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CATS ARE GOING TO ST. LOUIS FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

The Cats win 2-0 vs the Moberly Spartans in the Missouri State Quarter-final matchup. The Spartans came to town with a vocal and plentiful fan club. Filling the seats with cheering fans helped pump up the Spartans to a dominating first half performance; outshooting the Cats in what had to be a 2:1 ratio. The defense came up big as usual and Sara Clarke had a beautiful goal line save that kept the score knotted at zero.

The Wildcats struggled to hang on for the first half but something happened during the halftime break because they brought out what seemed to be a completely different team the second half. The first Harrisonville goal didn't take long, setting the Moberly team on their heels and shut down the cheering Spartan fans. Uh OH....Harrisonville found their offense. The Cats kept the pedal down to the final whistle. Alex Erickson and Anna Holden provided the scoring action while Sara Clarke and her impermiable defensive unit posted their 19th shutout of the season.

#2 ranked Notre Dame de Sion won their Quarter-final game 2-1 over Smithville and will face Harrisonville, the only remaining public school, in a Semi-final matchup at 2:00 PM on Friday at Anheuser Busch Center, Field #5 in Fenton, MO with the winner going to the State Championship Game and the loser going to the consolation game to play for third place on Saturday.

The other teams in the final four are #1 ranked Visitation Academy and #6 ranked Notre Dame St. Louis.

Road trip! Let's go CATS!

WILDCATS IN THE NEWS

The local Democrat Missourian paper has an article on the Wildcat wins at Districts and Sectional.

Pictures too!

One game at a time ladies! Go CATS!

In other Class 2 Missouri Soccer, fellow public school Smithville prepares to face a familiar foe in their quarter final match vs Notre Dame Desion.

QUARTERFINAL BROADCAST

The Wildcats State Soccer Quarterfinal matchup vs the Moberly Lady Spartans will be broadcast live online by Moberly's KWIX 1230 on Saturday May 28th at 1:00 PM. So even if you can't be there, BE THERE and cheer on your Harrisonville Wildcats! GO CATS!

NEXT UP - MOBERLY

The Moberly Lady Spartans will be coming to Harrisonville on Saturday for the State Quarter-final matchup vs the Harrisonville Lady Wildcats. Moberly has had a chip on their shoulder ever since they were dropped from the top 10 in the Missouri soccer poll after falling 2-1 to the Helias Crusaders back in April, deja vu from the final of the 2010 district final that ended Moberly season. They have come back with ten straight wins, including their fourth District Championship and then capped it off by taking down Helias 2-1 at Sectionals.

The Spartans are currently 20-2-1, allowing only 16 goals and racking up 13 shutouts; their only losses coming at the hands of Quincy, IL in their first game of the season and the Helias game I mentioned before. Their goals against average is .69 goals per game. Check here for other team stats.

Moberly returns Kelly Ross, a Junior who was awarded 2010 Central Missouri Offensive Player of the Year and All State First Team as a forward. Kelly currently hold the Spartan school record for most career goals and points with one year of eligibility left. She plays club soccer with the 11th in state ranked Columbia Carrera and has previously been on the player list for the Missouri Olympic Development Program Team. While Kelly leads the team in scoring, she is not the lone offensive powerhouse. Senior Sydney Armstrong, Juniors Kelli Westhues and Taylor Fusselman and Sophomore Lindsey Boyer each have made their way to the area prep leaders list.

The Spartans shared only one opponent with the Harrisonville throughout the 2011 season. They played Marshall three times, beating them soundly in each match, the most recent a 6-0 drubbing at Districts. We last face Marshall and came away 4-0 back on April 4th.

Head Coach Robbie Murray has lead the program for the past six years and is a former alumni of Moberly High School.

The Spartans are known for coming out early and strong. They have a potent fast break offense and a tested defensive unit that has a great record to showcase coming into this match. This should be a close one.

Let's go CATS!

WILDCATS WIN 2011 SECTIONAL!

The Harrisonville Lady Wildcats won their State Playoff Sectional game vs Logan Rogersville 3-0 bringing their record to 18 shutouts. Anna Holden scored a hat trick in the game. The Wildcats will play Moberly in Harrisonville on Saturday at 1:00 PM. Game on!

Additional game photos found here. Thanks Ole.

HARRISONVILLE TO FACE LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE WILDCATS AT SECTIONALS

Logan-Rogersville Wildcats, Seniors 2011 - Shelby Rust, Erin Locke, Kelsay Leingang, Tyler Moneyham, Stevie Heidzig, Emily Price
(Photo Courtesy of Ole from www.SGFSoccer.com)

We've never played the Logan-Rogersville team before so of course, I've gone digging for any scrap of info I can find on the team. After twice losing to Marshfield in the regular season, the Wildcats stunned the Jays to win both, the Branson Tournament and their first District Championship.

Log-Rog is a third year program that boasts 6 seniors who have played varsity soccer in a tough Springfield conference since the team began. Their 2011 record reflects a stingy defensive team that comes to play when a big game is on the line. They find a way to win! They held Bolivar to two goals early in the season and twice held a Class 1 state champion Springfield Catholic to respectable scores.

They have won every tournament they entered this season with no losses and every game ending in a shutout.

Ozark Lady Tiger Shootout Ozark,MO
-4/8/2011 Willard 1 - 0
-4/9/2011 Carl Junction 2 - 0
-4/9/2011 Neosho 2 - 0

Branson Lady's Classic Branson,MO
-4/15/2011 Branson 6 - 0
-4/16/2011 Carthage 3 - 0
-4/16/2011 Marshfield 1 - 0

Their central defender, Stevie Heidzig, plays for the premier league Elite FC team in Springfield and will play soccer for Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas this Fall. She was second team All-District and All-Conference as a Sophomore and second team All-Conference as a Junior.

