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DISTRICT SOCCER: Updated postseason scores

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CLASS 4 DISTRICT 6

(At Lee’s Summit West)

Quarterfinals

(1) Rockhurst 13, (8) Ruskin 0

(4) Lee’s Summit West 2, (5) Lee’s Summit 0

(2) Carthage 3, (7) Lee’s Summit North 2

(3) Raymore-Peculiar 2, (6) Joplin 0

 

Semifinals

Rockhurst 3, Lee’s Summit West 0

Raymore-Peculiar 2, Carthage 1

 

Title game 

Rockhurst 3, Raymore-Peculiar 2

 

CLASS 4 DISTRICT 5

(At Ozark)

Quarterfinals

(1) Ozark 8, (8) Lebanon 0

(4) Kickapoo 3, (5) Waynesville 1

(2) Glendale 6, (7) Republic 2

(3) Nixa 6, (6) Neosho 0

 

Semifinals 

Ozark 2, Kickapoo 1

Nixa 1, Glendale 0

 

Title game (Nov. 6)

Ozark vs. Nixa, 5 p.m.

 

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 6

(At Branson)

Quarterfinals

(1) Webb City 4, (8) Parkview 0

(4) Willard 5, (5) Carl Junction 1

(2) Branson 2, (7) McDonald County 1

(3) Central 2, (6) Hillcrest 0

 

Semifinals 

Webb City 2, Willard 0 

Central 3, Branson 2

 

Title game (Nov. 6)

Webb City vs. Central, 6 p.m.

 

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 7

(At Lee’s Summit North)

Quarterfinals

(4) Paseo Academy 3, (5) Thomas Jefferson 0

 

Semifinals  

(1) Lone Jack 8, Paseo Academy 0

(2) College Heights (McAuley) 5, (3) Lutheran (KC) 0

 

Title game

College Heights (with McAuley) 5, Lone Jack 1

BOYS SOCCER: Joplin knocks off Neosho

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The Joplin High School boys soccer team defeated Neosho 4-2 on Tuesday night.

The Eagles took a 3-0 lead after Adam Badr scored in the 12th minute and Ely Montanez recorded goals in the 44th and 67th minutes.

Blanton Garrigan and Andy Cordova assisted on Montanez’s goals. 

Neosho scored back-to-back goals in the 75th and 76th minutes, with Fabiani Ohajaca scoring the second goal.

Joplin responded in the 77th minute, as Cordova scored, with Badr assisting.

The Eagles took 22 shots, with eight shots on goal. The Wildcats took 11 shots, with five on goal. 

Joplin had four corner kicks to Neosho’s one.

Joplin goalkeeper Brayden Anderson was credited with three saves. 

Joplin will compete at this weekend’s Jefferson City tournament. 

Neosho hosts McDonald County on Wednesday.

 

BOYS SOCCER: Carthage tops College Heights

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CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage boys soccer team scored four goals in each half to earn an 8-0 victory over College Heights Christian (with McAuley Catholic) on Thursday at David Haffner Stadium. 

The Tigers improved to 2-0.

Henry Hernandez opened the scoring in the seventh minute, with Aldo Sanchez-Cancinos assisting.

Welle Welle’s goal in the 11th minute made it 2-0 before Sanchez-Cancinos gave the Tigers a 3-0 advantage in the 15th minute.

Carthage went up 4-0 when Silas Laytham recorded a goal in the 35th minute. 

Laytham, Welle, Israel Perez and Reece Horton scored goals in the second half.

Carthage is at Willard on Tuesday.

College Heights (0-2) hosts McDonald County on Tuesday.

BOYS SOCCER: Webb City wins 1-0 in double overtime in finale

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WEBB CITY, Mo. — The Webb City Cardinals and the McDonald County Mustangs were approaching 100 minutes of scoreless soccer when Webb City junior forward Joseph Wermuth connected with the perfect header past McDonald County junior goalkeeper Tomas De La Cruz in the 98th minute for the 1-0 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams at Cardinal Stadium.

Webb City and McDonald County each had their opportunities to score through 80 minutes of regulation, 10 minutes of the first overtime, and seven minutes of the second overtime.

“I think we wore them down,” Webb City coach Nick Harmon said. “They’re a strong team, very hard to play, but I think we have a lot more depth that we were able to rotate in and out of the game. In the end, I think that made the difference, it allowed our guys to still be going strong in the end and find a way to score.”

