 9-0.

The JV team had a similar game, with the first half ending 4-0, and the game ending 10-0 in favor of Ozark.

Our next game is next Tuesday, September 7th at 4:30 p.m. at Springfield Catholic.

2010 Schedule Posted

Soccer — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:46:26 +0000

The 2010 Schedule has been posted. To access, go to the right sidebar and click on “MHS Boys 2010 Schedule and Results”

As always, stay tuned for the latest in news and scheduling changes.

Additionally, MSHSAA announced today the new districts assignments. Class 2, District 9 will consist of the following boys’ soccer teams:

Bolivar High School
Hillcrest High School
Logan-Rogersville High School
Marshfield High School
Republic High School

Fall Sports Parent Meeting This Thursday!!

Soccer — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:51:12 +0000

This Thursday, August 19, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., a Fall Sports Parent Meeting is scheduled at the Marshfield High School Gymnasium. After a brief intro in the gym, each sport group will meet individually with their respective coaches.

Please plan on attending.

We all look forward to an exciting and successful season!

Soccer Practice Begins on Monday, August 9th!!!

Soccer — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:21:04 +0000

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WHO: Marshfield High School Boys, interested in playing High School Soccer

WHAT: Official Soccer Practice Begins

WHERE: High School Soccer Field (behind Shook Elementary)

WHEN: Mon. – Fri. 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

**** Bring soccer cleats and shin guards, shorts, shirt, socks, etc.

**** Make sure to bring your completed physical forms!!!

Link to physical form (for some reason, one of the links may not work on some browsers, so try the other one if that is the case):

Click Here for link to Physical Form from Marshfield School site

Click Here for link to Physical Form from MSHSAA site

2010 Marshfield High School Boys’ Soccer Camp

Soccer — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:53:34 +0000

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WHO: Marshfield High School Boys, interested in playing High School Soccer

WHAT: Soccer Camp

WHERE: High School Soccer Field (behind Shook Elementary)

WHEN: July 26, 2010 (Monday) – July 30, 2010 (Friday)

TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

**** Bring soccer cleats and shin guards, shorts, shirt, socks, etc.

**** Make sure to bring your completed physical forms!

Post Season Honors for Marshfield Boys’ Soccer

Soccer — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:03:22 +0000

It is with great pleasure that we announce the following post-season soccer honors for the 2009 season:

Team Awards (announced at the banquet):

Most Improved: Ryan Doolittle and Trent Burks

“The Rock”: Nic Yonter

“Heart of a Lion”: DJ Hensley

Freshman of the Year: Koty Jones

Defensive MVP: Jacob Twaddle

Team MVPs: Colton Harden and Robert Martin

2009 Missouri Class 2 District 5 Soccer All-District Teams:
1ST TEAM:
Robert Martin – Senior, Forward

2ND TEAM:
Colton Harden – Junior, Midfield

HONORABLE MENTION:
Jacob Twaddle – Senior, Defender

Nic Yonter – Sophomore, Goalkeeper

2009 Missouri Class 2 Boys Soccer West & Southwest Regional Team:
1ST TEAM:
Robert Martin – Senior, Forward

2009 MISSOURI CLASS 2 ALL-STATE TEAM:

Honorable Mention – Robert Martin (first time in school history!!)
Robert Martin was also named to the 6th Annual Southwest All-Star Roster!

***** #4 Ranking in the region for Marshfield!!! *****

Congrats to the above players as well as the entire team and coaching staff. Our 2009 team had the best season ever for Marshfield Soccer!! We are all very proud of you. Thank you for giving us this season. We look forward to even better things in the future!

Thank You for a Great Season, Jays!

Soccer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:19:34 +0000

MARSHFIELD – District finals, Marshfield against Bolivar, whom we have never beaten. The number six seed versus the number one seed. Our big hearts had us this far, beating the number three (Monett) and number two (Cassville) seeds. This team had captured the imagination of the city. Judging from the crowd, it seemed almost like the Lady Jays were in their heyday, playing basketball outside. The home crowd was behind the team and the play was intense from the beginning. Bolivar had several scoring chances in the first few minutes, but the defense of Jacob Twaddle, Kyle Cary, and Koty Jones, kept them at bay. However, in the 8th minute, a flip throw by Matt Magana was deflected in by Jacob Hampton for a 0-1 Bolivar lead. In the 9th minute, Robert Martin passed to Colton Harden, was shot was saved. In the 12th minute, a corner by Bolivar looked dangerous, but was cleared out by the defense. In the next few minutes, free kicks taken by Colton Harden and Koty Jones looked promising. In the 26th minute, Robert Martin was able to thwart a flip throw by Matt Magana. In the 27th minute, Colton Harden had a nice shot that was saved by the keeper. In the 30th minute, a flip throw by Matt Magana to Bradley Stillwagon looked like it was going in upper 90 back post, but was parried away by Nic Yonter. In the 31st minute, a great header by Toad Slagle was saved. In the 38th minute, a cross to Matt Magana looked destined for the net, but was again saved by the keeper. In the 40th minute, a free kick just outside the 18 by Matt Magana was smashed toward the far post upper 90, but was incredibly saved again by the keeper. The half ended with Bolivar up by 1 goal.

