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9-13-08

PARKLAND BEATS #11 Southwestern Illinois College

Undefeated Parkland played host to nationally ranked SWIC in an exciting
contest Saturday afternoon with Parkland pulling out the 2-1 win. The first score of the game
didn't come until the second half when fleet footed forward Aaron Vega of
Parkland beat his man in the box and was taken down from behind. Devon
Munch calmy converted the penalty kick. Just seven minutes later SWIC
captain Alex Agne scored to knot the match. Then with just twenty minutes
left TJ Keys neatly put home a pass from Leroy Kusina for the Parkland win.
Parkland played the the last 15 minutes of the game shorthanded as Munch was
sent off with his second yellow. Tyler Kutz again anchored the goal for the
Cobras.

PC outshot the Blue Storm 10-6 in the contest while SWIC had 5 corner kicks to the Cobras 1.The victory raises the Cobras record to (8-0-1 2-0) ahead of a conference match with Danville Area CC on Sept. 16 at 4:00 at Parkland.

The Women's Soccer team's game against Illinois Central College scheduled for 6:00 in East Peoria was canceled due to poor field conditions and will not be made up.

9-10-08

Men's soccer keeps streak alive

Parkland Men's Soccer team kept their unbeaten streak alive on Tuesday with a convincing 5-0 win over Springfield College. The victory moved the Cobras to (7-0-1 2-0) on the season while the Bulldogs fall to
(2-5 0-4).

The win was a totally dominating performance as the PC defense did not allow a single shot by the SCI attack.
Trevor Kohlrus scored the only goal of the opening half as the Cobras took a 1-0 lead into the break. PC broke the game open however scoring 3 goals in a span of seven minutes early in the second half. Leroy Kusina scored on an assist from Lance Strawn at the 62nd minute mark and Kusina scored again just one minute later on a feed from Matt Larison. Larison scored a goal of his with Strawn once again picking up the assist. PC scored their final goal of the contest as Strawn picked up his third assist of the game when Alex Drawve knocked home a goal.

PC will try to keep their streak alive when they travel to Region 24 foe Rend Lake CC on Thursday afternoon.

9-4-08

Soccer stays undefeated,earns much needed break

Playing their fifth game in less than a week, the Parkland Men's Soccer team again looked sharp as they pounded the Greenville College JV 7-0 in soccer action Wednesday afternoon. The Cobras received goals from seven different players and four of the goals came on assists.

Kyle Stach got the scoring going on a goal just three minutes into the contest on a pass from Leroy Kusina. Alex Drawve put PC ahead 2-0 with an assist to Il Sa Moon to wrap up first half scoring. Moon scored a goal of his own with an assist to Stach at the 51st minute mark and the rout was on. Dustin Curtis scored to make it 4-0 and then PC scored three goals in three minutes. TJ Keys scored on another assist from Kusina at the 75th minute, Aaron Vega scored just two minutes later and cousin Ricardo Vega followed up with a goal of his own less than a minute later.

Goalkeeper Tyler Kutz and defenders Devon Munch and Trevor Kohlrus allowed Greenville no room to score as Kutz recorded the Cobras fourth shutout of the season. For the year PC has out scored their opponents 32-4 in building a (6-0-1 1-0) record. The Cobras earn a much needed break as they are off until Tuesday September 9th when they host M-WAC foe Springfield College (2-3 0-1).

9-2-08

Parkland Soccer keeps streak alive

Freshman TJ Keys scored three goals, two in a span of 52 seconds, to help lead the Parkland Men's Soccer team to a 4-0 win over the Illinois Wesleyan JV. The victory improved the Cobras to (5-0-1) ahead of a 4:00 game today versus the Greenville College JV. Keys, a freshman from Rochester, put PC ahead at the 24 minute mark on and assist from Eduardo Galvez, and added his second goal less than a minute later when he chased down a deflection off the back of an IWU defender and got by the goalie for a 2-0 lead. The game stayed at 2-0 until Bruno Ferreira put a kick in the corner of the net at the 50 minute mark and Keys scored the final goal of the contest with an assist to Aaron Vega with just two minutes remaining in the game. Tyler Kutz and the Parkland backline recorded their fourth shutout in seven game for the Cobras.

