Thursday, September 4, 2008

Not so wise Owls!

Jeffersonville has filed a protest with the IHSAA following its 2-1 varsity boys' loss to Seymour Tuesday.

Apparently, the Owls had a player on the field for all four halves of the junior varsity and varsity games. The IHSAA rule states that in a single session (i.e. jv and varsity game right after each other), a player can only play in three halves. Oops!

Seymour, admirably, has also reported itself to the IHSAA for the rule violation, and will likely have to forfeit the game as soon as there is a ruling on it.

For the record, Seymour's goals were scored by Mahlon Davis and Chaz Hague, while Lucas Rigsby netted for the Red Devils.

Golden MEAD win for Javanon


Congrats go out to Javanon's U13s, which beat top sides from Indiana, Cincinnati and Missouri to take the 29th annual MEAD Cup in Dayton, Ohio over Labor Day weekend.

The tournament for U8 through U14 boys and girls had some 475 teams participate. Coach Greg Robinson's boys won the U13 Gold Division title by going five games unbeaten against Carmel United from Indianapolis (twice), Cincinnati Soccer Alliance, Southern Cincinnati Soccer United and TKO from Kalamazoo, MI.

Three players on the Javanon team are from southern Indiana – Evan Hollkamp, who goes to Providence Jr. High; Varun Alse, who attends Highland Hills Middle School; and Grant Hollkamp, who goes to St. Paul’s Elementary School.

For more info on the MEAD Cup, check out www.meadcupsoccer.com

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Sites worth a visit

Southern Indiana's Providence High School has had a site dedicated to its boys' varsity and junior varsity soccer teams for some time, but now it has added a section for the girls' teams. You can check it out at www.phsboyssoccer.com.

Good job by soccer parent Tim Brown (sons are sophomore twins Wade and Trent Brown) on this season's match reports, which are pretty thorough.

Another school site worth checking out is that of Eastern High School of Louisville (http://www.ehssoccer.com/default.htm), which has -- amongst other things -- information on its recent soccer extravaganza.

If you know of any decent school soccer sites worth visiting, give us a shout here atthe blog.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

High school spotlight

The high school soccer season is in full swing and already teams are giving a good indication as to who will be playing for honors come October.

One of the teams we advised you to watch out for this fall as far as southern Indiana is concerned is New Albany's Lady Bulldogs.

Yesterday (Saturday), we watched Julie Deuser's charges beat Bedford North Lawrence 11-2 in its Hoosier Hills Conference opener to go 4-0 on the season. Having beaten Forest Park 3-0, North Harrison a whopping 20-1, and Silver Creek 8-1, they have now averaged over 10 goals a game.

Standout Kaitlin Robinett scored three (to bring her season tally to eight), while Mackenzie Nash and Kameron Cole each scored two. Kayton Cole, Chelsea Cotner, Kelsey Graeter and Whitney Smith also found the net.

However, it would be fair to say that New Albany could easily have doubled its tally if its shooting had have been a little more accurate.

The sectional will come down to the Bulldogs, Providence and reigning champion Floyd Central. The Highlanders started off the season well at the Eastern College Extravaganza in Louisville last week with a 4-0 win against Meade County, and followed it up with a 3-2 victory over Mercy Academy a couple of days later.

However, FC was up against it at the weekend at the Hoosier Cup in Bloomington, losing 4-1 to both Indianapolis Roncalli and Evansville Mater Dei. It did finish the tourney on a winning note, beating Lafayette Central Catholic 4-0.

Also taking part in the Hoosier Cup was Providence boys' team and Christian Academy of Louisville, with the latter running out 2-1 victors in the game between both. Scorers for CAL were Jacob Scearce and Tanner Wilcox, while Ben Hughes netted for the Pioneers.

Providence also lost to Ryle by a 1-0 scoreline, but finished on a high note with a 5-0 victory against Edgewood with goals from Steven Meyer, Omar Salguero (2) Keenan Sparks, and Patrick Leistner. Meanwhile, CAL lost 6-1 to Indiana's No #7 ranked Zionsville.

Elsewhere, reigning KHSAA girls' champion Sacred Heart has signalled its intent to repeat its fine 2007 season with an unbeaten start (6-0-1) which included a 2-0 victory over rivals Assumption. Its tie (1-1) was against Notre Dame of Park Hills yesterday, state winners in 2004 and a team expected to go far this year.

DuPont Manual is another team with high hopes. It has started the campaign 6-0, and has already proven too strong for North Oldham, South Oldham and Lexington Catholic.

On the boys' side, 2007 KHSAA champion St Xavier is 3-0 after a 2-0 win against Erie Cathedral of Pennsylvania, while Trinity won its fourth game on the trot when beating Louisville Collegiate 1-0.