The Cardinals avoided going into penalty kicks for what would have been the fourth time overall this season and second time in a row this week after Tuesday’s road loss against Central Ozark Conference foe Republic.

“We’ve been through three shootouts already this year,” Harmon said. “Won two and lost one, and the one we lost was Tuesday night this week, so I think the guys were motivated to not let it go to chance again and get the job done in OT.”

The Cardinals played nearly 200 minutes of soccer in the final week of the regular season between their matches against Republic and Webb City.

“It’s a good way to end the season with two competitive matches,” Harmon said. “It feels good to come out on top (Thursday).”

Webb City finished the regular season 10-11 overall, and the Cardinals are both district host and top seed in the Class 3 District 6 tournament starting on Saturday.

“We’re confident,” Harmon said. “We’re excited to see the boys compete. We like our matchups and everybody’s healthy, so the ball’s in our court and we’ve got to go out and perform and work hard for each other and execute.”

Webb City opens against No. 8 Kansas City Ruskin (4-11) in the quarterfinals at 11 a.m.

The Mustangs (5-13) are the sixth seed, and they open Saturday against third-seeded Belton (8-8) in the fourth and final quarterfinal match of the day.

No. 4 Bolivar (9-11) and No. 5 Grandview (11-8) play after Webb City-Ruskin and No. 2 Willard (14-10) and No. 7 Carl Junction (5-17) play in the third quarterfinal match.

Neosho’s departure to Class 4 opens up this district to a new district champion.

BOYS SOCCER: Joplin beats Branson in regular season finale

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Luciano Reyes and Ely Montanez scored two goals apiece as the Joplin High School boys soccer team defeated Branson 4-0 on Tuesday in the regular season finale.

Adam Montanez had a pair of assists for the Eagles, who finished the regular season with a record of 16-6.

Joplin is the No. 6 seed for the Class 4 District 6 tournament. The Eagles take on third-seeded Lee’s Summit West at 4 on Saturday in a district quarterfinal at Bud Herzog Stadium in Lee’s Summit.

BOYS SOCCER: Joplin blanks Mac County

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ANDERSON, Mo. — The Joplin High School boys soccer team earned a 3-0 win over McDonald County on Wednesday night.

Luciano Reyes scored in the 15th minute for the lone goal of the first half.

Joplin’s Adam Montanez recorded a goal in the 50th minute, with Azziel Palma assisting.

Palma’s goal in the 58th minute, which was assisted by Alvarado Cordova, made it 3-0.

Joplin goalkeeper Andrew Jordan made three saves.

The Eagles took seven corner kicks to Mac County’s three.

Joplin (14-6) hosts Parkview on Monday and travels to Branson on Tuesday to close out the regular season.

McDonald County (5-11) is at Aurora on Tuesday and at Webb City on Thursday to conclude the regular season slate. 

 

BOYS SOCCER: Joplin blanks College Heights

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The Joplin Eagles netted six goals after halftime during their 7-0 home win on Thursday against College Heights Christian.

The Eagles scored those six goals over a 20-minute stretch of the second half from 28 minutes, 5 seconds through 8:15 remaining in regulation.

College Heights finished with three shots on the night.

“I think it was just slowing down a bit, figuring out how to respond to the pressure,” Joplin coach Josh Thompson said. “College Heights did a great job of putting on the pressure in the first half, and I think it’s probably just hard to keep up that tempo. They did a great job of just throwing us off our game. Second half, we were able to find our ground game. We’ve been a much better second-half team this year, for whatever reason, so I don’t know if that’s just our thing or what, but we definitely settled in more.”

Joplin senior Carlos Palma scored the lone goal of the first half and then fellow senior Adam Montanez, Palma, senior Grayden Cravens, senior Luciano Reyes, Montanez, and Ely Montanez deposited second-half goals.

The Eagles definitely spread the wealth.

“That’s a big deal for our guys,” Thompson said. “It’s just a lot of fun whenever the team can spread the ball around like that. And then it’s whoever is the closest to a goal at the end gets the goal. It makes the game fun, it makes us hard to defend, and it’s everything you want to see.”

The Eagles finished with their fifth shutout of the season and their second in a row, only two days after their 8-0 win over Central Ozark Conference rival Carl Junction.

“We were messy in the first half,” Thompson said. “We couldn’t do a lot even defensively. They were putting on more pressure. Second half, again, we cleaned it up and we were able to win balls in the air, 50-50 balls we were able to start stepping in on, and guys who winning possession is their strength were able to actually flex a little bit. Proud they turned it around.”