Coach Brett Wubbena brought the soccer program to Log-Rog in 2009 and came out of the gate with a winning record in their first season. His Lady Wildcats have a combined 38-33-2 record, with 2011 being their strongest year by far.

2009 13-10-0
2010 8-16-2
2011 17-7-0

The Sectional match will be played at Logan-Rogersville High School. They have a sweet looking natural grass field. OK, I haven't actually seen it but it looks sweet from the satellite image.

And last but not least, their school mascot is also a Wildcat. The Log Rog Wildcat is your standard Wildcat mascot, similar to the one I remember from my own years in the hallowed halls of Harrisonville High. We always thought it looked more like a domestic cat than a Wildcat. Log-Rog was quick to pick up this used mascot when we discarded it years ago.

Log-Rog Wildcat Mascot

The new Harrisonville Wildcat mascot (adopted 2001?) is a rather hungry looking Blue Wildcat. The Blue Wildcat, while rare, is known for it's speed and voracious appetite. Even more impressive; the Harrisonville Wildcat can even spell and has a minor degree in marketing as demonstrated by the keen Wildcat sign it clutches in it's razor sharp claws. :-)

Harrisonville Wildcat

So there you have it. Log - Rog is a tough team with true grit and determination (and a second hand mascot). This Sectional matchup looks to be a close one. The Harrisonville girls have been preparing for this season their whole life. Let's give em a game! Go Cats! (the blue one).

WILDCATS WIN 2011 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

The Wildcats repeated as Districted Champions for the second year running, sending a message with a 7-0 shutout of a strong Bolivar Liberator team. The first goal came with 47 seconds of the first whistle and it was 3-0 in the first 10 minutes. Scoring was as follows: 3 Anna Holden, 2 Shalyn Wheeler, 1 Alex Erickson, 1 Kaley Harkrader

The Wildcats displayed a total team effort in offense and defense and have earned a trip to a Sectional Championship with District 11 Champions Logan Rogersville Tuesday at 5:30 PM at the Logan Rogersville High School.

The Log-Rog Wildcats fell to Bolivar 2-1 back in late April during the regular season but timed their late season resurgence perfectly, orchestrating their own upset of the #1 seeded Marshfield Jays and earned their first ever District Championship.

One game at a time ladies. GO CATS....er....Harrisonville Wildcats that is!

Wildcats upset the Liberators!

SARA CLARKE #1 ON THE SOUTHWEST GOAL KEEPER RECORDS...AND STILL GOING

Sara Clark is ranked #1 on the Southwest Missouri Goal Keeping Stats. Great job Sara. Keep on rolling ladies!

Player School - Grad Year-Goals Against Average-Season Record-Shutouts

Sara Clarke Harrisonville Wildcats 2011 .50 22-4 18
Kindra Lierz Glendale Falcons 2014 0.55 15-1 10
Kristin Miller Nixa Eagles 2011 0.74 18-3-0 11
Brittany Dunn Willard Tigers 2011 0.80 12-7-1 10
Megan Goetzinger Catholic Lady Irish 2012 0.86 18-3-0 9

CATS SHUT OUT WARRENSBURG 2-0 AND MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT FINALS

The Wildcats dropped Warrensburg tonight in a 2-0 shutout. While Harrisonville dominated possession and shots on goal the entire game, Warrensburg kept the game tied at zero until the half. Harrisonville broke through about 10 minutes into the second half and followed up minutes later with another nifty goal. Warrensburg was not going down without a fight and had a couple good scoring opportunities but our defensive unit snuffed out their hopes of moving on in this tournament. Harrisonville moves on to the finals on Wednesday night 5:00 PM vs #1 seeded Bolivar who topped Clinton 5-1 in their semifinal game tonight.

This last shot is Jonna Welch of Bolivar.

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 12

Clinton wins in the first round of the District 12 Championships vs Pleasant Hill 2-1 it overtime and will face #1 seeded Bolivar Monday at 5:00 PM on Harrisonville's Memorial Field.

The Wildcats will face #3 seeded Warrensburg Tigers at 7:00 PM. The Lady Tigers will be without one of their coaches after the red card ejection from their recent O'Hara match.

Seeding info is as follows:

1 Bolivar (11-5)
2 Harrisonville (19-4)
3 Warrensburg(13-8)
4 Clinton(6-12)
5 Pleasant Hill(3-15)

One game at a time ladies. GO CATS!

WILDCATS ARE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

The Wildcats finished out the 2011 regular season schedule with a 2-0 win over Grain Valley, sealing the Conference Championship at the same time with a 10-0 conference record. The win brings their regular season record to 19-4 and breaks the 14 record shutouts for the season set last year. District play begins next week with a first round game vs Warrensburg. One game at a time Ladies. Go Cats!

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE SET

The rumor has been confirmed. Harrisonville takes second seed in the District Championship Tournament set to start May 14th. The Cats will face Warrensburg in the first round May 16th while Bolivar will face the winner of a Clinton/Pleasant Hill match set for Saturday. You can follow the championship bracket online here.

CATS BEAT THE TIGERS IN A CAT FIGHT

Harrisonville took on the Excelsior Springs Tigers in a cat fight and came out with a well earned 2-0 shutout win. Goals were provided by Alex Erickson and Anna Holden. The shutout was secured by Sara Clarke and her impenetrable defensive unit. Both goals were scored during the first half. The Cats took control the second half and worked the ball in, around and through the Tiger defense with little to show on the scoreboard for their effort. But on the other hand, there is no better defense than a commanding offense.