Tryouts for Boys soccer will begin on Monday Oct. 27th.   4:00 to 5:45 on the soccer field next to the softball field.   You must have all of your paperwork completed or you will not be allowed to participate.   You will need shoes, shiguards and water.

Varsity Preseason Tournament Schedule:

Dutchtown / Baton Rouge     Nove 27th to Nov 29th

St. Louis Showcase / Lake Charles      Dates to be determined

St. Pauls / Covington           Dec 26th to Dec 28th 

The season has come to end for the boys after a disapointing 2-1 loss to Woodlawn of Baton Rouge.   We didn't play our best game and you have to do that in the playoffs.  Woodlawn started the scoring in the 6th minute with a drive right up the middle.  Their second goal came at about 20 minutes on a close range rebound shot.   With the score 2-0 at the half, the Gators and a tough job in front of them.   At the 60 minute mark, Chris Rakel fought for the ball in front of the goal and knock one in.  That goal seem to spark the team and we played a lot better the last 20 minutes.  Woodlawn began to pack the defense and cleared the ball as long as they could, almost every time.  We had some opportunites in those last 20 minutes but just could not capitalize. 

The Gators had a good season overall, considering the youth on the team.  With only two Seniors on the team, the lack of experience was going to be tested and it was.  Thanks to Cody and Paxton for all of your efforts and hard work over the last several years.  You can be proud of the job you did for your team.  The Gator family wishes you the best of luck in the future.     

This game was very typical of the type of game you have come to expect when these two teams meet.  #1 it's usually for the District Championship and # 2 it's hard fought and down to the wire.   Tonight, was both.   Magnet will finish with one loss and the District Title, Shreve finishes 2nd.   The Gators weren't quite up to speed in the first half and Magnet took advantage in the 16th minute with a score off of a free kick and two touches. In the 25th minute Kevin made a great save to prevent a sure goal but unfortunately 1 minute later Magnet made a short thru ball and a 10 yard run to score their 2nd goal.  At the half it was 2-0.   The second half was played much better by the Gators, we controlled the ball better and gave ourselves several opportunites to score, but we just couldn't convert to any goals.   The defense really stepped up and made some great stops, Logan saved a shot of the goal line and toward the end of the game ran down a Magent attacker who was on a long breakaway, to take away a 1 v 1 opportunity against Matt.  Cody as usual, was a pain to the Magnet offense all night. Both teams played well and will represent Shreveport in the playoffs.   Our first playoff game should be Saturday Feb 2nd.   As soon as Coach Smith finds out, he'll let me know and I'll update this site.    Congratulations to the Gators for a great season.  Now on to the playoffs for hopefully several more games. 

Simply put, the Gators dominated the Vikings tonight.  From start to stop and end to end, the boys played perhaps their best game of the year, so far.   The scoring started in the 14th minute with a Brennan Randel goal off of a long assist from Logan Calhoun.  Logan served it up from about midfield and Brennan received it around the 20,  made a few nice moves and scored from 10 yards out.  In the 33rd minute Brennan scores again this time off of an assist from Paxton Monsour.  Paxton delivered it to the right spot, Brennan makes two touches and puts it in.  In the 35 minute Brennan knocks in another one, ( do you see a pattern here) off of an assist from Will Monsour.   At the half it's 3-0.   The second half played out much like the first, with Brennan scoring 3 more goals for a total of 6.  He had plenty of help with assist from Chris Rakel, Hayden Price and Paxton again.    Will Monsour put in the final goal with an assist from Chris Hammond to finish it up at 7-0.     The defense worked  together playing 1st and 2nd defender very well.  Airline has good speed with their forwards but Logan, Kevin and Cody were able to shut them down.   Airline had only  3-4 legitimate attempts at a shot, but Matt Green came up big and snuffed them all out.     The midfield and forwards plyed very well together tonight.   Will M., Paxton, Sam, Chris R, Connor Randel, Jordan Gray, Jeff Putnam and Tyler Smith moved the ball very well setting up the scoring opportunites all night long.   We saw a lot of team work tonight which hasn't been the case lately.  Hopefully we have flipped the switch and will continue the rest of the season like tonight.   If we do, the sky's the limit.