Class 4 Joplin improved to 13-5 overall on the season, and the Eagles are back in action on Tuesday with a big conference match at home against Ozark.

“We’d like to have a couple games back, but I can’t be too displeased looking forward to where we’re at,” Thompson said. “We’ll have Ozark to start off next week as a big test. We would like to have Neosho back and Carthage back and have another chance at those. Ozark will be a good one to let us know if we’re where we want to be at this point.”

Class 1 College Heights (with McAuley Catholic) dropped to 10-4 on the season and the Cougars saw their winning streak end at 10.

College Heights lost three straight matches to start the season, then started winning on Sept. 6 with a 2-1 overtime victory over Class 3 McDonald County.

“It was rough,” College Heights coach Scott Yount said. “We just came out flat, and we still had some decent opportunities in the first half, some good overlapping balls, and just missed a couple square-ball opportunities that could have made the difference. Just hoping to come out with a little more intensity in the second half, but we went flat again.”

College Heights welcomes Marshfield, Aurora, and Barstow for the College Heights Invitational on Saturday.

The Cougars play Marshfield at 10 a.m., while Aurora and Barstow face off in the other semifinal match.

The championship game will be played at College Heights with third place contested at Ozark Christian College. Championship and third-place matches are slated for a 2 p.m. start.

BOYS SOCCER: Joplin routs Carl Junction

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CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — In control from the start, Joplin’s boys soccer team earned a dominant 8-0 win over Carl Junction on Tuesday night at Bulldog Stadium.

Adam Montanez, Luis Alvarado Cordova and Azziel Palma scored two goals apiece for the Eagles.

Adam Badr opened the scoring in the fifth minute, with Montanez assisting.

Montanez scored his first goal in the ninth minute, with the assist going to Cordova.

Cordova made it 3-0 with a goal in the 11th minute. Brayden Anderson assisted on the play.

Montanez recorded his second goal of the night in the 32nd minute on a penalty kick.

Palma scored in the 36th minute, with Ben Hedrick getting the assist.

Cordova’s goal in the 43rd minute made it 6-0. Palma assisted on the goal.

Palma’s second goal of the game came in the 51st minute and was assisted by Ely Montanez.

Ely Montanez got into the act with a goal in the 70th minute. The final goal was assisted by Ever Blanco.

Joplin goalie Andrew Jordan made two saves. 

The Eagles had 12 shots on-goal in the match. Carl Junction goalkeeper Blake Miller made four saves.

Joplin hosts College Heights (with McAuley Catholic) on Thursday night. 

Carl Junction is at Neosho next Tuesday. 

BOYS SOCCER: Reyes leads Joplin past Springfield Catholic

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Luciano Reyes scored a pair of goals in the second half to lead the Joplin High School boys soccer team to a 3-2 win over Springfield Catholic on Monday night.

Joplin’s Adam Montanez scored an unassisted goal in the 16th minute.

Catholic’s Kydon Huttenlocher tied it up with a goal in the 40th minute and teammate Matthew Gerety’s penalty kick in the 60th minute gave the Irish a 2-1 lead.

A senior forward, Reyes converted a penalty kick in the 69th minute.

Reyes scored the game-winning goal in the 76th minute, with Luis Alvarado assisting.

Joplin goalkeeper Andrew Jordan made eight saves, while Catholic’s Braedon Fritz stopped two shots.

Joplin had six corner kicks, while Catholic had two.

The Eagles are at Carl Junction on Tuesday night. Joplin will host College Heights with McAuley Catholic on Thursday night.

 

BOYS SOCCER: Carthage holds on against Joplin for seventh straight win

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The Joplin Eagles made the Carthage Tigers sweat for about 20 minutes of playing time during the second half of their Central Ozark Conference match on Tuesday night, until Carthage junior Welle Welle put in a header off an Eric Garcia corner for a 3-1 lead with 6 minutes, 36 seconds remaining in regulation.

Welle apparently put in his third goal of the match as time expired, but the referee did not count it because he said Welle did not get off his kick before the buzzer, resulting in a 3-1 win for the Tigers.

“We didn’t do a very good job of finishing tonight,” Carthage coach Jacob Osborne said. “We had at least, I don’t know how many, three or four chances that we should have put away and we didn’t. We had time, we were able to get our heads up, just didn’t place the ball where we needed to and put it too close to the keeper.

