Hickory Ridge took their first drive of the game and took an early 7-0 lead at East Rowan High this evening. That was about all the first half offered by either team. The Mustangs never got their offense going as the Ragin' Bull Defense responded time and time again.
In the second half, your Ragin' Bulls scored in the 3rd period to double up the score board. Brian Baltimore scored both of the short goal line hand offs.
The Bulls had 1 last chance as the game reached the closing minutes, but could not push the ball over after 3 attempts from the 1 yard line. The clock finally ran to 00 and sent the Ragin' Bulls home victorious.
Check back soon for more stats from tonight's game.
Next week the Bulls are in action at home hosting Porter Ridge.
Go Bulls!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Bulls suffer first conference loss of season
Hickory Ridge travelled to Concord for a key South Piedmont Conference contest and left with a disappointing 4-0 loss. Not many highlights to report on this match as Concord was faster, quicker to the ball, won all 50/50s and pretty much dominated play. The Bulls were on the defensive from the opening kickoff and never really challenged until the result was no longer in doubt. Hickory Ridge next plays next Tuesday night looking to get their mojo back as they travel to Central Cabarrus in another SPC battle.
Go Bulls!
Go Bulls!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
HR Soccer overpowers Mount Pleasant 10-1
It became apparent very early in the contest that 2A Mount Pleasant was going to be overpowered in the match against the 3A Hickory Ridge Bulls. Sure, the Tigers are a conference opponent in the SPC 3A conference, but the Tigers are the lone 2A school in the conference. The destruction started early and continued until the end. Alex Batson got things started with a goal 2 minutes into the match to put the Bulls up 1-0. The Sr. Midfielder added his second goal of the night 6 minutes later to put Hickory Ridge up 2-0. The onslaught continued with goals by So. Midfielder Kincaid Albers, Sr. Defender Jason Hladik, and Sr. Midfielder Chris Kline to put the bulls up 5-0. A score by Mount Pleasant was quickly answered by Sr. Midfielder Chris Fabers' goal to put the Bulls up 6-1 heading into the half.
The second half was more of the same with coach Wolfe substituting liberally and often. In fact, coach Wolfe continued his first half experiment of moving defensive players to the attacking position to get them valuable experience heading into conference play (1st half: center back Hladik to forward, defensive center mid Cline to forward, and center back Eric Frederick to forward). Chief among them was moving Sr. Jerome Means from his usual defensive midfield position to an attacking midfield postion. Jerorme responded quickly as he pushed a shot past the Tigers onrushing keeper to score the 7th Hickory Ridge goal of the game 5 minutes into the 2nd half. Sophomore defender Darren Ballesteros followed with his first goal of the season to make it 8-1 Bulls. The 9th goal was scored by Jr. midfielder, defender, do everything guy Jake Douglass as he scored his first goal of the season on a header off a cross from Jr. forward Brandon Castillo. A header by Jerome Means in the waning moments of the game completed the final scoring of the night for the dominant Ragin' Bulls.
The Bulls are now 5-1-1 overall and are starting to receive local and statewide attention. As of Tuesday, 9/7, the Bulls received their first ever mention and ranking in the Charlotte Observer Sweet Sixteen debuting at number 16 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/06/1673400/sweet-16-soccer.html for their showing against Marvin Ridge and Mooresville the previous week. Statewide, the Ragin' Bulls are "Among Others Receiving Votes" in the NC rankings conducted by Eurosport.com. http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sirkpt1.pl?Type=h&Div=3&Gender=m&State=nc&Season=10&Rtype=1&S=01. These are tremendous accomplishments and uncharted territory for the Hickory Ridge mens soccer team. A victory or draw over the next opponent, one of the conference favorites and Eurosport preseason ranked #15 Concord Spiders, on Thursday 9/9 at Concord High School will only solidify the local/state rankings and reward all the hard work put in by the young men so far this season. Good luck BULLS!