Three big games in 8 days.  Win them all, win District.  1 down 2 to go.   Next game is against Byrd, 7:45 Monday night at Caddo.   Keep it up Gators.  Great stuff tonight !!!!!!

THe Boys had an easy night against the Southwood Cowboys tonight.   This will be the last easy game of the year.   With Airline, Byrd and top ranked Caddo Magnet in the next two weeks, the Gators had better bring all they have.   They can finish anywhere from 1st to 4th in district.  Each game they win out of the next three moves them up 1 spot.  Win all three and we are outright District Champs.

Goals -  Brennan - 2,  Connor - 1, Sam -1, Will M.-1,  Hayden -1,  Jordon -1,   Cody W. - 2,  Austin - 1

Assist -  Tyler -3,  Brennan - 1,  Cody M - 1  Chris L.-1,  Jeff - 1,  Cody W. - 1

Next up   Airline at Independence on Thursday. 

The boys moved the ball around pretty wellgiving them many opportunities as you might expect.    Scoring summary is as follows;

Goals -  Brennan -2,  Conner -1,  Sam -1,  Will T.-1,  Cody W.-1,  Chris H.-1,  Logan - 1

Assist -  Paxton - 1,  Cody - 1,  Brennan - 1,  Conner - 1,  Jeff - 2,  Logan - 1

Next week -   Southwood and Airline

In what appeared to be uninspired soccer the Gators were defeated by the Panthers 2-1.   For much of the game Parkway controlled the tempo.  We lacked aggressivness and desire.  One highlight was a great save by Jeff Putnam on a rocket shot from Parkway's Ben Barcelona.  Unfortunately we were unable to clear the ball out and about 20 seconds later, Parkway scored.  Two minutes later they scored again on a nice cross and shot from about 8 yards out.  In the 62nd minute the Gators made a run resulting in a goal by Will Monsour.  Will scored off of a combo pass from Sam and Conner.   Nothing much happened after that, game ends 2-1.

Next up, Huntington Tuesday night.

From a JV parent,

The JV boys braved frigid temperatures in Wednesday nights game against Ruston.  Ruston missed a golden opportunity in the first half when a PK sailed high and wide.  In the second half Ruston missed two indirect free kicks and failed to score on 3 corner kicks. Colton Blount served a stint as goalie while Jared Hylander moved up to forward.  The Shreve boys had difficulty getting shots on goal the whole game until with 1 minute remaining, Hylander hooked the ball in from 20 yards out.  Shreve defenders Aaron Langston, Tyler Wagnon, Ben Strecker and Lennert Goetz fought back a powerful Ruston offense for the shutout.    Congrats to the JV Gators.

Boys JV completed the sweep by defeating Loyola, 3-1.  Loyola jumped out early, taking the opening kick off with a drive straight to the goal for the quick 1-0 lead.  The Shreve defense woke up and didn't allow another goal.   Shreve came back with a Michael White cross to Colton Blount for the first Shreve goal.  Colton later took another pass from Michael and drove in close for the second goal. ( After a few games, there seems to be  a pattern developing with these two)  Near the end of the first half,  Daniel Smith had a steal and a quick score.   After the defense got shocked with that early goal, they came to life with very good play by Tyler Wagnon, Mitch Malone and Aaron Langston.  Shreve Keeper Jared Hylander also performed exceptioanly well the whole game.

Good Job Gators !!! 

