Bolivar Liberators Soccer

The Liberators were missing three starters this evening, but that did not let that slow them down as they defeated Rogersville by a 6-1 margin. Reserve forward Branden Roberts got the Liberators on the board early in the game with an assist from Bradely Stillwagon. Reserve Midfielder Auggie Newberry then scored his first and second varsity goals soon after to give the Liberators a quick 3-0 lead. Bolivar would finish up the rest of their scoring for the evening in the first half with all-staters Toad Slagle (asst. Bradley Stillwagaon), Bradley Stillwagon (asst. Josh Condren), and Matt Magana putting in goals for the team. The Liberators would surrender a goal in the second half when Bradley Stillwagon was taken down in the midfield (no call….should have been) and the ball was cleared down the middle of the field. Toad was out of his sweeper position making a overlap run (while Brad was taken out and lost the ball) which left the middle of the field open for a 1 on 1 break-away with the keeper. Goalkeeper Sam Wall made a great play on the ball, but a nice shot by the Rogersville player prevented the shut-out. The Liberators improve to 10-1 on the season.
Congrats guys on another win. Now we must get prepared for the always difficult Willard Tournament.

In Jv action, the Liberators beat Rogersville by a 1-0 margin. Alex Neal scored the lone goal in the second half. Conner Stillwagon with the shut-out in goal. Bolivar jv is now 4-1-1. Congrats guys on great win against the only team to beat you this year!

Junior Forward Matt Magana will be featured as KSPR 33’s athlete of the week this week. There will be a story on Matt and his soccer and football abilities including the famous flip-throw he is so good at. The story will be aired Thursday on the 10:00pm broadcast. KSPR was at practice today interviewing and filming and they will be at the Rogersville game on Tuesday for some live game action. Matt leads the Liberators this season with 18 goals and 9 assists so far. He also owns BHS records for career assists, assists in a game, assists in season, and most points in a game. Congratulations Matt!

The Liberators were able to avenge their only defeat on the season so far by beating the Warrensburg Tigers 3-0 in the Liberator Classic Championship game. The Liberators knew they would have to bring their A game in order to beat our great long time rivals from the north. Warrensburg came in with a 8-1-2 record and have two of the top players in the state with forward Shane Luehrs and goalie Isreal Baeza. Bolivar would get on the board in the 30th minute when sophomore Mitchell Waters recieved a pass down the line from Senior Toad Slagle. Mitchell beat his outside mid defender, then beat two other defenders and fired a shot past a diving keeper into the far post side net. Warrensburg would not let down and would keep the pressure on the Liberator defense, but the defense was would not be denied on this night. The game would go back and forth for a long period of time, with each team taking turns with the momentum. The Liberators would deflate the Tigers in the 76th minute when senior Bradley Stillwagon won the ball on a Tiger goal kick at midfield, dribbled to space, past a defender, and chiped it over and by a hard charging Baeza to get the insurance goal. One minute later, junior Matt Magana would really seal the deal with a similiar type play (assisted by Branden Roberts). Senior Sam Wall led the Liberators to their sixth shutout and had five saves. The benches from both teams would finish up the last few minutes and stoppage time. Bolivar improves to 9-1 while Warrensburg drops to 8-2-2. Congratulations to both teams on another classic dual. We really look forward to playing Coach Bax and his squad each year….what a class program he runs and it is nice to have a hard fought match without all the cussing and negative comments…..just a good hard fought soccer match!

In other tournament action:

Clinton 3
College Heights 2

Clinton goals by Codey Ivie, Alan Shriner, and Blake Anderson.
college Heights goalls by Drew Satterfield (2)

Warrensburg 2
Greenwood 1

It would take two overtimes and pk’s to determine this one!

Warrensburg goals by Shane Luehrs and Leonal Lopez (pk game winner)
Greewood goal by Devan Whitlock
**Spectacular penalty kick save by Isreal Baeza secured the win for the tigers…..one of the best pk saves I have ever seen!

Marshfield 4
College Heights 1

Marshfield goals by: Colton Harden (2), Robert Martin (2)
College Heights goal by Drew Satterfield

Greenwood 4
clinton 0

Greenwood goals by Chris Aiken, Stewart Beezley and John Fenwick. Clinton had an own goal.

Final Standings:
1. Bolivar
2. Warrensburg
3. Greenwood
4. Clinton
5. Marsfield
6. College Heights

Congratulations to all teams on a great tournament!

Bolivar 6
College Heights 0

Goals: Matt Magana (2), Bradley Stillwagon (2), Toad Slagle, and Mitchell Waters.

Liberators will compete in the championship @ 3:30.

Greenwood 2
Marshfield 0

Goals by Stuart Beezley (2)

Greenwood vs. Warrensburg @ 10:15 to determine who will play in the championship.