“Joplin, they always play us tough. Since we let them hang around, once they got that goal, that made it scary and they really amped up the pressure. Our kids did a good job too to bounce back after that and to get back under control and start to play again, because there for a pretty big stretch there we struggled.”

Carthage built a 2-0 halftime lead thanks to a goal from Welle and assist from Edson Lopez nearly 14 minutes in and a header from George Laytham with an assist by Danilo Lopez at 8:46 before the half.

Early in the second half, Joplin cut the deficit in half with a goal by Adam Badr and assist by Adam Montanez.

“We were a shell of ourselves in the first half, unrecognizable from the standard that we set for ourselves,” Joplin coach Josh Thompson said. “The second half, I think the team responded well to our adjustments and we stopped playing scared. We were able to get Carthage on their back foot for a little bit in the second half, which was a good change, but it just wasn’t quite enough.

“We definitely had several opportunities that would have evened it up. The balls were maybe two or three inches either direction. Their keeper did a great job, and their defenders back there had good deflections, good blocks. We definitely had the type of pressure that we were seeking to put on them, for a good stretch there in the second half.”

Carthage finished with a 26-24 advantage overall in shots and Carthage senior Julio Lopez and Joplin freshman Toby Ipsen each finished with 12 saves.

“We had our freshman keeper in there today,” Thompson said. “This was his biggest varsity experience so far. Our senior keeper Andrew Jordan wasn’t 100 percent today. Proud of him for being able to step into those shoes and perform well. Then, second half, the defense was able to figure out some of their issues, resolve a lot of them, and put a very good attacking team shut down for a little while.”

Carthage improved to 12-2 overall and 5-1 COC, and the Tigers extended their winning streak to seven entering Thursday’s match at home against Kickapoo.

“Second district game we’ve had this year and that made it extra important because we only have three district games before we actually get to the district tournament,” Osborne said of the win Tuesday. “That makes all the district games important.

“Saturday was big, playing Lee’s Summit West. They’re one of the favorites in our district, and getting a win, it was a very tough game. It was good to be able to step on the field and see that we can play with them.”

Joplin, meanwhile, dropped to 9-5 overall and 3-3 COC, and the Eagles return home this weekend to host their annual varsity invitational tournament.

BOYS SOCCER: Reyes’ late goal lifts Joplin past Webb City

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WEBB CITY, Mo. — Luciano Reyes recorded the game-winning goal in the 78th minute to lift the Joplin Eagles to a 4-3 victory over Webb City on Tuesday night in boys soccer action at Cardinal Stadium. 

Joplin received early goals from Azziel Palma and Reyes to take a 2-0 lead. Palma scored in the third minute, while Reyes recorded a goal in the eighth minute, with Adam Montanez assisting.

Webb City’s Alex Flores scored in the 27th minute and teammate Luis Gallardo recorded the game-tying goal in the 31st minute, with Joe Wermuth getting the assist.

Flores’ second goal, which came in the 33rd minute, gave the Cardinals a 3-2 lead.

Joplin’s Palma recorded an equalizer in the 45th minute, with the assist going to Ely Montanez.

Reyes scored the go-ahead goal with just two minutes remaining in regulation, with Luis Alvarado assisting on the play.

Joplin’s Andrew Jordan made five saves, while Webb City’s Connor Black was credited with eight saves. 

The Eagles had eight corner kicks, while the Cardinals had one.

Joplin (9-4) hosts Carthage on Oct. 4. Webb City is at the Willard Fall Classic this weekend.

 

BOYS SOCCER: Carthage routs Carl Junction in conference match

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CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers scored two goals within the first 6 minutes, 17 seconds of their Central Ozark Conference match against Carl Junction on Tuesday at David Haffner Stadium.

Carthage dominated in both overall possession and overall shots, but the goals did not start coming in bulk for the Tigers until late in the second half.

Carthage scored four goals in over five minutes and the Tigers’ eighth goal punctuated an 8-0 victory over the Bulldogs with 4:45 remaining.

Carthage’s Danilo Lopez is pictured during Tuesday’s match with Carl Junction. All photos by Israel Perez.

“It was 3-0 when we hit our fifth post,” Carthage coach Jacob Osborne said. “We had more post hits than goals at that point.

“Finally, instead of blasting it into the back of the net, they got their head up and just picked corners, which is what we’ve been talking about. It’s hard to get through sometimes, they think that the blasts, the hard-hit goals, the highlight goals, are the ones they want. Just put it in the back of the net, that’s what we’ve been focusing on in practice.

