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The girls, the boys, the alumni
Eric Bradshaw
The high school boys and girls soccer teams started off the 2006 preseason with a series of scrimmages and a boys alumni game.
The girls became Metro Conference champions after attending the Yukon Spring Thaw that doubles as their conference tournament.
The boys participated in the Yukon Spring Thaw and in scrimmages at Edmond North and Norman.
Below is a summary of the soccer preseason thus far. The teams begin their regular season at Yukon, on a Tuesday, March 7.
The Girls
The Mustang soccer Lady Broncos earned the title of Metro Conference champs after beating Edmond North and three other teams at the Yukon Spring Thaw to end the tournament 4-1.
“The Yukon Spring Thaw has doubled as the Metro Conference tournament since our schedule does not allow us time for both a district and metro championship,” head coach Mike Mason explained the following Monday.
The one loss for the girls was to Putnam City North in their initial game, with a final score of 3-0.
“They scored two goals in the first fifteen minutes,” Mason said. “We improved after that but still lost.”
Against Edmond Santa Fe the team played better, with a 2-0 win to end Thursday night's portion of the tourney.
“We were better but still having trouble getting shots on goal,” Mason said of the game. “Our two scorers were Aly Murray, who scored in the first four minutes of the second half, and Meghan Vance, who scored in the first six minutes.”
On Saturday, the team beat Putnam City West first, taking a number of shots on goal for a 5-0 shutout.
In the first half, Brook McDonald stole a ball and scored 24 minutes in.
The second goal of the first half came when sophomore forward Nicole Farquhar, was tripped from behind on her way into the box and scored on the penalty kick.
In the second half, Murray received a ball from Kendra Nummy about 20 minutes into the half. Nummy sent a powerful corner kick right to Murray who was positioned in front of the goal.
“The second half of the game was basically a Kendra Nummy and Alley Murray show.” coach Mason said.
Nummy set Murray up again to set up Mustang with a 4-0 lead then set the final nail in the coffin with a second shot after her initial one bounced off the crossbar.
By the fourth game against Putnam City, Mason noted that his girls were focused.
“Ashlyn Boswell centered the ball to Nicole [Farquhar] and we scored in the first 21 minutes,” coach Mason said. “We had nine shots in the first half, six of which were on goal [scored or stopped by either the goalkeeper or one of the goal's bars], and one that went in.”
In the second half, a corner kick met freshman Melissa Addington 15 yards from the goal. Addington finished for the first score of the half.
Ally Murray received a ball from Vance, 8 minutes into the half. Vance scored a goal herself after being set up by Farquhar for the last score of the game. It was another shutout by junior goalkeeper Ashton Glover who alternates with senior goalkeeper Becky Hiltebran.
The fifth game for the Lady Broncos, the championship game, pitted them against Edmond North, at 3-0-1 in the tournament.
“We had three shots, they had four, Mason said. “It was very intense because they kicked us out of the district championship last year and we have an intense rivalry with them.”
The highlight of the game was the winning goal scored by Farquhar in the final fifteen minutes of the game.
The game began with Aly Murray scoring in the first five minutes, shooting from a corner kick on the left side by Brenna Skillern.
Edmond North came back when Hiltebran called for a long ball but collided with an Edmond North player and allowed a goal, leaving the game tied until Farquhar game-changing shot.
Edmond North frantically scrambled for a goal for the final fifteen minutes, but left the Mustang team with an early championship title prior to their regular season.
The Boys
With eight senior players returning this year, coach George Schroeder says that he is “looking forward to a good year.”
The Varsity and JV boys teams both participated in the scrimmages. Mustang beat Edmond Santa Fe 3-0, lost to Putnam City North 1-3, beat Putnam City 2-1, and beat PC West 1-0. The team tied Edmond North 1-1.
“The Varsity team has also been playing at Norman,” the coach said. “They beat Edmond Memorial 10-1 and lost to Tulsa Memorial 3-0. They've played six games in four days so they were pretty exhausted by their sixth.”
Schroeder noted that the team had picked up talented freshman that would make a difference this year and hoped to improve on the team's 4-8-1 season last year. He also noted that the team was playing with more confidence than he had seen from them last year.
The Alumni
Varsity beat alumni soccer players 7-5 in a special alumni game held Wednesday, Feb. 24. Some 36 alumni players from all the way back to the coach's graduating class came to the event.
“It was a great time,” said coach Schroeder, “We had quite a few recent grads. The Varsity had a great time.”
Five sets of brothers faced off during the game. Senior Josh Cooper scored against his elder brother, Michael Cooper, who played on the alumni team as goalkeeper. Jovi Tran, an alumni, scored on his brother Tommy, who now plays on the Varsity team. Adrian Kovatana and alumni Jeremy Kovatana were present as well as Varsity player Corey Langston and older brother Landon.
Brothers Dustin and Keith Hagan were two brothers, both alumni that played.
Coach Schroeder and his assistant coach Evans Dressel joined the action.
“I got in on the second half a bit,” Schroeder said. “We got an assist to Jimmy Nummy, who scored for the alumni.”
