soccer

Successful season shadowed by Monett losses

December 10, 2024

A 13-win season can’t be seen as unsuccessful for the Cassville boys soccer team, but a few key losses are overshadowing the double-digit win total. Jake Forste, Cassville soccer coach, said being as competitive as the Wildcats were, even in losses, made for an exciting season.

Undefeated division champs!

December 4, 2024

Seven Valleys Soccer Club completed its fall season playing in the Midwest Select Soccer League in Joplin. The SVSC U15 team, pictured, went undefeated with a record of 8-0, winning first place in their division and allowing only 3 goals during the season. The U12 team finished 6-2, third in their division, falling just short of first place on the last day of the season. The U10 team had a record of 5-2-1 and also finished in third place in their division. Seven Valleys Soccer Club, based in Cassville, offers competitive soccer in the spring/fall seasons for players born from 2010-2017. It offers free community events during the winter and summer. Tryouts for the spring season will occur the afternoon of March 1.

October 9, 2024

The Cassville girls golf team played to a fourth-place finish on Oct. 1 in Clever.

All roads lead to the playoffs

October 2, 2024

Hovering at .500, the Cassville boys soccer team is approaching the midpoint of the season, with the second half marked by road games and an uphill battle to compete in one of the most talented Class 2 districts in the state. Jake Forste, Wildcats coach, said Cassville (6-5) feels it should have picked up a couple more wins in its first nine games this season, dropping 1-goal contests to Monett and McDonald County.

August 13, 2024

A year after one of the best seasons since Cassville boys soccer began, the Wildcats are hungry for more. Jake Forste, Cassville soccer coach entering his eighth season at the helm, said the potential this season is massive.

Year in Photos — Cassville boys soccer

June 25, 2024

Cassville senior Ashton Wheeler heads a ball on during a game against Logan-Rogersville last season. Wheeler scored 24 goals and assisted 12 in Cassville’s best season since at least 2007 at 15-8-1. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville- democrat.com

Lady ‘Cats set wins record

June 5, 2024

A new era of Cassville girls soccer is dawning following a record-setting season that ended in one of the most painful ways in the sport — a penalty shootout. This year’s Lady Wildcats set the record for wins with a 13-6-2 mark, besting the 11-10 record of the first varsity season in 2019, and it tied its season record for shutouts with 8.

Hat trick-ville

May 8, 2024

At 12-5-1 this season and 8-1-1 in its last 10 matches, the Cassville girls soccer team is seeing no shortage of success, and things coming in threes.

Berndt flies to CMU

May 8, 2024

It was a long time coming. Cassville senior soccer standout Emma Bernt, the new school record-holder for goals in a single season, inked her name to a letter of intent for Central Methodist University on April 26.

Wheeler taking soccer power to Crowder

May 1, 2024

Cassville senior Ashton Wheeler may have just set a school record in long jump, but his passion for sports is taking him another direction after graduation. A three-sport athlete in soccer, football and track and field, Wheeler signed for the former on April 1, deciding to play soccer at Crowder College in Neosho.