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| Topeka West High School Mens Soccer |
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| Topeka West High School Mens Soccer Team Varsity Fall 2002 Regional Champions 1996,1997,1999, 2001, 2002 State Final 4: 2001, 2002 |
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| Contact: Ron McEwen ronmcewenpa@msn.com |
Nov 9, 2002 State Final 4 Schedule Game 1: Friday, Nov 8, at Blue Valley District Complex 5:00 Seaman 2, Hays 3 7:00 Topeka West 2, Goddard 5 Game 2: Saturday, Nov 9, at Blue Valley District Complex 12:00 Topeka West 2, Topeka Seaman 1 for 3rd & 4th Place 2:00 Goddard 2, Hays 1 (OT) for 1st & 2nd Place Quarter Finals Tuesday, Nov 5 Topeka West 3, McPherson 2 Seaman beat Bonner Springs Hays beat Kapaun-Mt. Carmel Goddard beat Liberal Regional Tournament Schedule 5A Northeast Regional 1 10/29 #1 Seaman (12-2-1)v Bye 10/29 #6 Shawnee Heights (9) v #7 Blue Valley-Stilwell (2) 10/31 6:00 #1 Seaman v #6 Shawnee Heights at Seaman 5A Northeast Regional 2 10/29 #2 Topeka West (10) v #11 Sumner Academy (0) 10/29 #5 Bishop Miege (2) v #8 KC Harmon (0) 10/31 #2 Topeka West (2) v #5 Bishop Miege (0) 5A Northeast Regional 3 10/29 #3 KC Turner (6) v #10 KC Washington (2) 10/29 #4 Bonner Springs (4) v #9 Highland Park (0) 10/31 6:00 #3 KC Turner v #4 Bonner Springs at KC Turner Read Topeka Capitol Journal Article about the West - KC Sumner Game Click here for KSHSAA web site. Current State Rankings KSN.com 2002 Boys Results |
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| Game Notes Final 4 Nov 8, 9 at Blue Valley District Complex. State Rankings (Going into Playoffs) #1 Goddard #2 Topeka West #3 KMC #4 Topeka Seaman #5 Hays Regionals The 3 main regions listed below are divided into 8 sub-regions. Seaman is seeded #1 because their win/loss record is better. Seaman is in a different sub-region than us so we could both be regional champs and compete later. Seaman plays Bonner Springs in Quaterfinals. Northeast Kansas Tournament Seeding (Going into playoffs) 1 Seaman (13-2-1) 2 Topeka West (11-5) 3 KC Turner (8-6) 4 Bonner Springs (7-6-2) 5 Bishop Miege (6-10) 6 Shawnee Heights (6-10) 7 Blue Valley Stillwell (5-11) 8 KC Harmon (3-10) 9 Highland Park (3-13) 10 KC Washington (1-11) 11 Sumner Academy (1-13) |
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| 2002 Win-Loss Record Overall Won 15, Lost 6 5A Won 9, Lost 1 |
| 2002 We beat Topeka High for the first time since 1994. See Archives. |
| Chargers Win 3rd in State Nov 9, 2002 The Topeka West High Boys Soccer Team beat the Seaman High School Vikings to clinch a third place win in 5A. This is the highest the Chargers have ever placed. The Chargers took an early lead with a goal by Brad Erwin and it held through most of the game. CJ McEwen was fouled in the box in the second half, allowing Grady Woodruff to score the PK. With only about 2 minutes left in the game, Seaman scored their only goal. There was a stiff wind coming from the south that helped Seaman keep the ball on our end of the field for way too much of the second half. Final Score Chargers 2, Vikings 1 Chargers Lose to Goddard Nov 8, 2002 The Chargers suffered their first defeat by a 5A team this season. The Goddard Wildcats had talent, speed, and aggression. They had the Chargers 4-1 at the half. Chargers outscored them in the second half making the final score 5-2 with well earned goals by Hiram Raby and Grady Woodruff. The Wildcats' Shaun Nicklin, who had scored 48 goals so far this season was held to only 2 goals and one of them was a PK. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only Wildcat that could score. Hays beat Seaman 2-1 in the other semi-final, thus West will play Seaman Saturday in the Consolation game. Final Score Chargers 2, Wildcats 5 2002 Quarterfinal Champs 11/06/02 The Chargers won a long, grueling, quadruple overtime and shootout victory over McPherson. It went past two 10 minute overtimes, two 5 minute overtimes and into a shootout before the Chargers won. But the Bullpups blew it by missing 3 of their shots against Charger goalie John Bostwick, while the Charger missed only one. It was cold but otherwise good soccer weather. The first goal of the game was by Brad Erwin at only 1:45 into the game. But the next two goals were by McPherson and gave them the lead for most of the game. It was one of those games where we dominated most of the second half but just couldn't score. Also, the referee allowed wrestling moves that has become typical behavior of teams that play in the Wichita area. What these teams lack in ball skills, they make up for in body slams. Jim Post, McPherson coach, said after the game "The main thing though, is that we executed the game plan to a T. We wanted to play physical." But, then Phil Carr came up with the second goal with only 3 minutes left to force the game into overtime. Assists were by CJ McEwen and Hiram Raby. Final Score Chargers 3, Bullpups 2 (Next game is Friday, Nov 8, at the Blue Valley District Complex, 13260 Switzer, Overland Park. See our Maps page. 2002 Regional Champs The Topeka West High Boys continued their winning streak by routing the Bishop Miege team 2-0. CJ McEwen scored first with a goal at only 2:45 minutes into the game. Grady Woodruff scored with 24:25 left in the first half. Both goals were assisted by Brad Erwin. The rest of the game was hard fought but scoreless. The boys received the Regional Trophy at the end of the game. It was cold and the ground was wet from rain earlier in the day. |
| Central Kansas Region Buhler, Hays, Great Bend, McPherson, Newton, Salina-Central, Salina-South Northeast Kansas Region Bonner Springs, KCHarmon, KC Sumner, KC Turner, KC Washingson, Miege, Blue Valley Stillwell, Shawnee Heights, Highland Park, Seaman, Topeka West. South Central Region Arkansas City, Augusta, Goddard, Liberal, Pittsburg, Valley Center, Wichita Carrol, Wichita Haysville, Wichita Campus, Wichita Kapaun MC, Wichita West, Winfield |
| 2002 Boys 5A State Championship Final Standings First: Goddard Wildcats Second: Hays Indians Third: Topeka West Chargers Fourth: Seaman Vikings |
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| Medal awarded to Chargers for winning 3rd place in 2002. Click on picture to see the Team Trophy awarded. |
| 2002 MVP Daniel Carman |