The second half was more of the same with coach Wolfe substituting liberally and often. In fact, coach Wolfe continued his first half experiment of moving defensive players to the attacking position to get them valuable experience heading into conference play (1st half: center back Hladik to forward, defensive center mid Cline to forward, and center back Eric Frederick to forward). Chief among them was moving Sr. Jerome Means from his usual defensive midfield position to an attacking midfield postion. Jerorme responded quickly as he pushed a shot past the Tigers onrushing keeper to score the 7th Hickory Ridge goal of the game 5 minutes into the 2nd half. Sophomore defender Darren Ballesteros followed with his first goal of the season to make it 8-1 Bulls. The 9th goal was scored by Jr. midfielder, defender, do everything guy Jake Douglass as he scored his first goal of the season on a header off a cross from Jr. forward Brandon Castillo. A header by Jerome Means in the waning moments of the game completed the final scoring of the night for the dominant Ragin' Bulls.
The Bulls are now 5-1-1 overall and are starting to receive local and statewide attention. As of Tuesday, 9/7, the Bulls received their first ever mention and ranking in the Charlotte Observer Sweet Sixteen debuting at number 16 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/06/1673400/sweet-16-soccer.html for their showing against Marvin Ridge and Mooresville the previous week. Statewide, the Ragin' Bulls are "Among Others Receiving Votes" in the NC rankings conducted by Eurosport.com. http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sirkpt1.pl?Type=h&Div=3&Gender=m&State=nc&Season=10&Rtype=1&S=01. These are tremendous accomplishments and uncharted territory for the Hickory Ridge mens soccer team. A victory or draw over the next opponent, one of the conference favorites and Eurosport preseason ranked #15 Concord Spiders, on Thursday 9/9 at Concord High School will only solidify the local/state rankings and reward all the hard work put in by the young men so far this season. Good luck BULLS!
HR Soccer overpowers Mount Pleasant 10-1
It became apparent very early in the contest that 2A Mount Pleasant was going to be overpowered in the match against the 3A Hickory Ridge Bulls. Sure, the Tigers are a conference opponent in the SPC 3A conference, but the Tigers are the lone 2A school in the conference. The destruction started early and continued until the end. Alex Batson got things started with a goal 2 minutes into the match to put the Bulls up 1-0. The Sr. Midfielder added his second goal of the night 6 minutes later to put Hickory Ridge up 2-0. The onslaught continued with goals by So. Midfielder Kincaid Albers, Sr. Defender Jason Hladik, and Sr. Midfielder Chris Kline to put the bulls up 5-0. A score by Mount Pleasant was quickly answered by Sr. Midfielder Chris Fabers' goal to put the Bulls up 6-1 heading into the half.
The second half was more of the same with coach Wolfe substituting liberally and often. In fact, coach Wolfe continued his first half experiment of moving defensive players to the attacking position to get them valuable experience heading into conference play (1st half: center back Hladik to forward, defensive center mid Cline to forward, and center back Eric Frederick to forward). Chief among them was moving Sr. Jerome Means from his usual defensive midfield position to an attacking midfield postion. Jerorme responded quickly as he pushed a shot past the Tigers onrushing keeper to score the 7th Hickory Ridge goal of the game 5 minutes into the 2nd half. Sophomore defender Darren Ballesteros followed with his first goal of the season to make it 8-1 Bulls. The 9th goal was scored by Jr. midfielder, defender, do everything guy Jake Douglass as he scored his first goal of the season on a header off a cross from Jr. forward Brandon Castillo. A header by Jerome Means in the waning moments of the game completed the final scoring of the night for the dominant Ragin' Bulls.
The Bulls are now 5-1-1 overall and are starting to receive local and statewide attention. As of Tuesday, 9/7, the Bulls received their first ever mention and ranking in the Charlotte Observer Sweet Sixteen debuting at number 16 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/06/1673400/sweet-16-soccer.html for their showing against Marvin Ridge and Mooresville the previous week. Statewide, the Ragin' Bulls are "Among Others Receiving Votes" in the NC rankings conducted by Eurosport.com. http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sirkpt1.pl?Type=h&Div=3&Gender=m&State=nc&Season=10&Rtype=1&S=01. These are tremendous accomplishments and uncharted territory for the Hickory Ridge mens soccer team. A victory or draw over the next opponent, one of the conference favorites and Eurosport preseason ranked #15 Concord Spiders, on Thursday 9/9 at Concord High School will only solidify the local/state rankings and reward all the hard work put in by the young men so far this season. Good luck BULLS!
