Missouri Class 4 State Champions! Superbly spectacular set of sixteen seniors (and incredible underclassmen) led this squad to a 24-2 season record with sixteen shutouts! 77 goals for and only 11 against. A magical season with an amazing group of student athletes!
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Tonight’s State championship goal from Baka Kante. Assist from Uchan Kohring. ROCK completes a 21-2-2 season and defends their State Title from last season!
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ROCK advances to the State Championship game off of beautiful goals from Simon Gansner and Teddy Franke! Assists from Uchan Kohring, Simon Gansner, and Noah Higbie! 7pm tomorrow night vs defending champ Jackson.
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BRING IT HOME!
Game
#5
of 6. State semifinal vs John Burroughs. 6-0 victory to advance to the state final! Goals from Welongo (3), Franke, Kohring, and VerMeer. Assists from Kante (2), Kohring (2), Franke, CF Barrett and Gary. Shutout by all Strueby, Middleton, and Steffens.
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Rockhurst advances to the state quarterfinals after a hard fought battle vs LSW! Rockhurst wins in PK’s. Regulation goal by Braydon Tomasic. PK goals by Pileggi, Franke, Peters, Deppe, and Barrett. Two huge PK saves by Thompson! 18-2-1 on the season.
In his first career college game as a Drake Bulldog, Ryder played in front of his home town fans
@UMKC
. He got the start. Played all 90 minutes. Helped record a shutout, and most importantly got a W! And he saw tons of family and friends! Keep working Ryder Barrett!
3-2 semifinal victory tonight over RockBridge. Goals from Kante, Kohring, and Ver Meer. Assists from Welongo, and Hafner.
#Game5of6
. State Championship tomorrow night 7pm vs CBC!
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Rockhurst completes the regular with a 1-0 victory over LSN and moves to 15-2-1 on the year. Beautiful goal by Grant Peters on the assist from Rocco Deppe! Ryan Thompson and the D (Franke, Brooks, Barrett, Pillegi, Stephenson, and Davidson) earn their 14th shutout of the year!
Tonight’s State Championship shutout brought to you by Strueby and the Defense of Barrett, Mullen, Anielak, Coxe, Gaarder, Maldonado, and Grojean! Two huge shutouts these last few games on the way to winning a 2nd consecutive Missouri State Championship!
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Jersey day at practice today! Gotta remember the child in us all— we started to play this beautiful game years ago because we wanted to have FUN! Final Four practices are the best!
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Congrats to Ryder Barrett on being named the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year! In the impressive history of Rockhurst Soccer, Ryder is just the 5th Hawklet to earn this honor!
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#gatoradePOY
HUGE 5 days of soccer for the ROCK! Beating Aquinas
#2
KS, Chaminade
#2
MO, and CBC
#4
MO! 7 goals scored, 0 conceded. Improve to 16-2 on the season! Today’s game winner vs CBC from Patty Franke on a beautiful free kick.
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22-2, a trip to the Final Four, a national ranking of 14…all nice and good, but we’re looking for s’more this weekend! S’mores at the end of today’s practice!
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Congrats to this squad for their undefeated regular season! The work starts now though! Brand new 6 game season starts this weekend with districts! Oh and by the way, these guys crushed it in the classroom as well with a 3.76 Team GPA this quarter!
#AMDG
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Big 3-0 victory over Chaminade! Great matchup between the
#1
and
#2
teams in the state. Goals from Henry Mullen, Simon Gansner, and Noah Higbie. Assists from Simon Gansner, Patrick Franke, and Josh Pileggi. Quick turn around for tomorrow’s game vs CBC! Let’s Go Rock!
3-1 District Championship victory tonight over Lee’s Summit. Goals from Hafner, Kante, and Kohring. Assists from Franke, Kohring, and Hafner. ROCK improves to 17-2-2 and will host the state quarterfinal match Saturday, Nov 12th at home!
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#game3of6
DIG DEEP! Fr O’Dwyer challenged the boys to “dig deep” this weekend. This play is the definition of 2 student athletes giving it their all & digging deep. With an undefeated season, state championship,
#1
national ranking on the line!
#ROCKSTATE
Game
#6
!
Great seeing Ryder Barrett receive his United Soccer Coaches All-American & Missouri Player of the Year Award @ the Coach’s convention this weekend! Well deserved Ryder! Big things ahead!
A morning of Jesuit brotherhood at work! Mass with Fr O’Dwyer S.J. of DeSmet. Kick-around at SLUH, and lunch at Favazza’s (SLUH family). Thank you to our Jesuit brothers in St Louis!