“They had one shot and we had 41. It took us a while to get there.”

Carthage possessed the ball for 73 percent of the match Tuesday night.

Seven different Carthage players scored goals during the 8-0 win: Aldo Sanchez netted two goals and Welle Welle, George Laytham, Henry Hernandez, Eric Garcia, Silas Laytham, and Jorge Lopez scored one each.

Carthage improved to 9-2 overall and 4-1 COC, and the Tigers bring four straight wins into their match on Friday against Capital City in the Kickapoo Shootout.

The Tigers are entering the portion of their schedule where the matches are going to significantly increase their strength of schedule.

“We have a very difficult stretch coming up,” Osborne said. “We’re excited for it. Friday and Saturday, we play at Kickapoo, and we play Capital City on Friday and Lee’s Summit West on Saturday. That’s a new district opponent for us, and they’re always one of the top teams in the state. That will be a tough matchup.

“Next week will be another tough week. Tuesday, we play Joplin. Thursday, we play Kickapoo and then Friday and Saturday, we’re going up to Kansas City to play St. Michael’s and Ladue from St. Louis.

“We’re sitting pretty good, but I’m ready to play some games where we’re going to be pushed more because so far this year we haven’t been pushed much. We’re going to get those games now. We’re going to take some bumps with it, but hopefully it makes us stronger and gets us ready for districts.”

Carl Junction, 4-9 overall and 1-4 COC, plays next Friday and Saturday in the Laker Shootout in Camdenton with matches against Hannibal on Friday to close out September and Camdenton and Hillsboro on Saturday to open in October.

 

Carl Junction’s Gavin Cowger controls the ball during Tuesday’s match with Carthage.

 

Carthage’s Anderson Reyes is pictured during Tuesday’s match with Carl Junction at David Haffner Stadium. Photo by Israel Perez.

 

Carthage’s Silas Laytham is pictured during Tuesday’s match with Carl Junction.

BOYS SOCCER: Sitton’s hat trick leads College Heights past Aurora

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Bo Sitton recorded a hat trick as the College Heights Christian School boys soccer team defeated Aurora 5-2 on Tuesday night.

The Cougars improved to 7-3 on the season.

Corban Thomas scored CHC’s first goal in the 11th minute, with Sitton assisting on the play.

Sitton scored in the 15th minute, with Hudson Clevenger getting the assist.

Sitton scored his second goal of the game in the 35th minute, with Clevenger once again assisting.

Thomas scored an unassisted goal in the 36th minute for CHC’s fourth goal.

Sitton’s third goal came in the 64th minute and was assisted by Adam Stanton.

College Heights hosts Cassville on Thursday. 

 

BOYS SOCCER: College Heights wins Greenwood tourney

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The College Heights Christian School boys soccer team won the Greenwood Tournament on Saturday.

In the opening round, the Cougars defeated Cassville 1-0. 

The lone goal of the match was scored by Zach Beaty, with Ian Edwards assisting.

In the championship match, College Heights beat Greenwood 3-2. 

Corban Thomas scored CHC’s first goal, with Hudson Clevenger getting the assist. 

Thomas scored College Heights’ second goal, with Adam Stanton assisting. 

Clevenger knocked in the final goal, with Bo Sitton assisting on the play. 

College Heights (6-3) plays Aurora on Tuesday. 

 

BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Parrigon leads CHC past Webb City; Welle records hat trick for Carthage

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS 3, WEBB CITY 1 

Michael Parrigon scored a pair of goals to lead College Heights Christian (with McAuley Catholic) to a 3-1 win over Webb City on Thursday in non-conference boys soccer action.

Parrigon scored in the third minute, with Corban Thomas assisting.

CHC’s Bo Sitton scored in the 61st minute, with Ian Edwards getting the assist.

Parrigon scored an unassisted goal in the 63rd minute.

College Heights (4-3) will compete at the Greenwood Tournament on Saturday. 

 

CARTHAGE 6, MCDONALD COUNTY 0

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Welle Welle recorded a hat trick for Carthage, as the junior midfielder scored goals in the eighth, 16th and 48th minutes.

Silas Laytham added two goals for Carthage. They came in the third and 40th minutes.

Reece Horton converted Carthage’s final goal.

Carthage (8-2) hosts Carl Junction on Tuesday. 

BOYS SOCCER: Perez’s late goal gives Neosho win over Joplin

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Juan Perez scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute to lift the Neosho Wildcats to a 2-1 win over the Joplin Eagles on Tuesday night in Central Ozark Conference soccer action.

