The play-offs began last Saturday afternoon for AV with the visit of Emery High School from the East Bay. The #1 Panthers hosted the #8 Spartans in the quarterfinal match-up at Tom Smith Field, alongside the high school, in a game that was played in a steady downpour of rain throughout. As one might expect, [...]
Following Friday evening’s (Oct 21st) surprising 0-1 defeat against St. Vincent’s of Petaluma, a team AV had beaten 8-0 at home earlier in the season, more shock waves hit the team on Monday at lunchtime when the end-of-quarter academic grades were published at the school. Two starting defenders failed to meet the required standards and [...]
Despite being mired in a poor run of three draws and a loss -their first defeat of the season coming ten days ago against Roseland Prep, the Panthers still had a chance of winning the league, or certainly of getting a top seeding in the post season, if they were to finish strongly in the [...]
Following the poor showing in the narrow victory over Point Arena, the Panthers had played another disappointing game against Sonoma Academy in a 2-2 draw a few days later. It was time to get back on track in terms of playing some quality football and showing some clinical finishing. A good place to start would [...]
Author’s Note: The report below speaks of football when to some readers it means soccer, or perhaps futbol to others. The season continued to sputter along last week when, following two games lost the previous week to absentee referees (Roseland Prep) and a forfeit (Clearlake), yet another game was postponed, this time due to the [...]
The report below speaks of football when to some readers it means soccer, or perhaps futbol to others. Last Wednesday afternoon, the Panthers were well prepared to face big rivals Roseland Prep, from Santa Rose, on a lovely afternoon in Boonville, and the two teams warmed as the kick-off approached. However, somehow, someone ‘dropped the ball’ [...]
Note: The report below speaks of football when to some readers it means soccer or perhaps futbol. Last Wednesday afternoon, the Panthers traveled down to the northeast suburbs of Santa Rosa for the second road game of the season to play against Rincon Valley Christian (RCV). This is always a difficult match with the opposition [...]
Following two fine performances to start the season against Drew (SF) and Cloverdale, both 3-0 victories, it was time to start league play and the team traveled down to Geyserville on a very hot afternoon to play the Bron cos, a team that has fallen on hard times in recent sea sons, not helped by the fact that they have the smallest school in the league.
by Steve Sparks
The Anderson Valley High School Boys’ soccer season got underway last Saturday with the Alumni Game which ended in a convincing 6-4 victory for the school against their bigger, stronger forbears who were not as organized or team-orientated as this year’s Panthers. Team coaches Tom Smith and Steve Sparks were justifiably very pleased with the [...]
