• Daily latte at my favorite coffee shop in St Louis. Check out the DeMun location too at Kaldi's Coffee House http://loopt.us/T8wagQ.t (PIC) #
• Preparing for Class 2 Final, go Bolivar! Catholic at 4pm, CBC vs SLUH at 6pm! at AB Soccer Park http://loopt.us/Sq3CbA.t (PIC) #
• JC Helias is down 0-1 to Cape Notre Dame at halftime.

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• Daily latte at my favorite coffee shop in St Louis. Check out the DeMun location too at Kaldi's Coffee House http://loopt.us/T8wagQ.t (PIC) #
• Preparing for Class 2 Final, go Bolivar! Catholic at 4pm, CBC vs SLUH at 6pm! at AB Soccer Park http://loopt.us/Sq3CbA.t (PIC) #
• JC Helias is down 0-1 to Cape Notre Dame at halftime.

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• Daily latte at my favorite coffee shop in St Louis. Check out the DeMun location too at Kaldi's Coffee House http://loopt.us/T8wagQ.t (PIC) #
• Preparing for Class 2 Final, go Bolivar! Catholic at 4pm, CBC vs SLUH at 6pm! at AB Soccer Park http://loopt.us/Sq3CbA.t (PIC) #
• JC Helias is down 0-1 to Cape Notre Dame at halftime.

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• Drake wins 2-1! The Bulldogs advance to face Ohio State in Columbus on Sunday. Noon central game time. Via @DUBulldogs: #
• Class 2semi between Bolivar and Cape Notre Dame today's games are on turf! at AB Soccer Park http://loopt.us/b4oqFQ.t (PIC) #
• Bolivar and Cape Notre Dame are scoreless 10 min into 2nd half.

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Kickapoo's Nate Lavoy (2011) moves past Glendale's Chris Maddox (2010)

MSHSAA Class 3 District 11 Tourney District Team 2009 is made up of boys from Branson, Glendale, Kickapoo,
Nixa, Ozark and Parkview.

1st Team
1 Skyler Russell (KHS)
2 Ian Kennedy (KHS)
3 Derek McDiarmid (KHS)
4 Brandon Baum (GHS)
5 Cameron Dugan (GHS)
6 Zach Moore (OHS)
7 Andrew Presnell (OHS)
8 Kaleb Romero (NHS)
9 Nathan Massey (NHS)
10 Roman Gomez (BHS)
11 Jared Moore (PHS)
GK Jordan Pitts (GHS)

2nd Team
1 Nate Lavoy (KHS)
2 Josh McCutcheon (KHS)
3 Jesse Speer (KHS)
4 Patrick Baltz (GHS)
5 Chris Maddox (GHS)
6 Alec Martinez (GHS)
7 Jordan Burns (OHS)
8 Landon Hunter (OHS)
9 Seth Hampton (OHS)
10 Khai Uyen Huynh (NHS)
11 Frenando Cedeno (BHS)
12 Dane Knapp (PHS)
GK Jon Malter (PHS)

Honorable Mention: Tyler Moses (KHS), Travis Warren (KHS), Aaron Strunk (KHS), Jake Nedoma (KHS), Austin Hart (GHS), Jake Rogers (GHS), Michael Headlee (OHS), Luke Moore (NHS), Weston Hanger (NHS), Carlos Mena (BHS), Sam Vigil (PHS), Brian Otradovec (PHS)

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• Indiana 2:0 UW men in Big Ten playoffs, goals by Bruin & Yeagle. Badgers finish 7-9-2 in Todd Yeagley's first season viia @WisconsinSoccer #
• Your 2009 MLS Rookie of the Year award once again goes to an @LAGalaxy defender. Congrats to Omar Gonzalez! Via @Dallascup & @MLS_insider #
• Catholic breaks through in the 46th, sr J Bowenschultes thru ball springs L Strauss who's shot is blocked, sr D Bailey buries the rebound #
• Catholic 2-0 over Crocker in 54th as Kofron's hard shot is deflected up and headed in by Bailey as the keeper was caught in no mans land #
• Bowenschulte buries one just inside the upright from just inside the box in the 68th.

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• Indiana 2:0 UW men in Big Ten playoffs, goals by Bruin & Yeagle. Badgers finish 7-9-2 in Todd Yeagley's first season viia @WisconsinSoccer #
• Your 2009 MLS Rookie of the Year award once again goes to an @LAGalaxy defender. Congrats to Omar Gonzalez! Via @Dallascup & @MLS_insider #
• Catholic breaks through in the 46th, sr J Bowenschultes thru ball springs L Strauss who's shot is blocked, sr D Bailey buries the rebound #
• Catholic 2-0 over Crocker in 54th as Kofron's hard shot is deflected up and headed in by Bailey as the keeper was caught in no mans land #
• Bowenschulte buries one just inside the upright from just inside the box in the 68th.

