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Spring soccer season will kick off this weekend with ND tournament
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 Wednesday,
March 22, 2006
JEREMY JOFFRAY ~ Southeast Missourian
Cold weather and rain have put a damper on the start of the spring
sports schedule, but area girls soccer fans should be in for a treat
this weekend with the annual Noon Optimist Soccer Tournament beginning
play Thursday at Notre Dame.
The tournament includes the entire local girls soccer scene with
Notre Dame, Central, Jackson, St. Vincent, Perryville, Sikeston,
Poplar Bluff and Farmington in the field. Marion is the only out-of-state
squad.
Opening-round games include Perryville versus Sikeston, Notre Dame
versus Marion, St. Vincent versus Poplar Bluff and Central versus
Farmington. All first-round games will be played on Thursday.
"You get to see where everyone's at right from the beginning,"
Notre Dame coach Jeff Worley said. "It really gets it kicked
off. I just wish the weather was a little better."
The semifinals will be played at 6 and 8 p.m. on Friday, with the
finals set for 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Weather played havoc on the tournament last year, and the recent
round of rain and cold weather has not been kind to Notre Dame's
fields.
"We're hopeful to start on Thursday," Worley said. "We
can't afford to have any more precipitation."
SEMO all-conference
Jackson senior Bobbie Jones earned the Bob Gray award as the SEMO
Conference girls player of the year on Tuesday at the Poplar Bluff
Letter Club.
Jones helped the Indians to a district title this season and averaged
more than 15 points a game as Jackson finished 22-5.
Fellow senior Kylie Werner also earned first-team all-conference
honors for the Indians.
Notre Dame junior Kristain Burger earned first-team all-conference
honors. Meridith Medlin, a junior, earned second-team honors from
Notre Dame. Central freshman Wendi Zickfield made the second team.
Jackson coach Sam Sides was the coach of the year on the girls
side.
On the boys side, Notre Dame had two first-team members with senior
Alex Ressel and sophomore Ryan Willen. Senior guard Xavier Delph
made the second team from Notre Dame.
Central junior Darnell Wilks and Jackson senior Aaron Redecker
were also first-team members.
Jackson senior Kyle Pridemore, sophomore Hunter Grantham and Central
senior David Deisher were all second-team members.
Sikeston coach Gregg Holifield was the coach of the year, and Poplar
Bluff senior Ben Hansbrough was the John Gibbs Award winner as the
boys player of the year.
Keener signs with Lindenwood
Central senior Thomas Keener signed a letter of intent with Lindenwood
University to play soccer next year for the NAIA school out of St.
Charles, Mo.
Keener was an all-conference and all-region defender for the Tigers
this past season. Central finished 22-6-1 last season and made it
to the quarterfinal round before bowing out to Vianney.
LaForest signs with Dana College
Jackson senior Josh LaForest has signed a letter of intent to play
soccer at Dana College, an NAIA school in Blair, Neb.
LaForest, a second-team all-conference defender, helped the Indians
reach the district finals last season before falling to rival Central.
College notes
· Shawnee High school graduate Doug Taylor, brother of Southeast
Missouri State pitcher Mike Taylor, will try to help Southern Illinois
Edwardsville unseat the defending NCAA Division II national champion
today when the Cougars take on Virginia Union in the Elite Eight
of the men's basketball tournament. Taylor, a 6-foot-9 sophomore,
has been a regular starter this season, averaging 4.5 points and
3.1 rebounds. Ryan Belcher, who played for Southeast last season,
is averaging 10.8 points a game as a starter for Edwardsville
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