The Hawklets fall in PK’s after tallying 27 shots and 10 corners on a night where the ball just wouldn’t fall our way. The Hawklets pick up shutout
#16
on the season but lose to Park Hill. Tough way to go out, but proud of these student-athletes for all they’ve done for the ROCK!
Hard fought 2-1 W tonight vs Aquinas. Goals from Baka and Teddy. Assists from Teddy and Hafner. Rock improves to 2-0 on the season and will play in the SME Tourny next week!
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ROCK SOCCER advances to the state Final Four with a dominating 1-0 victory over Park Hill! Game winning goal from Uchan Kohring…assist from Patrick Franke!
Solid 5-2 victory over a strong BVNW squad ranked nationally and
#2
in KS. Goals by Kante (2), Franke (2), and Kohring. Assists from Kante (2), Welongo, and Kohring. Season record improves to 10-1-2. On the road 11am Saturday at Blue Springs.
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Pretty cool for these young men, and, yet, we’re focused on our original goal of being the best we can be each game. Next chance is tomorrow. Game
#5
Friday night 7pm at the Soccer Park in STL vs John Burroughs.
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We are excited and incredibly proud to announce that Rockhurst Soccer (22-0-0) is ranked
#1
in the nation!
We know that there is more work to be done in St. Louis this weekend, but this is an amazing honor for our players and coaches.
Now let's go ROCK STATE in the Final Four!
Rockhurst improve to 5-1 on the year with a 2-1 road victory over a solid BVNW squad. 1st half goal from Ryder Barrett on the assist from Baka Kante. And the game winner from Teddy Franke on the assist from big brother Patty Franke!
After outshooting Van Horn 32-4, the Hawklets prevail in a shootout. Shutout by all three GK’s and the D! Clutch PK save by Thompson! PK goals by Pileggi, Franke, Peters, Deppe, Davidson, and the game winner by Mazzarese (perfect for Sr Nite!). Hawklets improve to 10-1!
4.1 GPA for 1st semester! In-person school during a global pandemic, a tough 22 game season that garnered 18 wins and 16 shutouts, and to top it off...our Varsity Soccer student athletes post a team GPA of 4.1–amazing! So proud of these young men!
The ROCK improves to 4-0 on the season with a 2-0 victory at Blue Springs South. Goal scorers were Noah Higbie and Patrick Franke, assist to Rocco Deppe. Another shutout by the D...Thompson, Barrett, Pileggi, Stephenson, Davidson, and Franke.
Rockhurst 3-1 victory over Gonzaga (DC)! Goals from Kohring, Barrett, and Higbie. Assists from Franke, Kohring, and Barrett. Another great weekend of games at the Jesuit Classic! Thanks Regis Denver for hosting!
Congratulations to senior Max Goodwin for being named to the United Soccer Coaches’ All Central Region Team! Our region consists of MO, KS, IL, SD, ND, & MT. A great student-athlete getting some well-deserved recognition!
Great win tonight vs
#2
in the state Chaminade! Outshot the Red Devils 14-5 and had to pull off the win in PK’s. Regulation goal by Gansner off of a great cross from McLagan. Thompson with a big save in PK’s. Great high school game! Hats off to a strong Chaminade squad!
2-1 victory vs a strong Gonzaga squad ranked
#5
in Region IV (Del, D.C., Md., N.C., .). Game tying goal from Michael Gary and game winner from Baka Kante. Assists from Calvin Schieffer and Teddy Franke. ROCK improves to 10-0 on the year.
#ROCKSTATE
Congrats to Ryder Barrett, Rocco Deppe, Luke Stephenson, and Ryan Thompson for being named to the Western Missouri All Region team! Ryan was named GK of the year for our region!
Big 2-1 win vs Marquette (Milwaukee) in the opening day of the Jesuit Classic! Goals from Welongo and Kante! Assists from Barrett, Kohring, and Franke (hockey assist!). We play Regis (Denver) tomorrow at Noon.
#ROCKSTATE
Great 2-1 quarterfinal win today at Ozark! Game
#4
of 6 ✅ Goals from Hunter and Kohring, assists from Hafner and Kante. Shoutout to the Defense too for containing a potent attacking Ozark squad. ROCK improves to 22-0 on the season. State next weekend in St Louis!
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Great to watch Ryder Barrett tonight!Drake
@UMKC
. Ryder was a 3 year starter, state champion, team captain, Gatorade POY, and All-American for the Hawklets! Love his skill, athleticism, and drive! great things @ Drake as a starting CB on the pitch & pre-dental major!
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ROCK SOCCER Parents for the Win! Safe travels families! We’ll see you tomorrow night at the Soccer Park for our 7pm semi final vs John Burroughs Bring the noise!
