5/22/07 - Sub State Quarter Final - Atlantic @ Adel
Well it was a win but I must say I am not happy.  We had some things happen tonight that shouldn't be and I am coming you the parents for some help.  We talk and stress sportsmanship on and off the field.  Tonight for the second time I was talked to by the ref's after the game about our sportsmanship from the stands.  They felt that there were some things being said that were uncalled for and didn't need to be said in a game atmosphere.  We also had unnecessary retaliation calls on the field by the players.  They hear you and me when on the field, what we say passes down.  Support the calls of the ref, support our players, this will also help us get up and play on.  We must police our own.  We all need to be smarter about what we do.  Please work with me, the team and the in the stands to show TITAN pride and support for our team on the field.  We want you all to continue to come to the games and we need you in the stands to support your son.  Thank you, together we will win this battle. 

Now for the game.  We took the next step, one step closer to state, one game to go.  We fought a greatly improved team from last year and a team that is only in their second year at the school.  Atlantic played hard and smart tonight and we were proud to play them.  We played very hard the first 15 minutes of the game, moving the ball, talking, and making smart passes.  Finally at the 21:05 mark we get our first goal.  It all started with the hard work of Kyle Larkin working very hard to get the ball to their end in the corner.  He worked to the corner, beat the defender and started walking toward the goal.  He sent the ball back to Nate Jones, Nate touched the ball over to Adam Larkin and Adam puts in the first goal.  Nice combination by all three.  At the 19 minute mark Chris Navarrete gets called for the foul, gets a yellow card, and they award Atlantic a Penalty kick.  Riley Landolt makes a great diving save, the ball rebounds out and Atlantic gets there for a second shot but Riley is up quickly and smothers the ball.  We go into the half up 1-0 and I am not a happy camper.  This is going to be a dog fight and they came to play.  We stopped talking and started playing sloppy soccer.  We will need a quick goal if we are going to take any wind out of the sail at all.  11 minutes in the second half Nate Jones and Adam Larkin hook up again for Adams second goal of the game and Nate's second assist.  This goal was all set up by Nate's solid hustle.  The game is clearly now under control, at the 10 minute mark I start subbing in the bench to get everyone into the game.  We get our third goal at the 3:23 mark off a throw in to Kyle Herrin who sends in a beautiful cross ball to far post.  Jaymison Coffelt was there to tap in the goal, 3-0.  Congratulations to Jaymison , his first varsity goal.  Time runs out and we win the opportunity to advance to the Sub State Championship against St Albert's at Nodaway.  Riley Landolt logs his 7 shutout of the season and 19th of his career.  St Albert's beat Glenwood tonight 1-0.  The game will be at 6:30.  We have been here before, have not been able to finish.  These type of opportunities only come so often.  We need to imbalish the opportunity and take advantage.  Please plan to join us and bring your support for the team. 

Thank you all for your support and your visits to our page. Keep checking back I will post different things off and on.  Interested in how the boys did and what they look like, then check out the 2007 Varsity Squad & Stats and 2007 Junior Varsity Squad & Stats pages to see our running season stats. Check back again for more comments.