Wildcat strikers' record now stands at 13-5-1

Wildcat senior soccer players The Cassville Wildcat soccer team will honor eight seniors during Senior Night, which will be held before the start of Thursday night's home game against Carl Junction. This year's soccer seniors are pictured above. From left, are: Hector Valenzuela, son of Ruben and Maria Valenzuela, of Cassville; Brandon Banks, son of Jeff and Lori Banks, of Cassville; Jeremiah Harris, son of Tom and Betty Harris, of Cassville; Chris Born, son of James and Linda Born, of Cassville; Nate Evans, son of Jeff Evans, of Eagle Rock, and Paula Evans, of Shell Knob; Jesus Miranda, son of Jesus and Irene Miranda, of Cassville; Erick Villalpando, son of Santos and Yolanda Villalpando, of Golden; and Justin Nosler, son of Kerry and Paula Nosler, of Cassville. Democrat Photo
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Last Tuesday, Cassville played host to Aurora and downed the Houn' Dawgs 4-0. Uziel Franco had a hat trick and Ryan Schlichtman added one goal in the victory. Schlichtman also assisted on two of Franco's goals. Aaron Jamieson was credited with one assist in the match.

Anthony Larson picked up the shut-out in goal.

On Thursday, the Wildcats travelled to Carthage and came away with a hard-fought tie.

The Tigers, a perennial district rival for Cassville, scored two goals early in the game. The Wildcats were unable to score in the first half and found themselves down 0-2 at half-time.

Schlichtman got Cassville on the scoreboard in the 58th minute and then scored again to tie the game at 2-2. Jamieson assisted both goals.

Neither team was able to score in two 10-minute overtime periods so the game ended in Cassville's first tie of the season. The defensive back line of Nate Evans, Chris Born and Humberto Orozco held strong, and goalkeeper Brandon Banks had several huge saves in the match.

The Wildcats travelled to Springfield on Saturday to face off against Greenwood, a Class 1 team that made it to the state's Final Four last season and are currently ranked 10th in the state,

Once again, Cassville found itself down 2-0 after Greenwood scored two quick goals in the first 10 minutes of play. The Wildcat defense stiffened, and Schlichtman was able to tie the game up in the second half and send the game to overtime.

A Greenwood cornerkick produced the game-winning goal during the first overtime period and the Jays earned a 3-2 win over Cassville.

The Wildcats were on the road again Monday, travelling to Marshfield. Cassville ended up defeating their hosts 1-0 in overtime.

Sophomore Ross Delosan-tos scored his first varsity goal to capture the win. He was assisted by Mathew Angel.

On Thursday, Cassville will play its final home game of the season against Carl Junction. The squad's eight seniors, Nate Evans, Jeremiah Harris, Hector Valenzuela, Chris Born, Brandon Banks, Justin Nosler, Erick Villalpando and Jesus Miranda, will be recognized before the start of the game.