Score by Half

IWU JV 0 0 0
PC 2 2 4

24th minute (Keys) assist Galvez
25th minute (Keys)
50th minute (Ferreira)
88th minute (Keys) assist A. Vega

8-29-08

Area athletes play big part in Cobras win

Parkland's Men Soccer team scored early and often on Thursday and cruised to a 7-0 win over St. Louis Forest Park in the opening round of the Missouri JUCO Invitational in St. Peters MO. After a ragged start, Parkland midfielder Michael Arocha got the scoring started on an assist from Bruno Ferreira (Fisher HS) and the Cobras never looked back. Central High School products Aaron and Ricardo Vega both scored first half goals with Aaron giving an assist on Ricardo's goal and Centennial's Neil Hamilton assisting on Aaron's.

Leading 3-0 at the break, Parkland back-up goalkeeper Alex Birnie got into the act playing 30 minutes at forward scoring two goals and adding an assist. The Cobras final two goals were scored by Urbana graduate Leroy Kusina and Centennial grad Il Sa Moon. Tyler Kutz played all 90 minutes in goal recording the shutout.

PC (2-0-1) gets back into action tonight at 5:30 against Kansas City Community College and concludes play on Sunday with a game against Lindenwood.

Score by Half:

Forest Park 0 0 0
Parkland 3 4 7

Scoring:
23rd minute: Arocha assist Ferreira
26th minute: A. Vega assist Hamilton
44th minute: R. Vega assist A. Vega
60th minute: Birnie
72nd minute: Birnie
80th minute: Kusina assist Drawve
87th minute: Moon assist Birnie

8-25-08

Battle for Bragging Rights ends in a draw

The Parkland College Men's Soccer team battled the University of Illinois Club Team last night in their annual grudge match for the two local soccer programs. This year the game was played at night at Centennial High School in front of a large crowd featuring many local high school athletes. Centennial's Corey Kallembach got the scoring started off of a feed from Matt Larison to give the Cobras a 1-0 lead. Minutes later, Central High School product Ricardo Vega broke through the Illinois backfield and scored to put PC ahead by two goals. Just before the half, Illinois's Ryan Summerville found himself alone at the tob of the box and hit a low shot into the corner of the net to cut the lead to 2-1 at the break. Early in the second half, Mark Zerlang closed the scoring with a break away goal for Illinois to tie the game at 2.

The tie leaves PC at (1-0-1 1-0) ahead of this weekends trip to St. Louis for the Missouri Invitational. The Cobras will play Forest Park on Thursday, Kansas City CC on Friday, and Lindenwood on Sunday.

Score by half:

2-0 Parkland
1-1 Illinois

Scoring:
34th minute (Parkland) Kallembach assist Larison
30th minute (Parkland) R. Vega
42nd minute (Illinois) Summerville
54th minute (Illinois) Zerlang

8-22-08

*PARKLAND SOCCER OPENS WITH A WIN AGAINST LINCOLN COLLEGE*

Parkland Soccer opened the season is a big way taking down conference rival
Lincoln College 4-1. Parkland came out a bit shaky at first and turned over
the ball deep in their own end, giving up a break away goal in the first 5
minutes of the game. Once the Cobras settled down though they dominated
play throughout the midfield and attacking zone. Right beforfe the first
half ended Parkland was rewarded as Kyle Stach scored a hardworking goal off
a nice combination play with TJ Keys.

Early in the second half Bruno Ferreira from Fisher High School hit the
upper window on a beautiful feed from Leroy Kusina to give the Cobras the go
ahead goal. Late in the game Parkland scored two quick goals: Kusina from
Urbana High School, beat the keeper with a flicked ball off a long driven
pass from Trevor Kohlrus. Two minutes later Ricardo Vega, a Central High
School graduate, beat the wall with a free kick to close out the scoring.

The win puts Parkland at 1-0 (1-0 in the MAC Conference) on the season.
Next up for the Cobras is a inter-city matchup under the lights against the
University of Illinois Mens Club team on Monday, August 25th, 6:30pm at
Centennial High School.

*SCORE BY HALF*
1H 2H Final
1 - 3 - 4 Parkland College
1 - 0 - 1 Lincoln College
*GOALKEEPING*
Tyler Kutz (Parkland), 90 minutes, 1 goal allowed

*SCORING*
5th minute (Lincoln), Tim Jolly, assist Leandro Diaz
44th minute (Parkland), Kyle Stach, assist TJ Kyes
60th minute (Parkland), Bruno Ferreira, assist Leroy Kusina
82nd minute (Parkland), Leroy Kusina, assist Trevor Kohlrus,
84th minute (Parkland), Ricard Vega

7-9-08

Eck Lands Sayon from Parkland

by Paul MacDonna

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Head Men's Soccer Coach Joe Eck added a key weapon to his arsenal with the signing of Eddie Sayon from Parkland Community College. Sayon plans to be on the Prairie Star roster for this upcoming season.

