Springfield Central denied Waynesville’s attempt for a second consecutive district crown and earned its own first-ever title with a 3-1 victory Thursday night at Tiger Stadium.  The District 9 champion Bulldogs will host Nixa Tuesday night in a Class 4 Sectional game.   Central played tight defense and aggressive offense in getting the best of the Tigers most of the night.  The Bulldogs smothered  Tiger forward Caleb Rodriguez with double and triple-team coverage in the red zone. They also won most  fifty-fifty balls and used pinpoint passing and great speed up front to attack the Waynesville back line.   Central forward Oscar Leiva had two goals and an assist in leading his team.  The first goal came in the 15th minute when he took possession and beat the Tiger right back before slotting the ball into the goal for a 1-0 halftime lead.  The Tigers tied the scored at the 15th minute of the second half when Rodriguez linked up with a ball from Joey Cartwright, beat two defenders with his back to the goal, worked to his right and beat two more for a nice turn-around shot inside the far post.  It was his 29th of the year and would be his 80th and final goal as a Tiger.   Though the Tiger faithful were loud and supportive at that point, Central quieted the crowd at the 18:32 mark when Leiva scored for the second time.  With 10:22 left, Central put the game away when Leiva assisted Ben Zimmerman.  The Bulldogs played  slow-down from then on.   The Tigers finished the season with a 10-15 record.  They battled academic losses, low numbers, and injuries all season long.  The Tigers will lose six seniors to graduation: goalkeeper Jacob Woodward, forwards Caleb Rodriguez and Alberto Reyes, midfielder Hunter Ball, and defenders Robert Osborn and Michael O’Donnell. 

Waynesville senior soccer player Caleb Rodriguez likes playing Parkview in October district tournaments.  He must.  Last year, he scored a school single-game record seven goals as the Tigers whipped the Vikings 10-1 in district semifinal action.  He enjoyed it so much that he scored seven more Tuesday night in this year’s 11-2 district semifinal romp at Tiger Stadium.  The big win moves WHS into Thursday’s championship game against Springfield Central, a rematch of last year’s game won by the Tigers.   Rodriguez opened the game’s scoring in the eleventh minute.  When D.J. Kaaihue added one off an assist from Hunter Ball just 1:17 later it appeared to be the Tigers’ night.  But Gustavo Cruz soon nailed a 30-yarder to give the Vikings life.  Rodriguez scored off another Hunter Ball pass in the 21st minute and Alberto Reyes struggled to maintain possession against heavy pressure to find the right side netting with 11:35 left.  However, Cruz scored again for the Vikings with one second remaining and at halftime it was 4-2, too close for comfort.   The first fourteen minutes of the second half saw a lot of back and forth and then Reyes scored off a ball from Rodriguez.  They liked that so much that minutes later it was Rodriguez scoring off a Reyes ball.  Michael O’Donnel wanted to join in on the senior rush, so he scored from long range with 14:16 left. From then on it was the Caleb Rodriguez show in rapid fire:  9:31 off a through ball from Hermano Carvalho.  7:57 on a header off of a corner kick from Austin Cartwright.  6:53 off a long ball served up by Robert Osborn.  Finally, with 48 seconds left the Rodriguez family had a big reason to celebrate.  Junior Varsity brother Alex, added by Coach Mike Armstrong  to the post season roster,  had been subbed into the game.  And when he slotted a nice ball to his big bro for the final goal of the game it was pizza time for the Rodriguez family.     Defending district champion Waynesville now faces a district title rematch with Springfield Central after the top-seeded Bulldogs beat Lebanon 3-0.  That game will be played at six o’clock Thursday at Tiger Stadium.  The win was also Waynesville’s tenth of the year and marked the fifteenth consecutive season WHS has  double-figure victories in boys soccer. 

Ozark proved to be too much for the Waynesville soccer Tigers and spoiled Senior Night, 7-2, on Tuesday at Tiger Stadium.  WHS honored its seven seniors prior to the game, and the Tigers  broke out of the gate for a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute when Danny Sesay scored from close-in.  But Ozark countered that score just 1:25 later and  took the lead for good in the ninth minute. Ozark's speed soon began making a real difference and it led 4-1 at halftime and stretched the margin to 7-1  before Hermano Carvalho scored on a beautiful long-range shot with 28:28 remaining.  The visitors now enter district play with a 16-7 record.  Waynesville is 9-13.  The Tigers will host their own district  next week and are the two seed.  They will open play at seven o'clock Tuesday against Parkview. 