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#FINALFOUR
Congrats to our 6 student-athletes who have signed college letters of intent to play soccer next year! You will all do great things on the field, in the classroom, and in the community.
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2023 KAMO champs! Great game vs a great SME squad. ROCK wins it in PK’s after a 0-0 regular time draw. 3 monster saves from Strueby in PK’s. Awesome HS game with a great crowd and environment! ROCK improves to 5-0 on the season!
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Great 3-0 victory over St Thomas Aquinas at home tonight. Hat Trick by freshman Uchan Kohring! Assists from Josh Pileggi, Noah Higbie, and Luke Stephenson! The ROCK improves to 14-2 on the season and continues its big week with
#2
Chaminade and
#4
CBC this weekend in Jeff City!
Fun night in Tulsa when two former teammates, state champs, and All-Americans at the ROCK played against each other! Ryan Thompson and Ryder Barrett are two of the best our program has ever had and are the closest of friends.
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Tonight’s shutout victory over Ray Pec brought to you by B Barrett, Stoltz, Pileggi, Tootle, Coxe, P Franke, R Barrett and Thompson in goal. District finals Thursday vs LSW 6pm at LSN!
2-0 road win at LSW to jumpstart the 2023 season. Goals by Uchan Kohring and Asende Welongo. Both assists off the foot of Baka Kante. Home opener Thursday vs Aquinas. Kickoff 6:30.
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Congrats Noah Higbie, Patrick Franke, Ryan Thompson, and Ryder Barrett on your McGuire Cup — U19 boys national champions! What an amazing year of soccer for you guys!
Congrats to our 5 players who were named to the Missouri Western Region team for Class 4. Ryder Barrett(Player of the year), Patrick Franke, Simon Gansner, Josh Pileggi, and Ryan Thompson(GK of the year)! We’ll deserved!
Uchan Kohring with the amazing game winner in OT vs undefeated BVSW! Another great battle between those two teams! Video to come tomorrow. The ROCK moves to 7-1 on the season!
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7-1 victory over Carthage (17-3) to end the regular season 18-0! Goals from Kante, VerMeer, Welongo, Robinson (2), Yagmin, and Helvey. Assists from VerMeer (2), Kante, Hafner, Robinson, Dean, and Kohring (pictured by Cole D). And now, the playoffs are upon us!
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ROCK with the 4-1 district semi-final win over Ray Pec. Goals from Welongo (2), Franke, and Hafner. Assists from Franke, Welongo, Anielak, and Barrett. Record improves to 17-2-2. District Final Thursday at LSHS vs LSHS at 6:30pm.
#Game2of6
#ROCKSTATE
Finally got around to calculating the Soccer team’s first quarter GPA.
ROCK SOCCER... 3.91 GPA
I’d say that’s pretty good. Great work in the classroom! Building future leaders!
2-0 victory over Lee’s Summit. Goals from Mullen and Poynter. Assists from Hafner (2) and the hockey assist from the Hockey man himself, Franke.
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The D comes up huge with another solid shutout! Rock 3 Aquinas 0. P Franke, Tootle, Mullen, Thompson, Pileggi, Barrett, and Stoltz! Great victory over the
#1
team in KS! ROCK travels to Jeff City this weekend to take on the
#2
and
#4
teams in the state of MO! Let’s keep rolling!
Love playoff practices! If you’re playing in the cold, that means you’ve done something right. Enjoy the week of preparation with your brothers!
#ROCKSTATE
Game 5 of 6 coming soon!
Congrats to Rockhurst GK Ryan Thompson on being named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region Team! Great honor for Ryan and his teammates who collected 16 shutouts this season and surrendered only 0.23 goals per game over 21 games. Pretty amazing
Cold, snowy 5-0 win tonight at LSN! Goals by Frisch, Stephenson (2), S. Gansner, and McLagan. Assists from T. Gansner, Higbie, Brooks Davidson, and Franke. Shutout by Thompson and Kasper!
Rockhurst advances to the Missouri State Final Four after a great 1-0 win over (25-2) Springfield Kickapoo! Great game between two of the top teams in the state! Goal from Asende Welongo. Assist from Grant Anielak! ROCK improves to 19-2-2.
#ROCKSTATE
#game4of6
Today’s shutout victory over CBC brought to you by Jack Tootle, Peter Stoltz, Josh Pileggi, Ryan Thompson, Ryder Barrett, and Patrick Franke! 5 straight shutouts and 11 on the year. Let’s go ROCK!