Joplin took a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute on a goal from Azziel Palma, with Luciana Reyes getting the assist.

Neosho’s Arturo Lopez scored the tying goal in the 43rd minute.

Neither team scored until Perez’s game winner.

Joplin’s Andrew Jordan made seven saves, while Neosho’s Johnathan Tribbey recorded five saves.

Joplin (6-3) is at the Richard Wilson Classic this weekend. Neosho (5-0) hosts Willard next Tuesday.

BOYS SOCCER: Neosho blasts Aurora, Wildcats stay unbeaten

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NEOSHO, Mo. — A hat trick by Juan Lucas highlighted Neosho’s 9-3 win over Aurora on Thursday at Bob Anderson Stadium. 

In addition to Lucas’ three goals, Andy Lopez Garcia recorded a pair of goals for the Wildcats.

Also scoring for Neosho were Fabiani Ohajaca, Leo Gindling, Noah Chapman and Juan Perez.

Assisting on goals were Ohajaca (2), Cristian Ornelas and Zane Thornberry.

The Wildcats had 28 shots on-goal during the match. 

Neosho goalkeepers Bailey Motley and Uziel Alvarez made one save apiece.

Aurora’s goals were scored by Armando Alvarez, Kaden Clark and Lester Perez. 

Neosho (4-0) is at Joplin on Tuesday.

BOYS SOCCER: Carthage tops Central with late PK

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CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers bounced back from Tuesday’s hard-fought loss to Neosho by beating Springfield Central 3-2 on Thursday at David Haffner Stadium. 

Central took a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute on Boston Hawkins’ goal.

Carthage tied it up in the 36th minute after a goal from Welle Welle.

The Bulldogs briefly took the lead in the second half, as Max Robertson scored in the 63rd minute.

Carthage scored two unanswered goals.

Silas Laytham recorded the equalizer in the 65th minute before George Laytham converted the game-winner on a penalty kick in the 80th minute. 

Carthage (6-2) hosts Webb City on Tuesday night. 

BOYS SOCCER: Reyes scores four goals, leads Joplin past Willard

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WILLARD, Mo. — Luciano Reyes scored four goals and Joplin earned a convincing 7-3 win over Willard on Tuesday in Central Ozark Conference soccer action.

A senior, Reyes scored goals in the 10th, 48th, 58th and 60th minutes.

Justin Kilafwe scored in the second minute, Luis Alvarado scored in the 23rd minute and Adam Montanez added a goal in the 79th minute.

Ely Montanez had two assists, while Duncan Fogarty, Adam Montanez and Alvarado had one assist apiece.

Willard’s Caleb Kuchta scored a pair of goals (25th and 62nd minutes) and Marseli Popesku had one goal for the Tigers. 

Joplin goalkeeper Andrew Jordan made four saves on seven shots. 

Willard goalie Chris Massey made 10 saves on 17 shots.

Joplin will host Monett on Thursday night.

 

EAGLES GO 1-1 LAST SATURDAY

Also of note, the Eagles split their final two matches at the Parkview tourney this past Saturday.

Joplin defeated Central 5-3.

Adam Montanez scored three goals, while Alvarado and Reyes added a goal apiece. Azziel Palma had two assists, while Ely Montanez and Alvarado had one assist apiece.

Jordan made five saves.

The Eagles suffered a 3-1 loss to Webb City.

Ely Montanez had Joplin’s lone score.

Alex Flores scored twice for the Cardinals, while Luis Gallardo had one goal for Webb City. 

Jordan made 10 saves for the Eagles, while Connor Black had three saves for the Cardinals. 

 

BOYS SOCCER: Webb City drops home match to Ozark

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WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City’s boys soccer team suffered a 4-2 Central Ozark Conference loss to the Ozark Tigers on Tuesday at Cardinal Stadium.

Webb City’s Jadon Brisco scored off a corner kick in the fifth minute to give the hosts an early lead.

Ozark’s Adrian Ortega scored in the 13th minute, but Webb City’s Felipe Perez answered and gave his team a 2-1 lead in the 19th minute.

The Tigers recorded three unanswered goals in the second half, all by Ortega. 

Ortega scored on a free kick in the 45th minute. He then scored two more goals for four on the night. Ortega’s final two goals came in the 56th and 71st minutes. 

The Tigers improved to 7-1.

Webb City (4-3) hosts Rogersville on Thursday.

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