The second half had the same intensity as the crowd made sure their collective voices were heard. In the 44th minute, Matt Magana took the ball down the left side and passed it to Tinash Zungura, whose shot was just inches away from the outstretched keeper’s hands: 0-2 Bolivar. The Jays did not give up as an error by the Bolivar keeper in picking up a pass from his defender resulted in an indirect kick from around the PK line. In the 45th minute, Colton Harden took the kick and passed it to a waiting Robert Martin, who scored his 59th career goal, and cut the lead in half: 1-2. Two minutes later, a header by Bradley Stillwagon made it 1-3 Bolivar. In the 50th minute, a corner by Robert Martin to Colton Harden was just wide. In the 55th minute, Ryan Doolittle had 2 chances, one that was just wide and another that was saved. A free kick by Koty Jones was taken in the 60th minute, but was slightly too long. In the 66th minute, a nice service by Colton Harden to Ryan Doolittle resulted in a header that was just high. In the 75th minute, a flip throw by Matt Magana was deflected into the goal: 1-4 Bolivar. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, a flip throw by our very own Jacob Twaddle went right to Trent Burks, whose shot was inches wide. There would be no more scoring on this night, as the final score was Bolivar 4, Marshfield 1.

Marshfield keeper Nic Yonter had 13 saves, to give him a total of 384 on the season, which is FOURTH all-time in the State of Missouri for a single season. His 18.29 saves per game average is SECOND all-time in the State for a single season.

Robert Martin finished the season with 25 goals and 59 points, which gives him 59 career goals, 25 assists and 143 total points in 89 games, which is NINETEENTH all-time in the State of Missouri for a career!

Our record this season ended up being 9-14. This was the first time we ever made it as far as the district finals. Looking at the amount of people in the crowd, the amount of enthusiasm from the stands, and all you accomplished this season, each and every member of this team should be proud, very proud indeed. You grew as a team and matured as tomorrow’s leaders of our society. Yes, it is actually now “cool” to play soccer in Marshfield. The future looks so bright for the program, we should all wear shades – even at night. Thank you, young men, for such a wonderful season!!

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WOW! Marshfield Blue Jays in District Finals!!!

Soccer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:33:29 +0000

MARSHFIELD – Everyone who was at the game tonight witnessed history – this is the first time in the history of the program the Marshfield Blue Jays are in the district finals!! It was truly a total team effort tonight. WOW! Now backwards: !WOW

The Jays started the game with a few good chances on offense. In the 2nd minute, Robert Martin had a shot that deflected off the goalie. The 7th minute brought two chances as a nice free kick by Colton Harden and a breakaway by Robert Martin were both cleared by the Cassville defense. With 32:31 left in the half, a shot by Jesus Zermeno became an unlucky bounce that kissed the far post and bounced into the goal: 0-1 Cassville. Then with 29:00 left in the half, a ball from Justin Mills snuck into the goal to make it 0-2 Cassville. After this, the defense awoke from their short-lived funk and joined the offense in a much more enjoyable 69 minutes. In the 14th minute, a beautiful header off of a Nicholas Harden corner, by Colton Harden, was just wide. Halfway through the half, Colton Harden crossed the ball to Trent Burks, whose header was barely deflected by the goalie. In the 24th minute, a 25 yard free kick taken by Robert Martin was just high. In the 32nd minute, Ryan Doolittle served a ball to Trent Burks that bounced just high. In the 38th minute, a breakaway by Robert Martin was cleared by the defense. The 39th minute of the game brought the crowd to their feet as a ball from Colton Harden to Ryan Doolittle was smashed into the back of the net to bring the Jays back to within 1 goal: 1-2. This was also the halftime score.

