Tuesday, May 27, 2014
By Staff Reports (Morganton News Herald)
By Staff Reports (Morganton News Herald)
The North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association (NCSCA) on Tuesday released its 2014 all-region teams for girls soccer, and three Burke County players were honored on the 32-member Region 10 squad. They included Freedom senior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills and sophomore forward Joella Knopf as well as Patton senior midfielder Maria Mateo Miguel.
H.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Freedom shuts out Patton again
Saturday, May 3, 2014
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
In a key game for the Freedom girls soccer team’s 3A state playoff hopes, the Lady Patriots jumped out in front early and never looked back in a 5-0 home win over rival Patton on Friday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
The win completes a season sweep of the Lady Panthers after last month’s 1-0 Freedom road victory.
“This was a must-win,” Freedom coach David Fletcher said. “We didn’t frame it that way whentalking to the kids, but we had to win this game to have a shot, and I think this gives us a pretty good shot to get in the playoffs.”
Freedom (7-8-3, 2-7-3 Northwestern 3A/4A Conf.) scored just two minutes into the game when sophomore Joella Knopf finished off an assist from senior Bailey Xaysanavongphet.
The margin went to 3-0 Freedom by halftime, as senior Kayla Roether scored off an assist by classmate Angie Sandoval and Roether assisted Knopf later in the opening 40 minutes.
“That first goal was big and really gave us the momentum,” Fletcher added. “Bailey touched the ball over, and Joella ran onto it and scored. And getting a 3-0 lead in the first half was good.”
After 35 scoreless minutes ensued, Freedom tallied two late goals when Sandoval gathered an assist from senior Anna Taylor on a breakaway, and senior Logan Dunston pounded one into the back of the net from close-range on the right side of the box off a feed from Sandoval.
“I know (Patton) had a tough game (Thursday) playing 100 minutes, and that might have played in our favor,” Fletcher said. “But any win in this conference, you don’t take it for granted.”
Freedom outshot Patton by a 23-8 margin and attempted six corner kicks to the Lady Panthers’ one. Lady Patriots senior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills recorded the shutout with seven saves, while her counterpart, sophomore Harlee Livsey, notched eight saves for Patton (2-14-2, 0-11-1 NWC).
Surprise, Surprise...
Saturday, April 12, 2014
by Mike Kelly (GoBlueRidge.net)
And it wasn't what Watauga High girls' soccer coach Brittany Bolick expected.
The Watauga High girls' soccer team suffered through another disappointing performance Friday night. the Pioneers (10-2-3 overall; 5-2-1 Northwestern 3A-4AConference) battled Freedom to a 1-1 tie at Jack Groce Stadium.
The match was scoreless for 65 minutes before Watauga finally scored. Abby Carson scored on a feed from Madi Critcher for a 1-0 lead. But that lead didn't last long
Freedom (6-7-1; 1-6-1) pulled even just six minute later to tie the match. Sophomore Joella Knopf scored on an assist by Logan Dunston. Knopf buried one from 25-yards out.
The teams battled through a pair of ten-minute overtime periods. The tie leaves WHS in third place and 2 1/2 out of first behind St. Stephens in the NW3A-4A standings. The Indians (8-0 NW3A-4A) defeated Patton 7-0 Friday night'
"We dominated the play, but we just couldn't find a way to put one in," Bolick said.
The goal by Knopf was Freedom’s first in Boone in 15 seasons. The Patriots had last played at Watauga in 2009, and they last beat Watauga in Boone in 1999 before losing their next nine matches.
Freedom goalkeeper Quay Mills made 15 saves.
Watauga won the junior varsity match, 1-0. Meghan Gottfried scored the game's only goal at the three minute mark of the first half.
The Pioneers play at Hibriten Tuesday.
PREP ROUNDUP: Soccer
Saturday, April 5, 2014
From Staff Reports (Hickory Daily Record)
Fred T. Foard 2, Freedom 1, OT: At Fred T. Foard, Audrey Sigmon and Taylor Rios each scored a goal as Fred T. Foard (3-3-0 beat Freedom in a Northwestern 3A-4A match.
Rios and Hannah Bradshaw each had an assist apiece for the Tigers, 3-3-0 in the league.
Joella Knopf scored Freedom’s goal.