Jefferson City continued to weave its mastery over the Tiger soccer team with a 4-1 win Tuesday night in the state capital.  The Tigers will conclude their regular season with Senior Night tonight against Ozark.  The game will be played at Tiger Stadium. Waynesville broke on top of the Jays with a beautiful run in the tenth minute.  Danny Sesay gathered the ball on the right sideline, beat a pair of defenders, drove towards goal and placed a nice cross past another Jay back.  The ball cleanly found Alberto Reyes on the left post for the game's first goal.  The Jays tied the score eight minutes later and scored three times in the second half.  Jeff City took 28 shots, 20 of which were on goal, but Tiger goal keeper Jacob Woodward swept the mouth for 16 saves on his busy night.  

The very fact that Waynesville split its  games at the Thomas Whitefield Games in Rolla last weekend is cause to celebrate.  Add a significant coaching milestone to that and there were lots of reasons to smile after Saturday morning's 6-3 win over Joplin College Heights.  The Tigers' long losing streak grew to ten in Friday night's 5-1 loss to Parkway Central.  But it was 4-0 at halftime when their coaching staff had a few pointed things to say.  WHS battled the Colts to a draw in the second half with Caleb Rodriguez picking up his fifth goal since returning from injury. The magic continued Saturday morning against College Heights.  Waynesville put together a near-flawless first half, making pinpoint passes and successfully challenging for most fifty-fifty balls.  The result was 21 shots, ten of which were on goal, and a 5-0 lead at the break.  The fun began at the 28:35 mark when Danny Sesay redirected a ball from D.J. Kaaihue.  Just 1:12 later Rodriguez made a perfect cross to Alberto Reyes, but a Panther defender, stretching to disrupt the cross, instead deflected it into the goal.   Seven minutes later, Rodriguez tapped in a slow roller from Hunter Ball to make it 3-0. The Tigers then found the back of the net twice more in the final seven minutes.  The first came off a corner kick from Joey Cartwright.  Rodriguez, with all the time in the world from the Panther defense, settled the cross and took a perfect shot.  Cartwright then  found the back of the net himself with a long shot off a pass from his brother, Austin. College Heights's talented offense woke up for three goals in the second half, but when Sesay tapped in a keeper-deflected cross from Kaaihue, it was plenty for the win.  The losing streak was over and the Tigers appeared to be closer to district-tournament form.  The win was also celebrated because it was Tiger Coach Mike Armstrong's 100th coaching victory with the WHS boys varsity  program.  Armstrong is in his eighth year of coaching the varsity boys.  He is the only soccer coach in WHS history, girls or boys, to reach the mark.  The milestone win puts him in an elite club, alongside just-retired football coach Rick Vernon, and former basketball coaches Butch O'Riley and Tom Bildner.  Congratulations to Coach Armstrong. 

Waynesville rallied late, but came up just short and lost 3-2 to Class 2 10th-ranked Springfield Catholic Tuesday night at Slaughter Field.  The Tigers received big goals from senior Caleb Rodriguez with twelve and four minutes to go to push the Irish to the limit.  Catholic took the lead in the game's fifth minute and shocked WHS with another goal just a minute into the second half.  But it was a penalty kick with 28:14 remaining that proved to be the winning goal.  Waynesville had two  close opportunities in the  waning moments.  With 2:35 left a cross from Hunter Ball sailed just high above the open Tigers.  And with 1:30 remaining, Brandon Hoffman's header sailed high.  The loss was Waynesville's ninth in a row and tied the school's second longest winless streak, a mark that goes back to 1992.

The heartache continued for the soccer Tigers Saturday with a frustrating 3-2 loss to Fort Zumwalt East at Tiger Stadium.  It was Waynesville's eighth straight loss.  Compounding the agony was that the visiting Lions only had one win on the season prior to Saturday. Caleb Rodriguez gave WHS a lift to start the game when he scored off a D.J. Kaaihue pass in the tenth minute.  It was Rodriguez's first goal since being injured September 17, at Nixa.  But Zumwalt East took advantage of some Tiger defensive gaps and scored three times itself for a 3-1 lead at halftime.  Rodriguez notched his second goal courtesy of another Kaaihue feed with 28:43 remaining, but the Lions' rough and tumble play thwarted the Tigers from then on.  Zumwalt East was whistled for 13 fouls and picked up three yellow cards in the game. 