The second half was more of the same with coach Wolfe substituting liberally and often. In fact, coach Wolfe continued his first half experiment of moving defensive players to the attacking position to get them valuable experience heading into conference play (1st half: center back Hladik to forward, defensive center mid Cline to forward, and center back Eric Frederick to forward). Chief among them was moving Sr. Jerome Means from his usual defensive midfield position to an attacking midfield postion. Jerorme responded quickly as he pushed a shot past the Tigers onrushing keeper to score the 7th Hickory Ridge goal of the game 5 minutes into the 2nd half. Sophomore defender Darren Ballesteros followed with his first goal of the season to make it 8-1 Bulls. The 9th goal was scored by Jr. midfielder, defender, do everything guy Jake Douglass as he scored his first goal of the season on a header off a cross from Jr. forward Brandon Castillo. A header by Jerome Means in the waning moments of the game completed the final scoring of the night for the dominant Ragin' Bulls.
The Bulls are now 5-1-1 overall and are starting to receive local and statewide attention. As of Tuesday, 9/7, the Bulls received their first ever mention and ranking in the Charlotte Observer Sweet Sixteen debuting at number 16 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/06/1673400/sweet-16-soccer.html for their showing against Marvin Ridge and Mooresville the previous week. Statewide, the Ragin' Bulls are "Among Others Receiving Votes" in the NC rankings conducted by Eurosport.com. http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sirkpt1.pl?Type=h&Div=3&Gender=m&State=nc&Season=10&Rtype=1&S=01. These are tremendous accomplishments and uncharted territory for the Hickory Ridge mens soccer team. A victory or draw over the next opponent, one of the conference favorites and Eurosport preseason ranked #15 Concord Spiders, on Thursday 9/9 at Concord High School will only solidify the local/state rankings and reward all the hard work put in by the young men so far this season. Good luck BULLS!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Ragin' Bulls make it 3 in a row over Central Cabarrus
The 2010 version of the Ragin' Bulls extend the winning ways over Central Cabarrus 21-14.
After a very sluggish start by the bulls, they really picked up their effort in the second half. Central lead at the midway point 14-0. An inspired Ragin' Bull squad rallied in the second half with a touch down by Brian Baltimore, then another by Cody Cothern. The extra point was wide on the second TD, so Central held a slim 1 point lead late into the 4th quarter.
With 4:08 to play Central missed a field goal attempt giving the Ragin' Bulls the ball on their own 20 yard line. Hickory Ridge started to see large chunks of yardage from Brian Baltimore and Cody Cothern. Cothern around the right side scored the go ahead touch down. Then on the 2 point conversion, Cothern lined up in the wild bull and again off the right side behind the blocking of Danny Book for a good 2 points. Making the final score 21-14.
The Vikings coughed up the ball on their final possession that secured the win for Hickory Ridge.
Check back soon for game stats and our first look at conference standings which the HRHS bulls will share a place at the top of SPC.
Next week, HRHS plays on the road at East Rowan.
Go Bulls!
After a very sluggish start by the bulls, they really picked up their effort in the second half. Central lead at the midway point 14-0. An inspired Ragin' Bull squad rallied in the second half with a touch down by Brian Baltimore, then another by Cody Cothern. The extra point was wide on the second TD, so Central held a slim 1 point lead late into the 4th quarter.
With 4:08 to play Central missed a field goal attempt giving the Ragin' Bulls the ball on their own 20 yard line. Hickory Ridge started to see large chunks of yardage from Brian Baltimore and Cody Cothern. Cothern around the right side scored the go ahead touch down. Then on the 2 point conversion, Cothern lined up in the wild bull and again off the right side behind the blocking of Danny Book for a good 2 points. Making the final score 21-14.
The Vikings coughed up the ball on their final possession that secured the win for Hickory Ridge.
Check back soon for game stats and our first look at conference standings which the HRHS bulls will share a place at the top of SPC.
Next week, HRHS plays on the road at East Rowan.
Go Bulls!
Friday, September 3, 2010
HRHS Soccer Wins!
Continuing a very good week of mens soccer for Hickory Ridge, the Ragin' Bulls knocked off 4A Mooresville in a back and forth affair 4-1. Don't let the score fool you, this game was much closer than the final would lead you to believe. From the opening tap to the final whistle, this game was an up and down affair complete with scoring, near misses, and hard play. After going back and forth with both teams having a go at attacking the other teams goal, the Mooresville Blue Devils went ahead at the 20th minute on a lightning counterattack after a turnover by the Bulls on an attack of their own. Not to be defeated, the Bulls stayed together, kept their composure, and went back to work. They finally marked the score sheet after Sr. forward Matt Abbott weaved through the defense and nestled a soft pass at the top of the box that Jr. forward Adrian Ike ran onto and put in the back of the net to knot the score at 1-1 with 7 minutes left in the first half. And that's how the half ended.