Lady Patriots blank Chase for third straight SMAC win
Saturday, March 30, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
MORGANTON - Junior Logan Dunston and freshman Joella Knopf each scored their fifth goals of the season, and the Freedom varsity girls soccer team dominated possession in a 3-0 South Mountain 2A/3A Conference victory over Chase Thursday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
Freedom sophomore Devan Brittain also added a goal, while Dunston and sophomore Hannah Yamouti each had an assist. Lady Patriot junior goalkeeper Quay Mills recorded her fifth shutout of the season in 10 matches
In its third consecutive victory, Freedom (6-3-2, 3-2 SMAC) attempted a whopping 40 shots on goal and 16 corner kicks compared to none in either category for Chase. The Lady Pats play at Patton on April 9.
Seven players score in Lady Pats' win
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
FOREST CITY - Seven different players scored goals for the Freedom varsity girls soccer team in a 7-0 win at East Rutherford on Tuesday in South Mountain 2A/3A Conference play.
Freshman Joella Knopf led the Lady Patriots with a goal and an assist, while junior Kayla Roether and senior Courtney Smith each had two assists. Also scoring goals for Freedom were juniors Angie Sandoval, Logan Dunston and Kayla Wilson, sophomores Devan Brittain and Peyton Clark and senior Carrie Stephens.
Senior Rosamaria Jose and freshman Courtney Anderson each added an assist for Freedom (5-3-2, 2-2 SMAC), while junior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills recorded her fourth shutout of the season with two saves.
ROUNDUP: Freedom soccer tops McDowell
Saturday, March 23, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
MARION - Freedom picked up its first victory versus McDowell since 2006 in Thursday's nonconference girls soccer clash, 2-1.
The Lady Titans got on the scoreboard first when senior Sarah Bristol tallied a goal in the 11th minute.
Freedom responded quickly with goals by junior Angie Sandoval (assist by freshman Dorian Rutherford) and freshman Joella Knopf (assist by junior Logan Dunston) to give the Lady Pats a 2-1 halftime lead.
Freedom (4-3-2) outshot the Lady Titans 18-10 while also edging the home squad by a 3-2 count on corner kicks.
Trio of county teams notch key wins
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
Freedom 1, R-S Central 0
Freshman Joella Knopf scored in the 34th minute off an assist by junior Kayla Wilson for the only goal of Tuesday's match in Rutherfordton as the Lady Patriots defeated R-S Central for the first time in four years of South Mountain 2A/3A Conference play.
Freedom junior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills made one outstanding save in recording the shutout in goal behind stellar defensive play from juniors Chelsea Greene and Kayla Roether, senior Montana Gramer and sophomore Hannah Yamouti.
For the game, Freedom outshot R-S Central 20-2 and took five corner kicks to the Lady Hilltopper's two. Freedom (3-3-2, 1-2) will step out of conference for a varsity-only game at McDowell on Thursday at 5 p.m.
Freedom, Patton move to 2-0 with in-county shutouts
Saturday, March 2, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
MORGANTON - The Freedom High varsity girls soccer team completed the second and final round of the Burke County East-West Challenge with a 6-0 victory over Draughn on Friday night at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
Junior Logan Dunston led the Lady Patriots with three goals for a hat trick and also added an assist. Freshman Joella Knopf recorded three assists and scored a goal. Junior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills and sophomore striker Devan Brittain each scored a goal, while senior Rosamaria Jose and sophomore Hannah Yamouti each had an assist.
Mills, making her first start since the end of the basketball season, recorded the shutout in goal for Freedom (2-0) with seven saves. For the game, Freedom outshot Draughn (0-2) by a 32-7 count and took seven corner kicks to the Lady Wildcats' two.
M.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Jackets sting East Burke
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
By Tommy Flemming (Morganton News Herald)
MORGANTON - The Walter R. Johnson girls soccer team didn’t want to start the 2011 season the way it finished last season.
WJMS, which features eight returning starters, scored in the opening minute and raced to a 9-0 halftime advantage against visiting East Burke en route to a 13-0 win. Eighth-graders Joella Knopf (five goals, four assists) and Ansley Rooks (four goals, four assists) led the Lady Yellow Jackets, who also got scoring plays from Kennedy Fisher (goal), Kalea Speas (goal, assist), Courtney Anderson (goal), Lillie Pitman(assist) and Katie Logan (goal, assist).
Knopf highlighted the huge opening half with an unassisted corner-kick goal with 30 seconds remaining. WJMS added four more goals in the second half led by Katie Logan’s goal (assisted by Knopf) and assist to a wide-open Rooks for a score.
