In Soccer Playoffs, Jays Are Off on the Right Foot
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ShareJesuit Embarks on a Scoring Binge Against the Comeaux Spartans, Kicking Five Goals and Completely Shutting Down Their Opponent
Senior mid-fielder Evan Kramer is upended in the opening round match between Jesuit and Comeaux (Lafayette) Friday afternoon, Feb. 7, at John Ryan Stadium.
The Blue Jays will play Baton Rouge High in the regional round on Thursday, Feb. 13 at John Ryan Stadium. The match kicks off at 7 p.m. Admission price is $6 each for adults, students, and children (ages 6-11). Student IDs are NOT accepted at the gate for LHSAA playoff matches. (Note that this is a new date and time from the original date which was posted on the LHSAA’s web site.)
In the opening round of the state soccer playoffs on Friday, the Blue Jays were more than ready to play Comeaux High of Lafayette. The defending state champion Blue Jays put their playoff game faces on. The serious ones.
Four senior Blue Jays scored five goals in 80 minutes of soccer at John Ryan Stadium. Jesuit’s defense was impenetrable, evidenced by senior goalie Nick Tadros, who touched the ball thrice the entire match. The Jays are in peak condition and it showed. Jesuit’s 11 players never stopped running, from the opening whistle to the three short shrills ending the match.
In Division I, the 27th-seeded Spartans were no match for the 6th-seeded Blue Jays. Fifteen minutes into the second half, and down 3-0, the Spartans looked as if they might not be able to walk to their bus in the parking lot, much less slow down Jesuit on the field.
The Jays needed only nine minutes to notch their first goal with senior striker Will McQueen drilling a corner kick from Evan Kramer into the back of the Spartan net. Senior Gabriel Navar scored a pair of goals, including the all-important second one to put the Jays up, 2-0, before the first half ended. Luke Hahn made it 3-0 and Cameron Coulon, 4-0. Navar hit his second goal of the match around the 75-minute mark to give the Jays a 5-0 win.
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| 2014 Jesuit Varsity Soccer Record | |
|---|---|
| Overall | 14-3-4 |
| District | 6-2 |
| In-State | 12-3-0 |
| Division 1 | 9-3-0 |
| Lower Division | 3-0 |
| Out-of-State | 2-0-4 |
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Soccer vs. Comeaux (Bi-District Playoffs), Feb. 7, 2014
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... Evan Kramer takes a full body slam onto the artificial turf where he lies still for a full second before his resilience kicks in and bounces him right back up. -
Two minutes after Cameron Coulon scored, Gabe Navar struck with his second goal of the match and the fifth one for Jesuit. Five minutes later, the Spartans' soccer season was over. As for the Blue Jays, they play host again and will welcome 11th seeded Baton Rouge High to John Ryan Stadium on Feb. 14 for a regional round playoff match that kicks off at 4:30 p.m. -
Cameron Coulon challenges the Spartan goalie who bites and comes out just far enough for the Blue Jay striker to shove the ball past him. Coulon's goal came in the 26th minute of the second half to give Jesuit a 4-0 lead. -
Senior goalie Nick Tadros scoops up the ball and flings it to his teammate. It was the Spartans' only shot on goal, and a weak one at that. During the 90-minute match, Tadros got his hands on the ball three times. -
Senior mid-fielder Patrick Mansour has a wide open goal and pulls the trigger as the Spartan goalie slides in a desperate attempt to deflect the ball. The goalie misses the ball, but the sidebar proves to be the Spartans' friend. The ball hits the sidebar and ricochets out of bounds. Mansour buries his face in his hands, as if to give credence to the claim that a wide open goal is more difficult for the shooter, who must have the perfect mix of patience, finesse, cunning, and aggression to successfully bury the ball into a corner of the net. -
Junior defender Dylan Mire is on this ball like an ant on a glazed donut. -
Senior Evan DeHoog (22) congratulates Luke Hahn whose goal 13 minutes into the second half gives the Blue Jays an insurmountable 3-0 lead, with two additional goals yet to come.. -
Mid-fielder/striker Chase Rushing - the only sophomore on the varsity team - wedges himself between two Spartans who quickly find out that it's not so easy wrestling the ball away from the Jays' lanky player. -
On a throw-in for Comeaux, junior defender Jack LaForge (15) heads the ball away from Jesuit's goal. -
Gabe Navar shows his superior ball control where he dribbles forward, then stops on a dime to take a hard left. -
The bi-district playoff match between 6th seeded Jesuit and 27th seeded Comeaux High of Lafayette is no sooner underway when, in the ninth minute, senior Will McQueen heads a corner shot from Evan Kramer that catches the Comeaux goalie off-guard. The ball squirts between two opponents and into the back of the net for the first of two goals the Jays scored in the first half of the match. -
The perils of a mid-fielder: Evan Kramer leaps for a header but his opponent somehow maneuvers under him at the height of the jump... -
Senior mid-fielder Jacob Stansberry looks for an open teammate to pass to in the first half of the match. -
Senior defender Cullen Walsh is adept at showcasing "one-touch" ball, which the Blue Jays are so good at utilizing as a team. -
Will McQueen stops a long kick with his feet. -
Senior Cameron Coulon brings his aggressive style whenever he's in the game. -
In the 22nd minute of the match, senior striker Gabe Navar goes one-on-one with a single defender, then pushes the ball past the Comeaux goalie for Jesuit's second score. -
In his third year playing varsity and past two years as a starter, senior mid-fielder Evan Kramer has developed into an extremely accurate corner kicker with a knack for precisely placing shots where his teammates can cause maximum damage to opponents. Kramer seems to hit his bullseye slightly more frequently when the matches are played on regulation soccer fields, like Alumni Field is at Jesuit's John Ryan Stadium. -
Junior forward Patrick LaCour's large strides often help him beat opponents to the ball.