Class 4, ninth-ranked Columbia Rock Bridge looked the part Thursday night in an 8-2 pounding of the WHS soccer team at Tiger Stadium.  The talented and deep Bruins rode their offense to a 5-1 lead at halftime.  Danny Sesay scored both of the Tiger goals.  The first came in the 21st minute when he fought a pair of defenders for shooting space on the left side amd slid a shot past the goalkeeper.  Then, with 14:17 left in the game Caleb Rodriguez fought for a shot against stiff resistance.  The ball glanced off to D.J.Kaaihue who slotted it across the goal mouth to Sesay for the score.  Tiger goal keeper Jacob Woodward scrambled and punched his way to nine saves, but was just overwhelmed by RB's 28 shots, 18 of which were on goal. 

Waynesville's scoring slump continued Tuesday with a 7-0 loss at Kickapoo in its Ozark Conference finale.  The Tigers have not scored since September 21 and have lost six straight, being outscored 19-0 in that stretch.  Senior forward Caleb Rodriguez returned to play from an injury sustained at Nixa on September 17, but the Chiefs were simply too much for the Tigers.  Kickapoo sits atop the O.C. with a perfect 7-0 record and  another conference title in its plans.  Junior Ian Hansen led the way with a hat trick.  Kickapoo led 3-0 at halftime and showed no mercy in the second half, even stealing the ball at midfield and scoring on a long dribble-drive with just 48 seconds remaining in the game. Waynesville's best scoring opportunity came with 3:34 left off the foot of Rodriguez, but the Chief goalkeeper collapsed on the ball at the goal line. WHS finishes its O.C. schedule with a 6-3 record, which should be good for fourth place at season's end.

The Tiger soccer scoring drought extended to 320 minutes over the weekend as Waynesville failed to score a goal in the Kickapoo Tournament.  The Tigers have struggled in losing four of five games since forward Caleb Rodriguez was injured.  On Wednesday they played well but were shutout at Glendale.  In the Kickapoo gold division, they played progressively worse throughout the three games.  WHS opened Friday afternoon against Class Two  tenth-ranked Springfield Catholic and gave the Irish all they could handle, but Catholic scored with fifteen minutes left for a 1-0 win.  Waynesville next faced Sedalia-Sacred Heart in an early-start eight a.m. game on Saturday.  The Tigers had two good scoring opportunities against the Gremlins.  Alberto Reyes placed a header just above the bar in the first half and a Hunter Ball shot went the same way in the second.  Meanwhile, Sacred Heart scored once in each half for a 2-0 win.  That put WHS in the 7th place game against Poplar Bluff.  The Mules had proven they could score with seven goals in their two losses, and they continued doing so to blank Waynesville 6-0.  The Tigers could do little right in the game. They will host Rolla in O.C. action Monday on the turf at Tiger Stadium. 

Senior goalkeeper Jacob Woodward had a career high 14 saves against tenth-ranked Glendale Wednesday night, but the Tigers couldn't get the job done on the other end of the field and dropped a 2-0 decision at Lowe Stadium in Springfield.  The Tigers still have a one game lead over Glendale for second place in the Ozark Conference, but Kickapoo is now in first place with a five and oh mark.  Woodward had a stellar night, making a variety of gifted stops and finding the midfield stripe with several punts during the game.  Glendale shot early and often in the game, with 16 shots on goal and nearly twice that total overall.  Senior Captain Bobby Spence scored both Glendale goals, one in each half. Waynesville had no answer for the Falcons on offense.  The Tigers failed to place a shot on goal despite some opportunities.  Two of those came in the first half.  With 11:52 remaining Danny Sesay offered up a chip pass to Brandon Hofmann, but his shot sailed just high.  Just 1:13 later, Sesay raced to catch up with a through ball, but the Glendale keeper smothered it just in time.  Early in the second half, Alberto Reyes volleyed a  corner kick just over the bar  and with 16:30 remaining, Sesay broke away with the ball on a diagonal run to the wide left, but his shot proved just narrow of the near post.  The Tigers play this weekend in the Kickapoo Tournament.  WHS won one of the two brackets in the tournament last year. 

