NIXA – The weary Marshfield team played their third road game of the week, as they played the Nixa Eagles on a chilly Friday evening. The first ten minutes of the game had the Eagles repeatedly on the Jays side, attacking the goal. The Jays defense of Jacob Twaddle, Koty Jones and Kyle Cary, and Keeper Nic Yonter managed to retain the scoreless tie. Then in the 11th minute of the game, a defensive lapse allowed KhaiUyen Huynh a point blank chance, which found the back of the net. With 25:28 left in the half, a pass by Drake Trease found Kaleb Romero to make it 0-2. One minute later, the same duo paired up to add to Kaleb Romero’s Nixa scoring record and to make it 3-0. Just as Mr. Romero was looking for a hat trick, his upper 90 shot was snatched by Keeper Yonter. With 17:28 left in the half, KhaiUyen Huynh again got past the defense and latched onto a pass from Drake Hughes to make the score 4-0. The Jays did have a few chances the rest of the half. They were unable to convert on corners taken by Christian Harden and Nicholas Harden. In the 28th minute, Robert Martin had a breakaway chance. With 7:58 left in the half, Robert Martin had a rocket that was just wide. There were less than two minutes in the half when a cross by Matt Overby to Scott Sterling hit off the head of a Jays defender, then off the post and past the goal line. As the half time whistle was about to be heard, Chad Mills made the score 6-0 going into the half. Keeper Nic Yonter had 15 first half saves.
The second half was a much better one for the Blue Jays. With 36:40 left in the game, Colton Harden had a promising cross that was cleared by the Nixa defense. Just one minute later, a booming kick off the foot of Colton Harden was saved by the goalie. In the 50th minute of the game, the ball again got past the Jays defense and bounced around for awhile until Austin Engleman decided to put it into the net for a 7-0 lead. The Jays offense seemed ready to do some damage with 6 opportunities in the next 25 minutes. With 23:12 left in the game, Colton Harden took a long range free kick that found the keeper. In the 67th minute, Nicholas Harden took a corner. Moments later, Robert Martin had a great header that got past the keeper, but was stopped by a defender at the goal line. With 9:10 left in the game, Colton Harden took a free kick that looked like it was on-target, but was just inches high. Three minutes later, another free kick by Colton Harden was saved by the goalie. Yet another Harden free kick was saved to keep the Jays off the board. With less than two minutes to go in the game, a shot by Luke Moore was deflected by a defender into the opposite corner for a final score of 8-0. Keeper Nic Yonter ended the game with 29 saves.
Our record is now 6-11. After being road warriors all week, it will be nice to have some home cooking this coming week. Our next game is Monday, October 19th at 4:30 p.m. against Central at HOME.











