Springfield, Missouri's Glendale Falcons
The Falcons defeated the Washburn Rural Junior Blues, 2-1, in the first round of the 2008 KA-MO Classic in Overland Park, KS. The Junior Blues are the defending tournament champions.
On Thursday, September 11, at 7:30pm 5:00pm, the Falcons will play the winner of tonight’s Shawnee Mission East vs. North Kansas City match. The bus will depart from Glendale at 2:15pm 12:15pm.
Match Stats: Devon Newport (1G/1A), Ryan Squires (1G), Graham Basecke (1A), Patrick Baltz (1A).
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The team and senior photos have been posted and a photo of Coach Stinnett has been added.
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As you probably already know, this year marks the 25th year of boys high school soccer in Springfield. Today is the 25th anniversary of the first game.
On Thursday, September 6, 1984 the Glendale Falcons and Central Bulldogs squared-off at 4:30pm at Kickapoo (all matches that year were played at Kickapoo) to play the first high school soccer game in Springfield. The Falcons won that first match, 4-2.
The Springfield Daily News has this report in the September 7 edition:
Ian Eskelin of the Glendale’s Falcons scored three goals in their 4-2 victory over Central in the first soccer match played by Springfield public high schools.
Central’s Thanh Truong scored the first goal of the game, but Glendale answered with an Eskelin score. The first half ended in a 1-1 tie.
In the second half Central once again took the early lead with a goal by Hien Tran. This time Glendale’s Mark Nel scored the answering goal to tie the game, 2-2.
Eskelin this finished all scoring with is second and third goals of the night, giving Glendale the 4-2 win.
The pictures are interesting, but of insufficient quality to post. Both teams look like they are wearing basketball jerseys. Glendale’s Tony Plaster is pictured in morning edition (The Daily News) and Ian Eskelin is pictured in the evening edition (Leader & Press).
Steve Olson’s SGFsoccer.com The Magazine will feature a story about the 25th anniversary of high school soccer in Springfield. Watch for it to hit the virtual newsstand in the coming weeks.
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The Varsity defeated Ozark 4-1. It was the first event at Ozark’s new stadium.
Match Stats: Hunter Horton (1G/1A), Devon Newport (1G), Alec Martinez (1G), Ryan Partch (1G), Graham Basecke (1A).
The JV defeated Ozark, 2-0.
Match Stats: Jake Rogers (1G/1A), Spencer Gahagan (1G).
JV practice at 3:30 on Friday. Meet at the track. Bring running shoes.
Post-Match Coverage
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The Falcons will travel to Ozark on Thursday to take on the Ozark Tigers. The JV match will kickoff at 5:30pm with the Varsity match to follow. The games will be played at Ozark’s new football/soccer stadium.
The bus for both teams will depart from Glendale at 4:30pm.
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Today’s JV practice is canceled.
The Varsity will be meeting for a captain’s run immediately after school.
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