Bolivar Liberators Soccer

The Liberators improve to 8-4 on the season with a 6-0 win over conference opponent Logan-Rogersville. Bolivar would get on the board in the 11th minute when Toad Slagle took the penalty kick. Dakota Smith and Bradley Stillwagon would both add goals with assists from Matt Magana to give the Liberators a 3-0 lead at half. Bolivar really worked on their posession and movement in the second half. Rogersville would have an own goal and then Kyle Shoemaker and Matt Magana would finish up the scoring for the game. A big night for Magana with a goal and three assists. Dale Baker and the defense would record their 4th shutout of the season. The Liberetors outshout Log-Rog 42-1 with the keeper, defenders, and the goal post makeing several good saves. Congratulations guys on a well played game as a “team”.

In jv action, Garrett Evans would score the lone goal of the game in the second half to improve the Liberators jv record to 5-2. Conner Stillwagon would have the shutout in goal.

The Liberators recieved a #11 ranking in the lasted state poll. Bolivar recieved 13 votes. The 7-4 Liberators key win this season is over the 11-1 Warrensburg Tigers. The Liberators have lost to #5 Springfield Catholic and #8 New Coventant. The other two losses are to Springfield Greenwood who is not far behind thier preceding district rivals. The Liberators struggled in their five game week, but had close games with Greenwood and New Covenant. Bolivar looks to get rested and back on track Tuesday against Rogersville and will then compete in the Willard tournament next weekend.

Photo courtesy of BHS alum Misty Clay!

THURSDAY

Marshfield 1
Greenwood 4

Robert Martin scored first for the Marshfield followed by four goals from Greenwood’s Chris Aiken, Patrick Conner and Stuart Beezley (2).

Bolivar 0
New Covenant 2

New Covenant score two late goals in a physical battle with the Liberators. #? scored with 10 minutes to go off a deflected shot and Brett Murray scored with three to go as the Liberators pushed defenders up to try and get the tying goal.

FRIDAY
Bolivar 5
Clinton 1

Matt Magana scores a hat trick to lead the Liberators past the Cardinals. Jake Condren and Sam Wall added the other two goals. Seth Hopwood, Bradley Stillwagon and Jacob Hampton recorded assists. Dillon Dehn scored late in the game off a corner kick for Clinton. Bolivar improves to 7-3 while Clinton drops to 3-6.

Warrensburg 1
Greenwood 0

Nick Parsells got the lone goal of the night in the 25th minute to lead the 10-1 Tigers past the Bluejays. Greenwood’s record now stands at 7-5.

Saturday

New Covenant 4
Clinton 2

Senior Brett Murray scored all four goals to lead the Warriors past the Cardinals in early morning pool play.

Warrensburg 6
Marshfield 1

Warrensburg’s Shane Luehrs scored a hat trick to lead the Tigers into the championship game.

5/6th

Marshfield 5
Clinton 0

Josh Hyde, own goal, Ethan Replogle and Willis Zirschky (2) scored for Marshfield

3rd/4th

Bolivar 1
Greenwood 3

Greenwood’s Stuart Beezley started off the scoring in the 30th minute. A few minutes later the Kyle Shoemaker for the Liberators added a goal off a corner to tie the game before half. Greenwood would open the second half with two early goals secure the game over the tired and depleted Liberators.

Championship:
Warrensburg 1
New Covenant 0

Nich Parsells would score the lone goal of the match in the first half to give the 11-1 Tigers the Classic Championship. NCA falls to 9-2. Congratulations Coach Bax and the Tiger players.

Catholic scored their first goal in the 9th minute when David Bailey hustled to ball to keep it from going over the end line, crossed it over everyones head, and hit the back post to bounce in the goal. From that moment on, the tired (from monday’s 2OT, pK loss) Liberators were deflated and would give up another four goals in the next 20 minutes. Bolivar would finally settle in and play a better second half, but the task was to big on this night. Catholic moves into sole possession of first place in the COC small division while the Liberators move into 2nd place. Bolivar’s record drops to 6-2.
The Liberators look to re-group as they take on New Covenant in the first round of the Bolivar Classic tournament.