The Bulls had the ball to start the 2nd half and were rewarded for their hard work when Sr. midfielder Chris Faber found the back of the net 6 minutes in. From there on though, the Blue Devils picked up their game and attacked with vengeance. One Mooresville goal was called off because of offsides, one ball destined to be a goal was miraculously saved when Sr. defender Jason Hladik cleared the ball off the line just as it was going to cross it, and one ball just snuck over the top of leaping Sr. keeper Drew Andreotti's hands only to find the cross bar and bounce harmlessly over the touch line. As the tension built towards the final minutes and the Bulls clinging to a 2-1 lead, the Ragin' Bulls Adrian Ike put a seeing eye shot past the keeper and off the far left post into the net with about 2 minutes remaining to make it 3-1. Mooresville was not finished though and renewed their attack. Fortunately, the defense was able to clear the ball, send it into the attacking third where Jr. forward Brandon Castillo ran onto it rocketing a left footed missle just inside the left post to nail down the victory to the raucous appreciation of the relatively large home crowd.
Adrian Ike receives congratulations from Co-Captain Chris Cline and #16 Jason Hladik after putting the Bulls up 3-1 with 2 minutes remaining.
Go Bulls!
The Bulls had the ball to start the 2nd half and were rewarded for their hard work when Sr. midfielder Chris Faber found the back of the net 6 minutes in. From there on though, the Blue Devils picked up their game and attacked with vengeance. One Mooresville goal was called off because of offsides, one ball destined to be a goal was miraculously saved when Sr. defender Jason Hladik cleared the ball off the line just as it was going to cross it, and one ball just snuck over the top of leaping Sr. keeper Drew Andreotti's hands only to find the cross bar and bounce harmlessly over the touch line. As the tension built towards the final minutes and the Bulls clinging to a 2-1 lead, the Ragin' Bulls Adrian Ike put a seeing eye shot past the keeper and off the far left post into the net with about 2 minutes remaining to make it 3-1. Mooresville was not finished though and renewed their attack. Fortunately, the defense was able to clear the ball, send it into the attacking third where Jr. forward Brandon Castillo ran onto it rocketing a left footed missle just inside the left post to nail down the victory to the raucous appreciation of the relatively large home crowd.
Go Bulls!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Bulls and Mavricks Tie Things Up 1-1
In a great early season test between unranked Hickory Ridge and the defending 3a State Champs and current #1 ranked Marvin Ridge Mavericks, the Ragin' Bulls soccer team pulled out an impressive 1-1 draw. The first 10 minutes saw the Bulls dominate play with a couple of missed opportunities to score culminated with a terrific assist from Adrian Ike to a sprinting Chris Faber to put the Bulls up 1-0 7 minutes into the match. Unfortunately, Marvin Ridge scored 5 minutes later to even the contest at 1-1. The rest of the first half was a fairly even battle that saw the only good opportunity to score thwarted by a terrific diving save by keeper Drew Andreotti.
The second half was controlled by the Mavericks but the stout Hickory Ridge defense, led by center backs Jason Hladik and Eric Frederick and keeper Drew Andreotti, refused to yield a go ahead score to preserved the well earned 1-1 draw. To be sure there was disappointment on the Bulls sideline after the match for not pulling out the victory, but a 1-1 draw vs. the #1 team in the state is quite an accomplishment for the 2010 edition of the Hickory Ridge soccer team. Coach Scott Wolfe has a lot to look forward to this year.
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| Drew Andreotti makes a first half save against Marvin Ridge on Tuesday, 8/31 |
The second half was controlled by the Mavericks but the stout Hickory Ridge defense, led by center backs Jason Hladik and Eric Frederick and keeper Drew Andreotti, refused to yield a go ahead score to preserved the well earned 1-1 draw. To be sure there was disappointment on the Bulls sideline after the match for not pulling out the victory, but a 1-1 draw vs. the #1 team in the state is quite an accomplishment for the 2010 edition of the Hickory Ridge soccer team. Coach Scott Wolfe has a lot to look forward to this year.
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