Cards Take 4th at Willard

After a long night Friday night that seemed like it would never end, the Cards edged out the much-improved Logan-Rogersville Wildcats in PKs to get the victory. Austin Doran got the only goal for the Cards during regulation and Alex Christian finished them off with the game-winning PK. This set us up nicely for the challenge that laid ahead on Saturday. 

With five players gone and one injured. The Cards pressed forward to compete with just 13 players knowing that they would have two games to play that day. Our young JV players stepped up and made Willard earn a win. They gave us a pretty good whooping, but for many of those young players, it was their first experience in a varsity match. So, after the butterflies were gone and we had to turn right around and play Monett, we stepped it up a little. Having beaten Monett earlier in the week with a short squad, we were confident that we could win. Our confidence did not supercede their readiness for vengeance as they came out fighting. Once again, Austin Doran and Alex Christian came through for goals in that match, and Austin Sanders did one heck of a job filling in for Thomas Foster in goal. We took a 5-2 loss, but it was a moral victory because we got to see a little fight out of the JV squad that we hadn't seen yet. 

We have a great future ahead of us in the next couple of years. For now, we focus on Tuesday's match at Neosho. We will play one half of JV at 5:00 with varsity to follow. We know they'll want to redeem themselves for the close loss at the Christian County Tournament, so let's be ready!

Coach S