With leading scorer Caleb Rodriguez unable to play because of the injury sustained last week, Waynesville stumbled around trying to find itself against Parkview Monday night.  The Vikings recognized a down-team when they saw it and nearly pulled off a giant upset, but Brandon Hofmann and Danny Sesay did what was needed to save the Tigers’ perfect Ozark Conference record in a gasping 4-3 soccer victory at Anderson Field.   Coach Mike Armstrong tried several different combinations up front with Sesay, but no one could pick up the slack until he moved Hofmann up from the back line.  The two would provide the tying and winning goals in dramatic fashion.   Parkview dominated the game in its first fifteen minutes, but it was Sesay who would score first in the 20th minute.  However, the Vikings tied the score just 54 seconds later.  Sesay scored again off a through ball from Hermano Carvalho in the 23rd minute, but Parkview again tied it just before halftime.   The second half was much different with a lot of back and forth.  Great shots by DJ Kaaihue and Carvalho were saved by Parkview’s freshman goalkeeper, and things looked bleak when Parkview went ahead at the 13:05 mark.  That’s about when Hofmann moved up front.  At the 7:51 mark, something happened in front of the Parkview goal.  With the clock stopped, officials conferred with one another and with Tiger Coach Armstrong.  The final deicison was a red card against a Parkview defender for slapping down a close-in volley shot from Sesay.  But it was Hofmann who stepped to the line and tied the score.   With everyone watching the clock and expecting overtime, the Tigers pushed the ball back up front .  Hofmann slammed a shot off the young goalkeeper’s hands and Sesay was there for the rebound shot and winning goal with 27 seconds remaining.   The Tigers are now 6-0 in Ozark Conference play; with Class 3, tenth-ranked Glendale on the road Wednesday. 

Nixa remained undefeated with a 4-1 soccer win over the Tigers Thursday night in Nixa.  The Eagles pounded the Tiger defense with 23 shots, 12 of which were on goal.  Nixa led 1-0 at the half and 2-0 when Caleb Rodriguez scored with 26:54 remaining in the game.  Nixa made it 3-1 twelve minutes later and the Eagle keeper made a save on Rodriguez's next shot at the 11:44 mark.  Shortly after that, Rodriguez had to leave the game with an injury and the Eagles went on to the win.  Tiger keeper Jacob Woodward did manage seven saves during his busy time in net.  

Senior Caleb Rodriguez became the all-time leading scorer in WHS boys soccer with a four-goal performance to blanket Lebanon 10-0 in Ozark Conference action Tuesday night on the loser’s field.  Rodriguez surpassed former Tiger star Alex Neeley when he ended the game with 2:35 remaining.  Playing the ball all alone down the right, Rodriguez cut across the goal mouth, beat two defenders and placed the record-breaker high in the net.  Tiger fans and teammates  erupted knowing he had set the record.   Neeley, a 2005 WHS graduate, played on the varsity from 2001-2004.  Another one of his career marks is clearly under the Rodriguez assault.  Neeley totaled 149 during his four years.  Rodriguez is currently at 147. Neeley’s father, Dave, who coached both boys when they were younger, was on hand for the game.   Rodriguez, who also had four assists on his big night,  would be the first to congratulate his teammates on a thorough pounding of the Yellowjackets.  Rodriguez scored his team’s first three goals at 33:14, 19:42, and 4:48 before assisting Danny Sesay late for a 4-0 halftime lead.  Working hard to set up his teammates with three assists in the second half, he seemed content at times to watch them have their own fun.   The first came when Michael O’ Donnell scored on a header off an Alberto Reyes cross.  Next it was Reyes with a header off an Austin Cartwright corner kick.  Hermano Carvalho scored off a Rodriguez direct kick and 27 seconds later Sesay volleyed in a Rodriguez cross and followed that up with another goal off of a Rodriguez touch.  That made it 9-0, and Rodriguez seemed to decide to put an end to Lebanon and the record chase at the same time.  After a weak kickoff was stolen by the Tigers, their all-time leading scorer took just 30 seconds to turn the lights out.   Sesay and Cartwright both also had assists on Rodriguez goals in the first half.  The Tigers not only throttled Lebanon offensively, but centerback Robert Osborn and goalkeeper Jacob Woodward directed such a solid defensive game that Lebanon was denied a shot on goal all night.   The Tigers will have their hands full Thursday night when they visit the powerful Nixa Eagles.  The game has been moved from an original Friday date.    