"Eddie is a tremendous signing for us," said Eck. "He is an explosive player that will have an immediate impact on the team. He has excellent offensive skills, the kind that will break down a defense, and he carries a great pace to his game. His skills lend him to play either in the midfield or as a striker."

The 5-9 midfield/striker was named First Team National Soccer Coaches Athletic Association/Adidas NJCAA Division I All-American and First Team NJCAA Region 24 All-Region last season and was named to the All-Region 24 Honorable Mention Team in 2006. Sayon played at Champaign Centennial High School where he was twice named to the Illinois All-State Team (2004 and 2005).

Sayon plans to pursue a degree in management.

12-10-07

2007 NSCAA/adidas Men’s Junior College Division I All-America Team
First Team
Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown
K Jon Selkow, Fr., Georgia Perimeter College, Roswell, Ga.
D, Roger Dacosta, So., Tyler Junior College, Johannesburg, South Africe
D, Vincent Fimbrez, So., Yavapai College, Phoenix, Ariz.
D, *Jakub Gerlach, So., College of DuPage, Chicago, Ill.
M, Marcelo Aguirre, So., Georgia Perimeter College, Miami, Fla..
M, Gary Crooks, So., Louisburg College, Scotland
M, Irving Garcia, So., Yavapai College, San Luis, Ariz.
M, Eddie Sayon, So., Parkland College, Champaign, Ill.
F, Kyle Timm, So., Tyler Junior College, Johannesburg, South Africa
F, Claudio Dantas, Jr., So.., Jefferson College, Deerfield Beach, Fla.
F, Ricardo Ximines, So., San Jacinto College, Kingston, Jamaica

12-06-07

Rockets’ Keys, others from area are headed to Parkland for soccer

By MARCIA MARTINEZ
STAFF WRITER

Published Thursday, December 06, 2007

Rochester High School all-state soccer player T.J. Keys will play next season for Parkland College in Champaign.

The Cobras get a forward who scored 84 career goals, 44 as a senior, was named to the Chicago Tribune honorable mention all-state team and led Rochester to third-place finishes at the Class A state tournament in 2006 and 2007. McKendree University and Lincoln Land Community College also made Keys’ final list.

“I picked Parkland because it’s a two-year school and I kind of wanted to get out of Springfield,” he said. “I want to pursue engineering and Parkland has an engineering program and so does the University of Illinois, so if I decide not to play soccer after the two years at Parkland I can always go there.”

Keys is one of several local players headed to Parkland. Coach Mark Sikora first spotted Keys and fellow signee Alex Drawve, a Pleasant Plains senior, playing for a Chatham-based club team called the Raiders in a summer tournament.

Drawve played forward and midfielder, then spent the final quarter of the high school season at the fullback position. He scored 14 goals and had eight assists for the Cardinals.

Springfield sweeper Chris Faller and midfielder Matt Larison also have signed with Parkland.

“I’m excited about playing at the next level,” Faller said.

Larison was the Senators’ second-leading scorer in the fall with eight goals.

“I saw Parkland play Lincoln Land here in town and I liked what I saw,” Larison said.

Marcia Martinez can be reached at 788-1547 or marcia.martinez@sj-r.com.

11-14-07

Men's Soccer:

Eddie Sayon (Champaign Centennial So.) 1st Team All-Region & 1st Team All-MWAC All-American Nominee

Nathan Gross (Chicago Hubbard So.) 2nd Team All-Conference & Honorable Mention All-Region

Bruno Ferreira (Fisher HS via Brazil Fr.) 2nd Team All-Conference & Honorable Mention All-Region

Patrick Brewer (Mahomet-Seymour So.) 2nd Team All-Conference

Corey Kallembach (Champaign Centennial Fr.) Honorable Mention All-Region

Trevor Kohlrus (Chatham-Glenwood Fr. ) Honorable Mention All-Region

Zach Alumbaugh (Champaign Centennial So.) Honorable Mention All-Conference

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