Coach Clardy and Coach Friebe must have had the right inspiration during the halftime speech as the Jays were on fire when the whistle sounded. The offense did their best to create chance after chance. The defense of Kyle Cary, Jacob Twaddle, Koty Jones, and Christian Harden, made sure any scoring opportunity by Cassville was extinguished. In the 47th minute, a pass from Ryan Doolittle to Robert Martin was deflected by the defense. In the 51st minute, a shot by Colton Harden was saved. In the next minute, a shot by Colton Harden was just high. In the 55th minute, defender Kyle Cary nearly took advantage of a rare offensive chance, but his cross was slightly too long. In the next few minutes, Colton Harden had three shots that were just a tad too high or wide. As the clock kept ticking off the minutes, the very large number of Marshfield students, parents, and fans never lost hope. It just seemed like it was destined to happen. With just 9:20 left in the game, it did happen. A great cross by Robert Martin was handled by Ryan Doolittle, first with his head and then a volley into the back of the net for the equalizer: 2-2. Wanting to avoid a second consecutive district semifinal going into overtime, the Jays really turned it up. Drawing energy from the very supportive, energetic and high decibel crowd, the offense turned it up a notch. In the 74th minute, a rocket by Robert Martin was saved. In the 79th minute, a free kick by Koty Jones was on target and deflected away. Then in stoppage time, a fabulous corner by Nicholas Harden was headed into the upper 90 by Colton Harden for a history making goal: 3-2 Marshfield! Keeper Nic Yonter ended the night with 17 saves.

Wow! This game was just awesome! Final 16 teams in the state in class 2! This was not just a total team effort, not just a total school effort, it was a total city effort. The team play, the fan support, it was just fantastic! Bolivar on Thursday, at 4:30 p.m. for the district championship! The entire city and all Marshfield fans are invited – we want and need your support!

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Jays Cage Cubs to Advance to Semis

Soccer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:14:47 +0000

MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield Blue Jays played the Monett Cubs in a hotly contested quarterfinal district contest today. The first half was played mostly between the 18′s, with just a few interruptions for offensive opportunities. Most of the Monett chances were cleared by the Jays’ defense of Jacob Twaddle, Kyle Cary, and Koty Jones. In the 25th minute, Colton Harden had a great opportunity from the side that was saved. In the 27th minute, Robert Martin had a shot that just wide. The 29th minute brought on a bit of excitement as a cross from Colton Harden to Robert Martin went slightly too far. In the 37th minute, Robert Martin had a shot that was just wide left. In the 39th minute, Cory Day had a nice chance that sailed just a bit high. The half ended with a scoreless tie.

The first 14 minutes of the second half continued to be played in the mid-field area. Then, in the 36th minute, the home crowd got their wishes as a wonderful pass from Ryan Doolittle to Robert Martin was smashed into the onion bag for a 1-0 Marshfield lead! The 39th minute showed some promise as a rocket off the foot of Colton Harden was saved for a corner. The 67th minute brought the crowd to their feet again as a shot from Robert Martin went right to Ryan Doolittle for a 2 goal lead. Just 2 minutes later, a fabulous cross by Colton Harden to the far post found Joseph Huber, who finished beautifully for a 3-0 Jays’ lead as well as his first varsity goal. Way to go Joseph!! This was also the final score: 3-0 Jays. Marshfield Keeper Nic Yonter had 17 saves and the only clean sheet for the quarterfinal round.

This was the best all-around game for the Marshfield Blue Jays this year. We really played as a team: offense, defense, midfield. Great job, guys. Let’s keep it going as we play in the semifinals against Cassville, on Monday, November 2nd at 6:30 p.m. at HOME.

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District Tournament Results

Soccer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:46:23 +0000

The Class 2 District 5 District Tournament results from Marshfield:

Seedings (records as of 10/21/09):

1. Bolivar (17-3)
2. Cassville (12-3)
3. Monett (9-7)
4. Webb City (11-11)
5. Carl Junction (9-10)
6. Marshfield (7-12)
7. Logan-Rogersville (5-15)
8. West Plains (2-19)
9. Aurora (1-16)

Friday, October 30, 2009:

4:30 p.m. (8) West Plains – 5 v. (9) Aurora – 0

Saturday, October 31, 2009:

9:00 a.m. (3) Monett – 0 v. (6) Marshfield – 3
11:00 a.m. (2) Cassville – 6 v. (7) Logan-Rogersville – 2
1:00 p.m. (4) Webb City – 3 v. (5) Carl Junction – 1
3:00 p.m. (1) Bolivar – 3 v. (8) West Plains – 2 (PK’s 3-1)

Monday, November 2, 2009:

SEMIFINALS

4:30 p.m. (1) Bolivar - 4 v. (4) Webb City – 0

6:30 p.m. (2) Cassville – 2 v. (6) Marshfield – 3

Thursday, November 5, 2009:

FINAL 4:30 p.m. (1) Bolivar – 4 v. (6) Marshfield – 1

**** Our district champion plays the Class 2 District 6 tournament champion (hosted by Pembroke Hill this year) in the State Quarterfinals, which is on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in Harrisonville. ****