Waynesville stayed atop the Ozark Conference soccer standings with a thrilling 3-2 shootout win over visiting Camdenton on Thursday night.  Tied at 2 after regulation, the game extended through two scoreless ten-minute overtime periods before WHS claimed a 5-4 edge in the shootout. Goalkeeper Jacob Woodward came up big with a save on the first Camdenton shooter.  All five Tiger shooters; Daniel Sesay, Hunter Ball, Robert Osborn, Brandon Hofmann, and Caleb Rodriguez then calmly found the back of the net for the win.  The Tigers had to come from behind twice in regulation against the determined Lakers.  Daniel Sesay scored in the first half for a 1-1 draw at intermission.  Then, after the Lakers had regained the lead with 11:53 remaining, it was Alberto Reyes who would send it to overtime.  Reyes used his new defensive midfielder position for a big game, leading several attacks out of the back, but with 7:28 left, he was near the far side for a Joey Cartwright corner kick, followed it across the goal mouth, and headed it in for the tie.  Now 6-1 overall, the Tigers play at Lebanon on Tuesday.

Forward Danny Sesay wasn't around when the streak began, but he certainly knew how to keep it going in Tuesday night's 2-1 Ozark Conference win at West Plains.  Waynesville entered the game with a 7-game winning streak over the Howell County team.  The Zizzers had been outscored 15-0 in the last three of those losses and were a determined bunch to end the streak this year.  But they'd never seen Sesay before.  West Plains scored in the 17th minute on a high direct kick off goalkeeper Jacob Woodward's fingers, and they made that stand up at halftime.  The Tigers seemed out of sync  offensively in the opening half, but began the second 40 minutes with renewed intensity.  Just three minutes in, Sesay's running mate, Caleb Rodriguez, beat his defender on the left side and sent a sweet cross to Sesay who deflected the ball perfectly for the equalizer.  Rodriguez was hurt on the play and left the game for a time.  On his return, the Zizzers man-marked him tightly to deny him possession.  The game rambled on with numerous fouls over the next 36 minutes, but the best scoring opportunity belonged to the hosts.  With 9:17 remaining, West Plains countered quickly with a powerful attack that resulted in a solid shot sailing wide  right.  It appeared the game may go into overtime when Sesay grabbed a loose ball as a defender went down and fired it past the goalkeeper for the win.  Clock time?  44 seconds remaining.  The win moved Waynesville to 3-0 in the O.C. and 5-1 overall.  The Tigers host Camdenton Thursday at Anderson Field.   

Waynesville found the back of the net three times in the second half and outlasted Williard  5-3 in a hard fought back-and-forth soccer game Thursday night at Anderson Field.  Forwards Caleb Rodriguez and Daniel Sesay each scored twice in the non-conference win.   Willard, with last year’s shootout loss to WHS  probably on its mind, opened the  scoring just 2:48 into the game, but Rodriguez tied the score about four minutes later when he caught Joey Cartwright’s corner kick on his chest and bumped it across the line. Willard came right back just 1:19 later off a loose ball out of the goalkeeper’s hands.  The 2-1 Willard lead held up for 23 minutes.  That’s when another Cartwright  corner kick escaped the Willard keeper’s grasp to make it 2-2 at halftime. Sesay had fought for some good possessions in the first half, but his speed ultimately wore down Willard’s defenders after the break. He put WHS ahead to stay in the fifth minute when he collected a loose ball with his back to the goal near the left post. He calmly turned sharply and placed the ball just inside the post for the score.  He then assisted Rodriguez seven minutes later.  After Willard closed to within 4-3 Sesay collected a nice through ball from Rodriguez to score the final goal.   Waynesville is off until next week when it returns to Ozark Conference action, playing at West Plains on Tuesday and returning home to face Camdenton on Thursday.

Caleb Rodriguez scored a pair of goals to lead Waynesville to it's first soccer win over Joplin in four years, a 3-2 victory Tuesday night at Anderson Field.  The rough and tumble game saw the Tigers whistled for 20 fouls and the Eagles for six fouls and a yellow card.  The quality of play disintegrated for both teams as they dealt with the first real hot weather in about two weeks.  Rodriguez scored once in each half, but it was forward sidekick Daniel Sesay that kicked things off for WHS. On a corner kick, Rodriguez attempted a bicycle kick but popped the ball up where it was bumped a second time by a defender.  Sesay then caught the ball on the way back down and shoved it in the net to the keeper's left in the 12th minute.  Three minutes later Rodriguez scored, but a late goal had Joplin within 2-1 at halftime. Early in the second half Rodriguez scored the eventual winner when he took a throw-in down the right side of the field, cut past the defender, went one-on-one with the goalkeeper and shoved the ball between him and the near post.  It was a beauty.   Joplin made it 3-2 later on a penalty kick, but the Tigers hung on to run their record to 2-0 in the Ozark Conference and 3-1 overall.  WHS hosts Willard on Thursday. 