Hawklets win their home opener 2-0 over Ray Pec. Goals by Braydon Tomasic and Brooks Davidson. Assist by Grant Peters. Thompson and The D with the shutout! Back in action Thursday at home vs Staley.
#ROCKSTATE
High School All-America Game rosters announced - Prep Soccer Congratulations to Ryder Barrett, Sr Defender, and Ryan Thompson, Sr GK, for being selected to play in the 2021 HS All American game! Great recognition and so deserved!
Is that Bane? Is that Captain America? No, it’s our very own Brooks Davidson who ran a 10:55 two-miler tonight! In the 20+ years I’ve been around ROCK Soccer, I don’t recall a better time! Great work Brooks!
Good 6-1 victory today vs Springfield Kickapoo! Goals from Welongo (2), Ver Meer (2), Kohring, and Kante. Assists from Kante, Kohring, Mullen, Welongo, and Hawkinson. Season record improves to 5-1-1.
#ROCKSTATE
(special appearance from Boi!)
Today’s shutout brought to you by Strueby and his defensive unit of Mullen, Hunter, CF Barrett, B Barrett, Fanning, Hollenbeck, Dean, Hawkinson, Robinson, and Franke. ROCK improves to 15-0 on the season.
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Congrats to RHS ‘22 alums Ryan Thompson, Ryder Barrett, Noah Higbie, and Patrick Franke on winning Regionals this morning! Nationals are mid July in Orlando!
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What a fabulous 9 months of winning!
Rockhurst climbs to
#21
in the United Soccer Coach’s National Poll and
#3
in the Midwest. Great start to the season (8–1-1), but still more work and growth ahead! Play a very good BVHS team this Thursday. Train. Perform. Learn. Repeat.
#ROCKSTATE
ROCK wins 1st round of districts 8-0. Shutout brought to you by all three keepers—Deacon, Thompson, and Nixon—and the back line of B Barrett, Boersma, Franke, R Barrett, Pileggi, Stoltz, Maldonado, Coxe, and Tootle. District Semis Tuesday vs RayPec or Belton.
5-1 senior night victory over St James Academy. Goals from Franke (3), Kante, and Grojean. Assists from Kohring, Kante, Mullen, Anielak, and Coxe. Team improves to 14-2-2. Last regular season game of the year Saturday 2pm at home vs Carthage.
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Rock wins 3-0 over solid Marquette team in the first game of the Jesuit Classic in D.C. Goals from Max Hafner, Baka Kante, and Liam VerMeer. Assists from Kohring (2), Kante, and Gary. Rock plays tomorrow vs host school Gonzaga.
#ROCKSTATE
First quarter of the school year is in the books, and our Varsity Soccer team’s GPA is a 3.75! Scholars in the classroom and competitors on the field...Well done men! Proud of you and your work!
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Rock defeats Raytown in the first round of districts 8-0. Goals by Gansner (3), Davidson, Stephenson, Higbie, Deppe, and Tomasic. Assists from Franke, Stephenson, Mazzarese, Gansner, and Bergfeld. District Finals Tuesday at 6pm vs Truman @ Rock.
8-0 shutout in the first round of districts. All 3 keepers with the shutout. Strueby, Steffens, and Middleton. Backline play from Hollenbeck, Hunter, Hawkinson, Hertenstein, Coxe, Barrett, Grojean, and Maldonado.
#ROCKSTATE
#Game1of6
Nice 4-1 win today in the Jesuit Classic today over Regis Jesuit (Denver). Goals from Welongo (2), Kohring, and Franke. Assists from Mullen (2), Kohrinf (2), and Kante.
#ROCKSTATE
Royals game tonight with all 4 teams.
The ROCK moves to 3-0 on the season with a 4-1 victory over SMW. Goals by Gansner (2), T Franke, and Kante. Assists from Nicotra, P Franke, Gansner, and Kohring! Big week next week @ the BSS Tourny!
2022 Rockhurst Soccer Program Awards Ceremony. Well done gentlemen! It was a great year for all four teams! Thanks to the student-athletes, coaches, trainers, admin, and parents for a wonderful season!
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Rockhurst advances to the Missouri State Final Four with a strong 1-0 victory over 25-2 and
#4
in the state Springfield Kickapoo! Shutout from Strueby and his defense. Maldonado, Grojean, Mullen, Coxe, Barrett, and Hollenbeck! ROCK improves to 19-2-2!
#ROCKSTATE
#game4of6
Ryan Thompson and the Back Line with the shutout on the road at Pembroke! Jack Tootle, Ryder Barrett, Josh Pileggi, Patrick Franke, Brooks Barrett, and Peter Stoltz anchoring the D!