WARRENSBURG GETS PAST MARSHFIELD 4-3 IN OVERTIME

In a hard fought battle, the attack was back and forth all afternoon. Just when Warrensburg would take the lead, Marshfield would bounce right back and tie the game up each time. Leonel Lopez would get the golden goal in the 82nd minute off a set play. Scoring as follows:
Warrensburg – Shane Luehrs – 12th minute
Marshfield – Robert Martin asst. by Colton Harden – 22nd minute
Warrensburg – Shane Luehrs asst. by Josh Pfaff – 58th minute
Marshfield – Robert Martin unassisted – 67th minute
Warrensburg – Aaron Hensley unassisted 71st minute
Marsfield – Robert Martin unassisted – 76th minute
Warrensburg – Leonel Lopez – 82nd minute

Warrensburg improves to 7-1-2 while Marshfeild drops to 4-4

LIBERATORS SHUT OUT CLINTON

The Liberators came out strong tonight against a MUCH improved Clinton Cardinal team and came away with a 5-0 shutout victory! The Liberators would move the ball around very well creating multiple opportunities to score. Cardinal GK Scott Eberting made several great saves during the game, but the Liberators proved to be to much to handle. Tinash Zungura would get the game winner in the 20th minute and the Liberators would never look back. Scoring as follows:
Liberators –
Tinash Zungura unassisted
Toad Slagle assisted by Matt Magana
Tinash Zungura assisted by Bradley Stillwagon
Jacob Hampton assisted by Matt Magana
Matt Magana assisted by Bradley Stillwagon

Sam Wall would record three saves and the Liberators fourth shutout of the season. Bolivar improves to 7-1 on the season.

The Liberators defeated Springfield Hillcrest tonight by a tally of 10-0. Junior Matt Magana would get the game winner 35 seconds into the game when junior defender Sterling roberts threw a pass to space down the line. Matt and the defender both looked surprised at how far the throw went, but Magana did not hesitate long, as he dribble the ball to the box and finished the shot. The Liberators would never look back. Scoring summary as follows:
Matt Magana assisted by Sterling Roberts
Timothy Armstrong unassisted, first varsity goal!
Mitchell Waters assisted by Matt Magana
Matt assisted by Branden Roberts
Bradley Stillwagon assisted by Kyle Shoemaker
Matt Magana assisted by Josh Condren
Toad assisted by Matt Magana
Tinash Zungura assisted by Auggie Newberry
Matt Magana assisted by Toad Slagle (BHS record tying goal)

I will have to look to see, but Magana could have broken a record for most points in a game (12). check back later.

Sam Wall had the shutout victory in goal and had one save.

Congratulation Liberators on another win! Now let’s get prepared for Catholic on 9/22.

The Bolivar Liberators came away with a 6-1 dominating performance over conference and district opponent Marshfield tonight. Bolivar would take control of the game early, possess well, and then in the 30th minute Junior Matt Magana made a pass from the top of the box to fellow forward Tinash Zungura who was on an angled run to the goal. Tinash would finish the shot in the side net and the Liberators would never look back. With multiple shots and opportunities, the following Liberators would find the net:
Branden Roberts – a rocket one time shot
Bradley Stillwagon – off a deflection, a nice pass to the net
Matt Magana – beat two defenders and the keeper
Mitchell Waters- with a nice run from the outside, to the box and a rocket of a shot. Assisted by Seth Hopwood
Conner Stillwagon – first varsity goal! Assisted by Caleb McDaniel, his first varsity offensive stat!
Marshfeild would get a goal late. The goal was credited to Robert Martin after he attempted to clear the ball past a defender and deflected off a knee. The ball went really high and was misjudged by the keeper and another defender and bounced one-time into the upper net. Unlucky for the Liberators on that one. The liberators finished with 23 shots and came very close to finishing a couple of open nets, a couple off the post, and a rare pk miss by Toad (great save keeper). Sam Wall had 4 saves for the Liberators in goal. Bolivar Improves their record to 5-1 and Marshfield falls to 2-3. Great game tonight fellas. Let’s keep improving and get ready for Hillcrest on Thursday.

Bolivar lost 3-2 to the Warrensburg Tigers Monday night. The Liberators did not match the intensity of the Tigers for the full 80 minutes and could not overcome the tremendous goal saving ability of the keeper. Matt Magana and Bradley Stillwagon scored for Bolivar.

Bolivar jv got their second victory of the year with a dramatic late game goal by Kiefer Starbird (asst. Andrew Tadirash). Conner Stillwagon had several key saves in goal. Bolivar improves to 2-1-1.

The Liberators came out with power and passion tonight and after a dominating first half of play they led 3-0 at half. Branson came out hard in the second half and cut the score to 3-1 on a misplayed ball off of a corner kick. Bolivar took back control of the game after that and finished up with two more goals on the night to give the Liberators an impressive 5-1 win over a talented Branson team. Matt Magana (3), Tinash Zungura, and Toad Slagle (pk) would score for the Liberators. Assisting goals tonght were Bradley Stillwagon, Seth Hopwood, and Jacob Hampton. The Liberator defense consisting of Seth Hopwood, Toad Slagle, Nick Preston, Sterling Roberts, Garrett Evans, Brandon Moore, and Manny Ofori-Yeboah, did a tremendous job of shutting down the Branson attack.
Congratulations guys on a huge victory over a class 3 school. Now it is time to get ready for our northern rivals Warrensburg!

In Jv action, the Liberators recieved their first win of the season with a 2-1 victory. Sam Hughes and Kyle Carter scored for the Liberators. JV is now 1-1-1 on the season. Congratulation fellas on a game well played.

The Liberators came away with a conference win tonight by beating Rogersville 4-1. Bolivar looked very rusty at times and did not particularly have a strong night, especially defensively. Scoring as follows:
Matt Magana assisted by Bradley Stillwagon
Matt Magana asstisted by Seth Hopwood
Jacob Hampton assisted by Garet West
Bradley Stillwagon assisted by Matt magana

For Rogersville, Nathan Davis scored on a PK.

Congrats guys on another win! Let’s sharpen up mentally and physically for Branson on Thursday.