The Lady Jackets' defense was led by Daisy Hensley, Margarita Francisco, Arianna Conley and Aggie Beach, while goalkeeper Christina Perkins earned the shutout.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
In a key game for the Freedom girls soccer team’s 3A state playoff hopes, the Lady Patriots jumped out in front early and never looked back in a 5-0 home win over rival Patton on Friday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
 |
| Freedom's Joella Knopf (left) scores the first goal of the game gainst Patton on Friday. |
“This was a must-win,” Freedom coach David Fletcher said. “We didn’t frame it that way whentalking to the kids, but we had to win this game to have a shot, and I think this gives us a pretty good shot to get in the playoffs.”
Freedom (7-8-3, 2-7-3 Northwestern 3A/4A Conf.) scored just two minutes into the game when sophomore Joella Knopf finished off an assist from senior Bailey Xaysanavongphet.
The margin went to 3-0 Freedom by halftime, as senior Kayla Roether scored off an assist by classmate Angie Sandoval and Roether assisted Knopf later in the opening 40 minutes.
“That first goal was big and really gave us the momentum,” Fletcher added. “Bailey touched the ball over, and Joella ran onto it and scored. And getting a 3-0 lead in the first half was good.”
After 35 scoreless minutes ensued, Freedom tallied two late goals when Sandoval gathered an assist from senior Anna Taylor on a breakaway, and senior Logan Dunston pounded one into the back of the net from close-range on the right side of the box off a feed from Sandoval.
“I know (Patton) had a tough game (Thursday) playing 100 minutes, and that might have played in our favor,” Fletcher said. “But any win in this conference, you don’t take it for granted.”
Freedom outshot Patton by a 23-8 margin and attempted six corner kicks to the Lady Panthers’ one. Lady Patriots senior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills recorded the shutout with seven saves, while her counterpart, sophomore Harlee Livsey, notched eight saves for Patton (2-14-2, 0-11-1 NWC).
Surprise, Surprise...
Saturday, April 12, 2014
by Mike Kelly (GoBlueRidge.net)
And it wasn't what Watauga High girls' soccer coach Brittany Bolick expected.
The Watauga High girls' soccer team suffered through another disappointing performance Friday night. the Pioneers (10-2-3 overall; 5-2-1 Northwestern 3A-4AConference) battled Freedom to a 1-1 tie at Jack Groce Stadium.
The match was scoreless for 65 minutes before Watauga finally scored. Abby Carson scored on a feed from Madi Critcher for a 1-0 lead. But that lead didn't last long
Freedom (6-7-1; 1-6-1) pulled even just six minute later to tie the match. Sophomore Joella Knopf scored on an assist by Logan Dunston. Knopf buried one from 25-yards out.
The teams battled through a pair of ten-minute overtime periods. The tie leaves WHS in third place and 2 1/2 out of first behind St. Stephens in the NW3A-4A standings. The Indians (8-0 NW3A-4A) defeated Patton 7-0 Friday night'
"We dominated the play, but we just couldn't find a way to put one in," Bolick said.
The goal by Knopf was Freedom’s first in Boone in 15 seasons. The Patriots had last played at Watauga in 2009, and they last beat Watauga in Boone in 1999 before losing their next nine matches.
Freedom goalkeeper Quay Mills made 15 saves.
Watauga won the junior varsity match, 1-0. Meghan Gottfried scored the game's only goal at the three minute mark of the first half.
The Pioneers play at Hibriten Tuesday.
PREP ROUNDUP: Soccer
Saturday, April 5, 2014
From Staff Reports (Hickory Daily Record)
Fred T. Foard 2, Freedom 1, OT: At Fred T. Foard, Audrey Sigmon and Taylor Rios each scored a goal as Fred T. Foard (3-3-0 beat Freedom in a Northwestern 3A-4A match.
Rios and Hannah Bradshaw each had an assist apiece for the Tigers, 3-3-0 in the league.
Joella Knopf scored Freedom’s goal.
Lady Patriots blank Chase for third straight SMAC win
Saturday, March 30, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
MORGANTON - Junior Logan Dunston and freshman Joella Knopf each scored their fifth goals of the season, and the Freedom varsity girls soccer team dominated possession in a 3-0 South Mountain 2A/3A Conference victory over Chase Thursday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
Freedom sophomore Devan Brittain also added a goal, while Dunston and sophomore Hannah Yamouti each had an assist. Lady Patriot junior goalkeeper Quay Mills recorded her fifth shutout of the season in 10 matches
In its third consecutive victory, Freedom (6-3-2, 3-2 SMAC) attempted a whopping 40 shots on goal and 16 corner kicks compared to none in either category for Chase. The Lady Pats play at Patton on April 9.