In its first important matchup of the young season, Waynesville came up short with a 3-1 soccer loss to Springfield Central Friday night at Anderson Field.  The game was significant because it paired two district opponents.  Though early in the season, it may have a strong bearing on the district seedings at the end of October.  The Tigers won the district last year. Central led 1-0 at halftime and added two more goals in the final 40 minutes.  Waynesville’s sole score came on an unassisted shot by Caleb Rodriguez.  The Tigers return to Ozark Conference play on Tuesday when they host Joplin with a 4:30 JV start. 

Waynesville forward Daniel Sesay had plenty of shooting practice Thursday night at Battle High School.  Some of his shots went wide left.  Some went wide right.  A few went high over the crossbar.  But all of that practice paid off when he found the far side net for the winning goal with just 11 seconds remaining in the 2-1 victory.  The winner was set up on a throw-in as time wound down.  The ball was knocked around at the feet of three players and then came out to Sesay.  A quick step toward goal put him behind the last defender and he slotted the winner low and between the goalkeeper and the far post.  WHS had trailed most of the game thanks to Battle's speedy forward Omar Hayes.  Hayes  took a through ball  and was wide open for the score in the game's 12th minute.  He continued to provide a threat in the first half.  First, he made a perfect cross from the left, but no one could catchup with it, and then he almost repeated the earlier goal, but Tiger keeper Jacob Woodward raced out to smother the through ball before Hayes could reach it.  Hayes was rendered useless in the second half as Tiger senior Alberto Reyes man-marked him and kept him out of play.  Battle did not have a shot on goal in the second half. Waynesville dominated the second half but couldn't score until the 23:44 mark.  After a foul  about 35 yards out, Caleb Rodriguez made a touch pass wide to his right where defender Robert Osborn placed a long shot for the tie.  Over 23 minutes later Sesay  scored the winner.  WHS has an important district game against Springfield Central at home on Friday.

The HIllcrest Hornets probably wish they'd missed the bus for Tuesday night's soccer season opener at Waynesville's Anderson Field.  As it turned out, their trip was a short one anyway because the Tigers proved rude hosts by de-stinging the Hornets 10-0 in a game called at halftime.  WHS simply had way too much offense for the young Hornets.  Senior Caleb Rodriguez opened his fourth year of varsity play with a four-goal performance, and it was matched by speedy sophomore Daniel Sesay in his first ever appearance in a Tiger uniform.  The two forwards scored in bunches.  Rodriguez scored 21 seconds into the game and again 33 seconds later.  Before a minute was up, it was Rodriguez 2 Hillcrest 0.  Rodriguez added a third goal 2:14 later and his last in the game's fifteenth minute.  In between his second and third, Joey Cartright found the back of the net in his first varsity start and DJ Kaaihue scored between numbers three and four.  The feeding frenzy paused for the next 12 minutes, but when Sesay finally found  the range, he enjoyed it so much he did it again...and again...and again.  Once he brought his shots on goal mouth, the Hornets just fell apart.  Sesay scored with 12:52 remaining, added his second goal twenty seconds later, his  third a  minute-ten later and his final goal with six minutes left.;  All four were unassisted.  Sesay himself had an assist on Rodriguez's second score and Austin Cartright assisted on Kaaihue's. Goalkeeper Jacob Woodward smothered the only Hillcrest shot on goal late in the game for a shutout.  WHS travels to Columbia-Battle on Thursday and returns to host Springfield Central on Friday. 

The Tiger soccer team, coming off of its first district championship season, played well in the Rolla Jamboree Thursday night.  WHS opened the Jamboree with a 1-0 scrimmage win over the Washington Bluejays and then tied the always tough host Bulldogs 0-0.  WHS opens the regular season August 25, against Ozark Conference foe Hillcrest at Anderson Field.  JV game time will be at five o'clock.  Varsity will follow.