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A not-unexpected onslaught by the visiting Maryville Spoofhounds produced an 8-0 halftime lead and eventually a victory by that score over the Chillicothe High School soccer Hornets yesterday.
The final score reflects a gesture of sportsmanship by Spoofhounds coach Stuart Collins rather than the young Hornets stepping up their level of play in the final 40 minutes.
With his team up by eight with still several minutes to go in the opening half and Chillicothe, because of a shortened roster as a result of numerous injuries, having scrapped its scheduled junior-varsity games for the rest of the fall, Collins began inserting more and more of his backup and younger players.
The result was a more-evenly-matched remainder of the contest, although Maryville continued to have a clear advantage in the play.
Because of the diminishment of Hornets’ manpower through injuries, “Going into this game, we knew this was going to be a tough one,” CHS coach Bill Allison related, with Maryville a perennial runnerup to Midland Empire Conference kingpin Smithville, which the Hornets coach says, “is the best team in conference by far.”
The expectations of a Spoofhounds romp quickly were realized.
It took only five minutes for Maryville to score and then score often. Goals in the fifth, seventh, 10th, 11th, 19th, 24th, and 37th minutes – the second-to-last on a penalty kick – moved the game close to being halted by the 10-goal-lead rule.
However, in what Allison praised as “a very sportsman-like move,” Collins sent most of his starters to the sideline for the rest of the day, leaving reserves and junior-varsity players to finish the half and the rest of the game.
Despite some close calls, the Hornets were able to hold the ’Hounds scoreless for 53 minutes while sporadically generated a few scoring chances of their own.
The Hornets now are starting between four to six freshmen in any game, Allison noted, “and they are competing against mainly juniors and seniors.
“Looking at that, they have played well and are gaining a lot of experience. It puts it into perspective when our best starting forward just turned 15 years old and is competing against several 17- and 18-year-olds.”
Allison reports he told the CHS players he saw several areas of improvement yesterday, such as in communication, playing the ball out to open up space, wall passes (give-and-go), and filling attacking lanes as others make offensive runs up the field.
Among Hornets who the coach felt played notably well against Maryville were Jarek Schmidt, Chris Kleinschmidt, Brice Griffin, and Grant Peterson.
A not-unexpected onslaught by the visiting Maryville Spoofhounds produced an 8-0 halftime lead and eventually a victory by that score over the Chillicothe High School soccer Hornets yesterday.
The final score reflects a gesture of sportsmanship by Spoofhounds coach Stuart Collins rather than the young Hornets stepping up their level of play in the final 40 minutes.
With his team up by eight with still several minutes to go in the opening half and Chillicothe, because of a shortened roster as a result of numerous injuries, having scrapped its scheduled junior-varsity games for the rest of the fall, Collins began inserting more and more of his backup and younger players.
The result was a more-evenly-matched remainder of the contest, although Maryville continued to have a clear advantage in the play.
Because of the diminishment of Hornets’ manpower through injuries, “Going into this game, we knew this was going to be a tough one,” CHS coach Bill Allison related, with Maryville a perennial runnerup to Midland Empire Conference kingpin Smithville, which the Hornets coach says, “is the best team in conference by far.”
The expectations of a Spoofhounds romp quickly were realized.
It took only five minutes for Maryville to score and then score often. Goals in the fifth, seventh, 10th, 11th, 19th, 24th, and 37th minutes – the second-to-last on a penalty kick – moved the game close to being halted by the 10-goal-lead rule.
However, in what Allison praised as “a very sportsman-like move,” Collins sent most of his starters to the sideline for the rest of the day, leaving reserves and junior-varsity players to finish the half and the rest of the game.
Despite some close calls, the Hornets were able to hold the ’Hounds scoreless for 53 minutes while sporadically generated a few scoring chances of their own.
The Hornets now are starting between four to six freshmen in any game, Allison noted, “and they are competing against mainly juniors and seniors.
“Looking at that, they have played well and are gaining a lot of experience. It puts it into perspective when our best starting forward just turned 15 years old and is competing against several 17- and 18-year-olds.”
Allison reports he told the CHS players he saw several areas of improvement yesterday, such as in communication, playing the ball out to open up space, wall passes (give-and-go), and filling attacking lanes as others make offensive runs up the field.
Among Hornets who the coach felt played notably well against Maryville were Jarek Schmidt, Chris Kleinschmidt, Brice Griffin, and Grant Peterson.