The girls, the boys, the alumni
Eric Bradshaw
The high school boys and girls soccer teams started off the 2006 preseason with a series of scrimmages and a boys alumni game.
The girls became Metro Conference champions after attending the Yukon Spring Thaw that doubles as their conference tournament.
The boys participated in the Yukon Spring Thaw and in scrimmages at Edmond North and Norman.
Below is a summary of the soccer preseason thus far. The teams begin their regular season at Yukon, on a Tuesday, March 7.
The Girls
The Mustang soccer Lady Broncos earned the title of Metro Conference champs after beating Edmond North and three other teams at the Yukon Spring Thaw to end the tournament 4-1.
“The Yukon Spring Thaw has doubled as the Metro Conference tournament since our schedule does not allow us time for both a district and metro championship,” head coach Mike Mason explained the following Monday.
The one loss for the girls was to Putnam City North in their initial game, with a final score of 3-0.
“They scored two goals in the first fifteen minutes,” Mason said. “We improved after that but still lost.”
Against Edmond Santa Fe the team played better, with a 2-0 win to end Thursday night's portion of the tourney.
“We were better but still having trouble getting shots on goal,” Mason said of the game. “Our two scorers were Aly Murray, who scored in the first four minutes of the second half, and Meghan Vance, who scored in the first six minutes.”
On Saturday, the team beat Putnam City West first, taking a number of shots on goal for a 5-0 shutout.
In the first half, Brook McDonald stole a ball and scored 24 minutes in.
The second goal of the first half came when sophomore forward Nicole Farquhar, was tripped from behind on her way into the box and scored on the penalty kick.
In the second half, Murray received a ball from Kendra Nummy about 20 minutes into the half. Nummy sent a powerful corner kick right to Murray who was positioned in front of the goal.
“The second half of the game was basically a Kendra Nummy and Alley Murray show.” coach Mason said.
Nummy set Murray up again to set up Mustang with a 4-0 lead then set the final nail in the coffin with a second shot after her initial one bounced off the crossbar.
By the fourth game against Putnam City, Mason noted that his girls were focused.
“Ashlyn Boswell centered the ball to Nicole [Farquhar] and we scored in the first 21 minutes,” coach Mason said. “We had nine shots in the first half, six of which were on goal [scored or stopped by either the goalkeeper or one of the goal's bars], and one that went in.”
In the second half, a corner kick met freshman Melissa Addington 15 yards from the goal. Addington finished for the first score of the half.
Ally Murray received a ball from Vance, 8 minutes into the half. Vance scored a goal herself after being set up by Farquhar for the last score of the game. It was another shutout by junior goalkeeper Ashton Glover who alternates with senior goalkeeper Becky Hiltebran.
The fifth game for the Lady Broncos, the championship game, pitted them against Edmond North, at 3-0-1 in the tournament.
“We had three shots, they had four, Mason said. “It was very intense because they kicked us out of the district championship last year and we have an intense rivalry with them.”
The highlight of the game was the winning goal scored by Farquhar in the final fifteen minutes of the game.
The game began with Aly Murray scoring in the first five minutes, shooting from a corner kick on the left side by Brenna Skillern.
Edmond North came back when Hiltebran called for a long ball but collided with an Edmond North player and allowed a goal, leaving the game tied until Farquhar game-changing shot.
Edmond North frantically scrambled for a goal for the final fifteen minutes, but left the Mustang team with an early championship title prior to their regular season.
The Boys
With eight senior players returning this year, coach George Schroeder says that he is “looking forward to a good year.”
The Varsity and JV boys teams both participated in the scrimmages. Mustang beat Edmond Santa Fe 3-0, lost to Putnam City North 1-3, beat Putnam City 2-1, and beat PC West 1-0. The team tied Edmond North 1-1.
“The Varsity team has also been playing at Norman,” the coach said. “They beat Edmond Memorial 10-1 and lost to Tulsa Memorial 3-0. They've played six games in four days so they were pretty exhausted by their sixth.”
Schroeder noted that the team had picked up talented freshman that would make a difference this year and hoped to improve on the team's 4-8-1 season last year. He also noted that the team was playing with more confidence than he had seen from them last year.
The Alumni
Varsity beat alumni soccer players 7-5 in a special alumni game held Wednesday, Feb. 24. Some 36 alumni players from all the way back to the coach's graduating class came to the event.
“It was a great time,” said coach Schroeder, “We had quite a few recent grads. The Varsity had a great time.”
Five sets of brothers faced off during the game. Senior Josh Cooper scored against his elder brother, Michael Cooper, who played on the alumni team as goalkeeper. Jovi Tran, an alumni, scored on his brother Tommy, who now plays on the Varsity team. Adrian Kovatana and alumni Jeremy Kovatana were present as well as Varsity player Corey Langston and older brother Landon.
Brothers Dustin and Keith Hagan were two brothers, both alumni that played.
Coach Schroeder and his assistant coach Evans Dressel joined the action.
“I got in on the second half a bit,” Schroeder said. “We got an assist to Jimmy Nummy, who scored for the alumni.”
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