Seven players score in Lady Pats' win
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
FOREST CITY - Seven different players scored goals for the Freedom varsity girls soccer team in a 7-0 win at East Rutherford on Tuesday in South Mountain 2A/3A Conference play.
Freshman Joella Knopf led the Lady Patriots with a goal and an assist, while junior Kayla Roether and senior Courtney Smith each had two assists. Also scoring goals for Freedom were juniors Angie Sandoval, Logan Dunston and Kayla Wilson, sophomores Devan Brittain and Peyton Clark and senior Carrie Stephens.
Senior Rosamaria Jose and freshman Courtney Anderson each added an assist for Freedom (5-3-2, 2-2 SMAC), while junior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills recorded her fourth shutout of the season with two saves.
 |
Freedom's Joella Knopf (24) takes a shot
at the goal during the game against McDowell on Friday in Marion. |
Saturday, March 23, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
MARION - Freedom picked up its first victory versus McDowell since 2006 in Thursday's nonconference girls soccer clash, 2-1.
The Lady Titans got on the scoreboard first when senior Sarah Bristol tallied a goal in the 11th minute.
Freedom responded quickly with goals by junior Angie Sandoval (assist by freshman Dorian Rutherford) and freshman Joella Knopf (assist by junior Logan Dunston) to give the Lady Pats a 2-1 halftime lead.
Freedom (4-3-2) outshot the Lady Titans 18-10 while also edging the home squad by a 3-2 count on corner kicks.
Trio of county teams notch key wins
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
Freedom 1, R-S Central 0
Freshman Joella Knopf scored in the 34th minute off an assist by junior Kayla Wilson for the only goal of Tuesday's match in Rutherfordton as the Lady Patriots defeated R-S Central for the first time in four years of South Mountain 2A/3A Conference play.
Freedom junior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills made one outstanding save in recording the shutout in goal behind stellar defensive play from juniors Chelsea Greene and Kayla Roether, senior Montana Gramer and sophomore Hannah Yamouti.
For the game, Freedom outshot R-S Central 20-2 and took five corner kicks to the Lady Hilltopper's two. Freedom (3-3-2, 1-2) will step out of conference for a varsity-only game at McDowell on Thursday at 5 p.m.
Freedom, Patton move to 2-0 with in-county shutouts
Saturday, March 2, 2013
By Paul Schenkel (Morganton News Herald)
MORGANTON - The Freedom High varsity girls soccer team completed the second and final round of the Burke County East-West Challenge with a 6-0 victory over Draughn on Friday night at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
Junior Logan Dunston led the Lady Patriots with three goals for a hat trick and also added an assist. Freshman Joella Knopf recorded three assists and scored a goal. Junior goalkeeper AkiQula Mills and sophomore striker Devan Brittain each scored a goal, while senior Rosamaria Jose and sophomore Hannah Yamouti each had an assist.
Mills, making her first start since the end of the basketball season, recorded the shutout in goal for Freedom (2-0) with seven saves. For the game, Freedom outshot Draughn (0-2) by a 32-7 count and took seven corner kicks to the Lady Wildcats' two.
M.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Jackets sting East Burke
 |
| WJMS Forward Joella Knopf (9) concentrates on dribbling past East Burke defender Haley Tomlinson (7) during first half action in last Thursday's girls soccer opener. |
By Tommy Flemming (Morganton News Herald)
MORGANTON - The Walter R. Johnson girls soccer team didn’t want to start the 2011 season the way it finished last season.
WJMS, which features eight returning starters, scored in the opening minute and raced to a 9-0 halftime advantage against visiting East Burke en route to a 13-0 win. Eighth-graders Joella Knopf (five goals, four assists) and Ansley Rooks (four goals, four assists) led the Lady Yellow Jackets, who also got scoring plays from Kennedy Fisher (goal), Kalea Speas (goal, assist), Courtney Anderson (goal), Lillie Pitman(assist) and Katie Logan (goal, assist).
Knopf highlighted the huge opening half with an unassisted corner-kick goal with 30 seconds remaining. WJMS added four more goals in the second half led by Katie Logan’s goal (assisted by Knopf) and assist to a wide-open Rooks for a score.
The Lady Jackets' defense was led by Daisy Hensley, Margarita Francisco, Arianna Conley and Aggie Beach, while goalkeeper Christina Perkins earned the shutout.