After two completely different halves, and then back and forth overtimes, the Greenwood Bluejays pulled out the win during penalty kicks. Greenwood would dominate the first half of play even though the Liberators got on the board first when Bradley Stillwagon finished an assist from Matt Magana. Greenwood would tie the game with six minutes to go in the first half. Bolivar came out hard and dominated the second half of play, but just could not get that additional goal needed to go in. The Liberator defense held Greenwood to one shot in the second half. The overtimese were back and forth with both teams starting to show fatigue. Again the Liberators had a few really good opportunities that just would not fall this night. In PK’s Bolivar would miss thier first and third shot, while Greenwood’s Cory McCoy made the game winner with the 4th kick. The Liberators fall to 6-1 and will try to rest and recoup for Catholic tomorrow evening.

Shots: Bolivar 10, Greenwood 4
Corners: Bolivar 3, Greenwood 4

The Liberators traveled to Springfield tonight to take on class 3 Springfield Hillcrest. It was a tale of two halves for the Liberators who faced a much improved Hillcrest squad. Bolivar struck first when Carlo Frasseto scored his first varsity goal with an assist from Matt Magana. Carlo found the ball as it bounced thru and several bodies in the box, settled it to his feet and turned and fired past the keeper. Hillcrest would tie the score a little later when a crossed ball traveled thru the air across the box and found a Hillcrest player backside who finished the shot past Dale Baker. Just a minute later, the Liberators would go back up on top when Bradley Stillwagon finished a header shot into the back of the net. Magana again on the assist. Hillcrest would tie the game before half with a 25 yard shot by Bryce Collier. Although tied at half, the Liberators felt as if their play had been sluggish and not real strong. They were challenged at half by the coaches and the Liberators responded very well. Bolivar came out in the second half and dominated nearly the entire half and only gave up one shot to the Hornets. The defenense did a great job of keeping the ball in our offensive third of the field nearly the entire half. Toad Slagle, Landon Grider, Seth Hopwood, Ryan Ladd and Sterling Roberts really stepped up their game in the second half and played well as a unit in the back. The midfielders and forwards did their part to keep up the attack and was able to get off 19 shots in the half. Senior Jake Condren finished off the Hornets with two perfectly placed shots from the top of the 18 that found their way past the keep and into the net.
Great job Liberators as they improve thier record to 6-0 on the season. The Liberators will be tested heavily as they will have five games next week. The first three games against the Springfield class 1’s: Greenwood, Catholic, and New Covenant. They will play Clinton on Friday and then Saturday’s opponent will either be Warrensburg, Marshfield, or Greenwood. Get ready for some intense action next week fellas.
Game Notes:
Shots: Bolivar - 28, Hillcrest 7
Corners: Bolivar - 10, Hillcrest 5
Carlo Frasseto scored his first varsity goal of his career
Senior Jake Condren moved into a tie for 9th place on the all time varsity games played record.
Sophomore Matt Magana moved into the 30’s with his two assist night. He needs five more to tie the Liberator record for career (36).
Senior Dale Baker recorded 3 saves tonight.

In JV action, the Liberators improved to 4-1 with a 4-0 win! Nathan Toombs, Branden Roberts (2), and Garet West scored for the Liberators. Jordan Stanton in goal with his third shut-out.

Congratulations guys on a great night of soccer!

The Liberators took on district and conference foe tonight and came away with a 4-2 win to improve their record to 5-0 on the young season. The Liberators controlled most of the first half and led 3-1. After the Liberators scored their 4th goal, Marshfield pressed and attacked hard and was able to punch a goal in before the Liberator defense took back over the final 12 minutes of the game. A hard and well played game by both teams. Scoring for the Liberators:

1. Dakota Smith assisted by Matt Magana
2. Matt Magana unassisted
3. Matt Magana asst. by Bradley Stillwagon
4. Bradley Stillwagon unassisted

Game Notes:
Shots - Bolivar - 20, Marshfield - 15
Corners - Bolivar 5, Marshfield - 7
Liberators move to 2-0 in conference play
Dale Baker - Bolivar 9 saves (including the shot to the face!)
Last 5-0 start for the Liberators - 2005
Coach Fast recorded win #175 in his career

In JV action, the Liberators improve to 3-1 with at 3-1 win! Scoring:
1. Sam Wall asst. by Branden Roberts
2. Kyle Carter unassisted
3. Jordan Stanton unassisted

Great job tonight fellas, let’s get ready for Hillcrest!