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• Rayder Bennett gives the Lakers a 1-0 lead in the 7th, from Jeff Dorhauer's thru ball. #C3D10 #MSHSAA #
• Washington Blue Jays are imposing themselves on the game, Laker's jr defender required to clear a shot off the line for the Lakers in 29th #
• Camdenton goes up 3-0 with a pair of goals in the first 15 min of the second.

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Columbia, Mo.- The Missouri State High School Activities Association in partnership with When We Were Young Productions have launched MSHSAA.tv. The website will contain live game action, as well as archived events and highlight summaries at no cost to the viewer.

"We have been expanding internet coverage of our championships for the past few years," said MSHSAA Executive Director Dr.

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Thanks to my intrepid Joplin correspondent, I finally have the District 12 seeding information (the MSHSAA.org site has been broken the last four times I've visited, I wish Kindhart was still there...)

Joplin and Neosho faced off twice this year that I can recall, the first game in early April a win for the Wildcats.

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Thanks to my intrepid Joplin correspondent, I finally have the District 12 seeding information (the MSHSAA.org site has been broken the last four times I've visited, I wish Kindhart was still there...)

Joplin and Neosho faced off twice this year that I can recall, the first game in early April a win for the Wildcats.

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The Missouri Class 2 District 5 Girls Soccer Bracket was completed last night. The District will have one play-in game on Friday May 15th (MSHSAA approved), 4 quarter-final games on Saturday May 16th, 2 semi-final games on Monday May 18th and the Championship game on Wednesday May 20th at 6:00 pm.

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The Missouri Class 2 District 5 Girls Soccer Bracket was completed last night. The District will have one play-in game on Friday May 15th (MSHSAA approved), 4 quarter-final games on Saturday May 16th, 2 semi-final games on Monday May 18th and the Championship game on Wednesday May 20th at 6:00 pm.

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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) has expanded Girls Soccer to 3 Classes this year. This is the final of three stories offering a quick look at the new line ups and potential impacts.

With 16 Districts in Class 3, there are 3 Regional districts that include representatives from my coverage area.

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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) has expanded Girls Soccer to 3 Classes this year. This is the second of three stories offering a quick look at the new line ups and potential impacts.

With 8 Districts in Class 2, the winner from District 5 in Southwest Missouri will advance to the State Quarterfinal.

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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) has expanded Girls Soccer to 3 Classes this year. This is the second of three stories offering a quick look at the new line ups and potential impacts.

With 8 Districts in Class 2, the winner from District 5 in Southwest Missouri will advance to the State Quarterfinal.

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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) has expanded Girls Soccer to 3 Classes this year. I'll take a quick look at all three of them over the course of the next 3 days to acquaint us with the new line ups and potential impacts.

With 8 Districts in the State, the winners from District 5 and District 6 will automatically advance to the State Quarterfinal with one team guaranteed a spot in the State Final 4.

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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) has expanded Girls Soccer to 3 Classes this year. I'll take a quick look at all three of them over the course of the next 3 days to acquaint us with the new line ups and potential impacts.

With 8 Districts in the State, the winners from District 5 and District 6 will automatically advance to the State Quarterfinal with one team guaranteed a spot in the State Final 4.

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By the time the majority of you read this, most of the College and High School boys squads in the region will already be recovering from their first practice session of the new season.

I stopped by Kickapoo Sunday evening, check-in and paperwork details in advance of Monday's opening practice.

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By the time the majority of you read this, most of the College and High School boys squads in the region will already be recovering from their first practice session of the new season.

I stopped by Kickapoo Sunday evening, check-in and paperwork details in advance of Monday's opening practice.

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Folks - this may be the year that we discover how important referees are to the three-legged stool of High School Soccer (players, coaches, referees). This request came in over the weekend:

There are 2 new schools that have been added to our assigning schedule (Branson, Logan-Rogersville) which means we need at least 6 new referees just to break even on an already short roster.

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Folks - this may be the year that we discover how important referees are to the three-legged stool of High School Soccer (players, coaches, referees). This request came in over the weekend:

There are 2 new schools that have been added to our assigning schedule (Branson, Logan-Rogersville) which means we need at least 6 new referees just to break even on an already short roster.

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This story has been contributed at my request by Coach Nick Schmitt, West Plains Zizzers.
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In the Spring of 2009, Girls High School Soccer in Missouri will expand to 3 classes. Why is this happening? Do we really need three classes? What does it mean for the schools in Southwest Missouri?

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From the West Plains Zizzers website, Coach Schmitt updates us on the new addition to Class 1 soccer this season - Mountain View Liberty joins District 12.

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has released the 2008 Girls Soccer District Assignments. No surprises this year (Those will likely come next year!

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