With a berth in the Class 1, 8-man football semifinal round, Sweet Springs senior quarterback Blake Schroeder rushed for 253 yards and five touchdowns in a 62-40 upset win at Saint Paul in Concordia Friday. 'I am so proud of how our kids stepped up and performed in such a big game,” SSHS head coach Jeff Holtzman said.
Last March, the Wellington Lady Tigers won a Class 2 state title on the hardwoods. But this year’s Lady Tigers were no match for the Marshall Lady Owls of new head coach Diane Schlesselman.
Sophomore Brandon Terrill started the game red hotdraining three three-pointers and scoring 12 first-quarter points, and the Slater Wildcats romped past visiting Prairie Home/Bunceton 5929 Friday. Terrill wound up with 21 points, including four threes.
It’s been a week filled with a roller coaster of emotions- the highs of sports and the lows of the reality of life- for Marshall boys soccer head coach Justin Van Winkle. Van Winkle celebrated with his players after they shut out the Osage Indians 3-0 in the Class 2 Quarterfinal round of the state playoffs Saturday at MHS.
First Team Name Year School Erick Salmeron SR Marshall Jeffrey Moreno JR Marshall Danis Alvarez SO Marshall Alejandro Hernandez SR Marshall Jason Diaz SR Marshall Dalton Cates SO Odessa Stryder Sumy SR Odessa Daniel Bischoff SR Odessa Logan Rogers JR Odessa Luis Green JR Boonville Isaac Marriott SR Boonville Austin Rice SR Boonville George Bain IV JR Sacred Heart Jackson Manning JR Sacred Heart Osvaldo Martinez-Garcia SR Sacred Heart Leonardo Cruvinel JR Saint Paul Xavier Ray SR Clinton Honorable Mention Jeison Reyes SO Marshall Landon Linkhart SO Odessa Sawyer Vanklaveren SR Boonville Traven Wheeler JR Sacred Heart AJ Marth JR Saint Paul Hunter Willings SR Clinton .
Saxony Lutheran (15-9) vs. Orchard Farm (20-5), 2:30 p.m.
In week five of the regular season, the Saint Paul Saints pulled away in the fourth quarter and defeated the Sweet Springs football team 50-28 on Larry Laubenstein Field in Concordia. The two teams will meet again Friday with much more riding on the outcome.
(2) Drexel (10-1) at (1) Archie (11-0) (3) Worth County (9-2), at (1) North Andrew (11-0) District 2 Sweet Springs (7-4) at Saint Paul (9-2) District 3 (2) Bishop LeBlond (8-3) at (1) Orrick (11-0) All Games Kick Off at 7 p.m. .
History was made over the weekend at the Marshall High School Sports Complex. For the first time in a dozen years, the Marshall Owls’ boys soccer team is headed to the Final Four.