Bolivar Liberators Soccer

The Liberators and the Zizzers have faced each other only three times in their history. Two of the three games have gone to overtime and all three have been one goal differential…..these two teams really step up for each other and all three games have just been wars. The Liberators knew going into the match, the #8 seed Zizzers were not a typical #8 seed. The Liberators would get on the board first in the 25th minute when Mitchell Waters found Bradley Stillwagon on an overlap. Bradley beat a defender with the dribble and then past the keep with a left footed shot. The game would remain 1-0 at half. Bolivar would come out strong in the second half and in the 45th minute they would go up 2-0 on a header goal by Bradley Stillwagon (Magana assist). You could feel the momentum shift to the Liberators, but it would not last long. West Plains would score on a header when Liberator goalie Jordan Stanton went up high for the ball, brought it down to the ground, went to grab it and then was run over by an oncoming Zizzer who got the ball across the line. The goal gave the Zizzers a lot of energy and just a few minutes later they tied the game when #10 beat a defender and made an nice 20 yard shot into the side net. The game remainded tied 2-2 the rest of the way. The Liberators had plenty of chances to put away the zizzers, including three open net misses, but they just could not get the shots to fall. To overtime and then double overtime we went….still no scoring. Finally the game would go to penalty kick shootout. Toad would step in goal for the Liberators and save the first two shots from the Zizzers. The Liberators would miss their first shot, but Mitchell Waters, Tinash Zungura, and Matt Magana (game winner) would score their shots for a 3-1 shootout victory! Final score Bolivar 3, West Plains 2. Congratulation Liberators on a big win and way to perservere a tough first round game. The Liberators will now face Webb City at 4:30 on Monday in the district semi-final.

Congratulations to Coach Nick Schmitt and the Zizzers on a hard fought battle. You guys really played hard and definetely did not make things easy for us.

The Liberators improve to 19-5 on the season.

The Liberators took on School of the Osage on senior night and came away with a 4-1 victory. Osage would get on the board first in the 7th minute when a goal kick skidded off the leg of a defender and then it was a sprint to the goal with Osage #22 finishing the shot. The liberetors would DOMINATE possession and would tie the game in the 29th minute with the first goal of the night by Matt Magana (assist Bradley Stillwagon). Although Osage would only get the ball across mid field twice in the half, the Liberators could not get their many shots past the keeper and the game and the game remained tied 1-1 at half. In the second half, the Liberator dominance would continue and finally in the 67th minute Matt Magana would get the game winner (assisted by Jacob Hampton). Matt Magana would get the hat-trick a few minutes later and then Bradley Stillwagon would seal the game with a rocket of a shot past a diving keeper.

Junior Forward/Midfield Matt Magana breaks the Liberator record for most goals in a season. Matt now has 34 goals on the season! Previous record was 32 held by Peter Casey. Congratulations Matt!!

In Jv action, the Liberatos concluded the season with a 4-0 win over Osage. The jv team finished with a 8-2-1 record. Josh Condren got the game winner off a free kick early in the first half. Congratulations on a great season fellas.

The Liberators Fell to Catholic 0-4. The winning goal came in the 15th minute when two Liberator defenders fell/slipped in the mud leaving the Catholic player 1 v 1 with the keeper who finished the shot.

Liberator record is now 17-5.

The Liberators fell to Ozark tonight 0-1. More details later, as it is really late and been a long week. Jordan Stanton with six saves. The Libertators now stand at 17-4.

Goals tonight by:

Matt Magana asst by Jacob Hampton
Bradley Stillwagon asst by Matt Magana
Bradley Stillwagon unassisted
Kyle Shoemaker unassisted
Mitchell Waters asst Bradley Stillwagon
Matt Magana asst Bradley Stillwagon

Sam Wall – 1 save
Jordan Stanton – 2 saves

JV

Bolivar 3
Monett 0
JV improves to 7-2-1. Goals by Josh Condren, Edgar Contrares, and Manny Ofori-Yeboah.

The Liberators improve to 16-3 with a win over Monett tonight. After a shaky start which saw the Liberators give up a goal in the first minute (due to mis-communication on a corner kick), the Liberators bounced back quickly to tie the game. Monett would score again on a corner…..same story, no communication, to take a 2-1 lead. The Liberators would settle in though and rattle off seven unanswered goals to secure the big win over one of their district rivals. Scoring as follows:
Bradley Stillwagon asst Matt Magana
Matt Magana unassisted
Matt Magana asst. by Timothy Armstrong
Bradley Stillwagon asst. by Toad
Jacob Hampton asst. by Bradley Stillwagon
Mitchell Waters asst. by Bradley Stillwagon
Branden Roberts unassisted
Toad unassisted (direct kick)

The Liberators now improve to 16-3 on the season.

In Jv action, the Libertators beat Monett by a score of 3-0. Josh Condren (2) and Edgar Contrares scored for the Liberators. Conner Stillwagaon had the shutout in goal. Liberator jv now has a 6-2-1 record.

congrats guys and now get ready to travel to Clinton!

The Liberators traveled to Aurora and came away with a 5-1 victory over a young Aurora team. Bolivar dominated the play and possession, but struggled to get a good grip on the uneven, rough, and wet surface untill the second half. Scoring as follows:

Matt Magana unassisted
Bradley Stillwagon uanssisted
Mitchell Waters assisted by Kyle Shoemaker
Timothy Armstrong assisted by Toad
Matt Magana assisted by Bradley Stillwagon

In JV play, the Liberators defeated Aurora by a 4-0 margin. Alex Neal, Sam Hughes, Manny Ofori-Yeboah, and Edgar Contrares. Liberator jv record now stands at 5-2-1.

On a water logged field, the Liberators fell to the best team in the area Tuesday. The Liberators actually played pretty well and at times had some possession and opportunities, but just could not penatrate the Catholic defense. Bolivar walked away though feeling much better because we really played as team and was mentally into the game, unlike the Nixa game the night before.

Bolivar’s record now stands at 14-3

For only the second time this season, the Bolivar Liberators found themselves on the losing end of a game. Nixa’s #8 would score in the 11th minute to get the game winning goal. The Libertaors would keep it close and had three excellent opportunities to tie the game and go ahead late in the first half, but could not find the net on this night. Nixa would come out strong and put in two quick goals withing the first 10 minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach. Nixa improves to 9-8 and Bolivar drops to 14-2.

In JV action, the Liberators fell 0-3 to Nixa. Bolivar’s record is now 4-2-1.

Now the schedule does not get any easier……it is time to get our heads screwed back on straight and get prepared for Catholic tomorrow night.

Junior Jacob Hampton would score 30 seconds into the game and the Liberators would never look back against conference and district opponent Marshfield. Scoring:

Bolivar – Jacob Hampton assisted by Matt Magana and Bradley Stillwagon
Bolivar – Josh Condren assisted by Matt Magana
Bolivar – Bradley Stillwagon unassisted
Bolivar – Mitchell Waters unassisted
Marshfield – Colten Harden penalty kick
Bolivar – Matt Magana assisted by Tinash Zungura
Bolivar – Matt Magana assisted by Tinash Zungura
Marshfield – DJ Hensley unassisted

Liberators improve to 14-1 on the season, Marshfield drops to 6-7.

Great job fellas!