Warsaw Boys Win Soccer Sectional
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
ARGOS - Plymouth showed a lot of heart and soul against Warsaw in the championship game of the Argos boys soccer sectional Saturday night at Eugene Snyder Field.
The Rockies, however, couldn't overcome the heart and soul of the Tiger offense.
Sophomore Jesse Sharp broke a scoreless tie in the 68th minute on an assist from his older brother, senior Jordan Sharp, to give Warsaw the lead and eventually a 1-0 win.
It was Warsaw's fifth straight sectional title.
"Jesse Sharp is such a workhorse," said Warsaw coach Scott Bauer. "He's always out there working. He's the heart and soul of our offense."
The Tigers beat Plymouth earlier in the season but couldn't get on the scoreboard due to some bad bounces and a Rockies squad that was intent on keeping the Tigers out of the goal.
"We're happy we could come out and hunker down against Warsaw," said Plymouth coach Jim Ward. "It's all we could do against a quality team with Scott Bauer."
"I thought we had teams that tried to play us that way," said Bauer of Plymouth's strategy of packing in on defense. "But they lacked the discipline. Plymouth did a nice job of staying back there."
Warsaw got quite a few looks in the first half to break things open but either couldn't convert or didn't have a clean shot.
The first 15 minutes of the match was spent on Warsaw's side of the pitch.
The Tigers racked up four corner kicks and a couple of shots on goal in that time.
Sophomore Tony France had a header right in front of Plymouth goalkeeper Chris Tobolski, but had a bad angle on it and was unable to convert.
Tobolski kept his team in the game with less than four minutes left in the first half after Michael Reinholt found Jesse Sharp on cross but Tobolski stepped out and made a great save to keep the game knotted at 0-0.
In the first half, Warsaw had four shots on goal and four corner kicks while Plymouth failed to have either.
In the second half, Kyle Boyd got things started early for Warsaw with a shot on goal in the 42nd minute but was denied by another clutch save by Tobolski.
Boyd then earned a yellow card along with Plymouth's Jordan Knill after things became a bit chippy between both teams.
10 minutes later, controversy struck as an appearant Warsaw goal was taken away by an offisde call.
After a shot was put on goal and hit the post, Jesse Sharp recovered the carom and knocked the ball into the Rockies net.
The goal was quickly called off as the nearest referee deemed Sharp to be offisides despite the fact there was already a shot on goal that hit the post.
Warsaw finally broke into the scoring column when the Sharp connection gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
Things then got chippy late in the match when Plymouth began to foul the Tigers and also earned two late yellow cards on flagrant fouls.
Despite the late fouls, Bauer was quick to give the Rockies credit for a solid game plan. In the same respect he was pleased with how his young team battled.
Though Plymouth's style of play seemed to wear on Warsaw, the Tigers held firm and refused to give up a cheap goal.
"Our guys battled tonight," said Bauer. "They're having to wait a half to score a goal. I wish we could get on teams early but our kids didn't lose their focus."
Warsaw, 15-1-1 on the season, travels to the Logansport Regional Wednesday to take on a Maconaquah squad that is 8-8 at 5 p.m. Logansport and Marion do battle in the second game at 7 p.m. the regional championship set for 7 p.m. Saturday. [[In-content Ad]]
ARGOS - Plymouth showed a lot of heart and soul against Warsaw in the championship game of the Argos boys soccer sectional Saturday night at Eugene Snyder Field.
The Rockies, however, couldn't overcome the heart and soul of the Tiger offense.
Sophomore Jesse Sharp broke a scoreless tie in the 68th minute on an assist from his older brother, senior Jordan Sharp, to give Warsaw the lead and eventually a 1-0 win.
It was Warsaw's fifth straight sectional title.
"Jesse Sharp is such a workhorse," said Warsaw coach Scott Bauer. "He's always out there working. He's the heart and soul of our offense."
The Tigers beat Plymouth earlier in the season but couldn't get on the scoreboard due to some bad bounces and a Rockies squad that was intent on keeping the Tigers out of the goal.
"We're happy we could come out and hunker down against Warsaw," said Plymouth coach Jim Ward. "It's all we could do against a quality team with Scott Bauer."
"I thought we had teams that tried to play us that way," said Bauer of Plymouth's strategy of packing in on defense. "But they lacked the discipline. Plymouth did a nice job of staying back there."
Warsaw got quite a few looks in the first half to break things open but either couldn't convert or didn't have a clean shot.
The first 15 minutes of the match was spent on Warsaw's side of the pitch.
The Tigers racked up four corner kicks and a couple of shots on goal in that time.
Sophomore Tony France had a header right in front of Plymouth goalkeeper Chris Tobolski, but had a bad angle on it and was unable to convert.
Tobolski kept his team in the game with less than four minutes left in the first half after Michael Reinholt found Jesse Sharp on cross but Tobolski stepped out and made a great save to keep the game knotted at 0-0.
In the first half, Warsaw had four shots on goal and four corner kicks while Plymouth failed to have either.
In the second half, Kyle Boyd got things started early for Warsaw with a shot on goal in the 42nd minute but was denied by another clutch save by Tobolski.
Boyd then earned a yellow card along with Plymouth's Jordan Knill after things became a bit chippy between both teams.
10 minutes later, controversy struck as an appearant Warsaw goal was taken away by an offisde call.
After a shot was put on goal and hit the post, Jesse Sharp recovered the carom and knocked the ball into the Rockies net.
The goal was quickly called off as the nearest referee deemed Sharp to be offisides despite the fact there was already a shot on goal that hit the post.
Warsaw finally broke into the scoring column when the Sharp connection gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
Things then got chippy late in the match when Plymouth began to foul the Tigers and also earned two late yellow cards on flagrant fouls.
Despite the late fouls, Bauer was quick to give the Rockies credit for a solid game plan. In the same respect he was pleased with how his young team battled.
Though Plymouth's style of play seemed to wear on Warsaw, the Tigers held firm and refused to give up a cheap goal.
"Our guys battled tonight," said Bauer. "They're having to wait a half to score a goal. I wish we could get on teams early but our kids didn't lose their focus."
Warsaw, 15-1-1 on the season, travels to the Logansport Regional Wednesday to take on a Maconaquah squad that is 8-8 at 5 p.m. Logansport and Marion do battle in the second game at 7 p.m. the regional championship set for 7 p.m. Saturday. [[In-content Ad]]