The Bolivar Liberators (3-0) took on their old district rival the Warrensburg Tigers (6-0). Warrensburg brought in an experienced senior laden team with lots of talent. Bolivar was able to take the opening kick and control the first nine minutes of the game. In the ninth minute, Toad Slagle took and in-direct kick that found the foot of Bradley Stillwagon and into the net to give the Liberators the 1-0 lead. Warrensburg got fired up after that and came at Bolivar really hard, but was unable to convert any goals past the Liberator defense. In the second half, Warrensburg would tie the game when #3 Shane Luehrs went unmarked and recieved a cross ball and blasted it past keeper Dale Baker. This was the first goal allowed by the Liberators this season. Bolivar would answer a couple of minutes later when Carlo Frasseto was hit in the hip and taken down in the box. Toad Slagle took the pk and scored to put the Liberators back up 2-1. The warrensburg goalie was soft red carded after the play and the Liberators took advantage of the new keeper by putting in two more goals within the next five minutes. Matt Magana made an outstanding play to win the ball from his defender and then took on the keeper one-on-one…..Magana came out on top with the Liberators 3rd goal of the night. A couple of minutes later Magana would assist Bradley Stillwagon’s second goal of the night to put the Liberators up 4-1. Warrensburg never gave up and still pressed hard and was able to get one more goal in themselves by #14 Josh Taylor.
Although the Liberators did not look particularly sharp tonight, that battled hard and found a way to win against a very good team. Way to go Liberators!

Game Notes:

Shots - Bolivar 11, Warrensburg (?)
Corners - Bolivar 0, Warrensburg 2
The Liberators have now outscored their opponents 19-2

In JV action, Warrensburg got a late goal in the second half to give the Liberators their first defeat of the season. Bolivar is now 2-1.

Bolivar moved to 3-0 on the young season with a 3-0 win over Branson. The Liberators had numerous scoring opportunities and outshout Branson 30-5. Dakota Smith (assisted by Matt Magana), Kyle Slagle (PK), and Bradley Stillwagon (assisted by Mitchell Waters) scored for the Liberators. Dale Baker recorded his third shutout of the season. In the picture provided by Rick Condren, Bradley Stillwagon runs off the field after scoring on the corner kick. Matt Magana celebrates the goal also.

More details later, it is late……..

Bolivar jv defeated Branson 1-0 to move to 2-0 on the season. Nick Preston scored the header shot with an assist from Jordan Stanton.

Congratulations guys!

The Liberators opened thier first official conference play tonight with a 7-0 win over 1st year team Rogersville. The game was a hard fought battle between both teams. Bolivar first got on the board in the 12th minute when Senior Jake Condren fired a low and hard shot past the keeper. He was assisted by sophomore Branden Roberts. Roberts scored an unassisted goal eight minutes later to give the Liberators a 2-0 lead that they would take into the half. Rogerserville did press hard and their best opportunity came midway thru the half when outside mid #5 crossed the ball and #13 broke free and had a one-on-one with keeper Dale Baker. Baker slid and grabbed the ball to save goal. Bolivar got off to a slow start in the second half and Rogersville came out fired up and put a lot of pressure on the defense. In the 52 minute, junior Bradley Stillwagon scored with an assist from sophomore Matt Magana. The Liberators took the momentum and controled most of the game from that point on. Other scoring:
junior Kyle Slagle - pk - 60th minute
freshman Mitchell Waters assisted by sophomore Sterling Roberts - 65 minute
junior Sam Wall assisted by Matt Magana - 67 minute
Matt Magana assisted by Kyle Slagle - 69th minute

Bolivar improves to 2-0 and Rogersville falls to 0-1.

Game notes:

Junior Kyle Shoemaker recorded his first varsity start.
Junior Sam Wall, Sophomore Branden Roberts, and freshman Mitchell Waters recorded their first varsity goals.
Branden Roberts recorded his first varsity assist.
The defense and Dale Baker recorded their second shutout of the year. Baker now has 25 for his career.
Sophomore Matt Magana recorded two assist which moves him into second place in Liberator history. He now has 26 career assists and needs 10 more to tie for first.
Senior Carlo Frasseto was taken down by three defenders in the box to earn the pk for Bolivar.
23 players took the field tonight in the varsity game.

Congratulation Liberators on you first confernece victory, but more importantly a win over a district opponent. Congratulations to both teams on a clean and well played game.

In JV action, the Liberators beat Rogersville 2-0 to earn their first victory of the season. Sam Wall and Branden Roberts recorded the goals. Jordan Stanton and Conner Stillwagon earned the shutout in goal.