The Varsity Gators had a new look tonight as 5 of the regular starters were out for various reasons.   Getting the opportunity to start tonight was Johnny Reisz, Christopher Lawrence, Chris Hammond, Austin Wisby & Will Terracciano.  They played well considering they had not played together as a unit before.   Things begin to gel in the middle of the 1st half when in the 18th minute, Conner Randel gave an assist to Will Monsour for the Gators 1st goal.  Quickly again in the 22nd minute, Will passed to Cody Matthews for the score.  In the 26th minute Will kicks a kick off with a crazy bounce over the Flyers keeper for goal #3.    Loyola did make a great score in the 32nd minute with a cross and header.  Not much Jeff could do on that one.   The second half started with a Loyola score but in the 53rd minute Cody got his second goal off of a PK.    Sam Fell stole the ball from a defender and made a great 20 yard shot from the deep left side.  The Gators were up by 4 as Loyola ended the scoring with their own PK in the 64th minute.  The new look defense played pretty well considering they were all in the back for the first time as a group.  Good job.  

Next stop is Lafayette.     Go Gators.  

Saturday morning found the Gators against University of Baton Rouge in a rematch from the Dutchtown Tournament.  At that time we thought we were the better team but we tied that game.  This time the boys hope to show they are the better team.   The game started well, in the 9th minute  Jordan Gray made a cross from the left, as the University keep reached for the ball, Chris Rakel kicked it right off his fingertips for the score.    Coming in the 12th minute, Chris, Jordan and Will Monsour worked the ball from midfield.  Will makes the final pass to Jordan who goes 1 v1 with the keeper for the easy goal.    Up 2-0, the Gators seemd to relax as University turned the tide and seem to control the game for the rest of the first half.  They score in the 23rd minute.    The second half was fairly even.  In the 48th minute, Christopher Lawrence makes a pass to Conner Randel to give Shreve a 3-1 lead and the game.

After a downpour wet the fields, it also seem to dampen the Gators enthusiasm. When going against the #1 team in the state you need to bring your "A" game.   Shreve didn't bring any game at all.   No highlights here.  Shreve loses to St. Thomas More 6-0.

Next game, Monday night against Loyola, 

The JV Gators took on Caddo Magnet JV last Monday in a game which was a  defensive battle for most of the night.   Magnet scored early, but the Gators put together strong defensive play for the rest of the night.   The Gators scored on a free kick from Mat Ewardes to Michael White.  White's header hit the left post but, Colton Blount was there for the rebound and punched it in.   The game remained tied until 2 minutes left when Magnet got their second score.   Great Job Gators in a disheartning loss.  

The JV team is playing as well as any we've had in the past few years, keep up the good work and good luck in your tournament.

Only one word for tonight -  OUTSTANDING !!!    Shreve 1   Magnet  0

The Varsity Boys game through tonight with a huge win over the 5th ranked Caddo Magnet Mustangs.  Coach Matt Smith made a change in the starting line up by moving Kevin Rakel to center fullback and Paxton Mosour into the center mid field.  Both had an outstanding game.   Paxton's Senior leadership and experience was very noticeable and he seem to always be in the mix when we were attacking the Magnet goal.  At one point he had a tremendous one touch shot from 20 yards out. If the Magnet keeper had not been standing where he was, it would have been a goal.

The Gators played there second best 40 minutes,  of the season in the first half,  the defense was tremendous turning back the Magnet attack again and again.  Cody, Kevin and Logan had an outstanding game.   The entire team played an inspired half, but the best was yet to come.

The best 40 minutes started in the second half.  It started evenly,  toe to toe.  In the 48th minute Brennan, Randel made a great pass to Conner Randel who dribbled from 30 yards out, eluding 2 Magnet defenders and made an awesome left foot goal from 10 yards .   As Conner said after the game " they could've taken my legs out, I was going to score".   Ouite a statement from the Freshman.    

This goal sparked the team like we have not seen this season,  Magnet was down and the Gators kept them there.  Cody patrolled the defensive end like a man on a mission.  He was not going to be scored on.  The game turned very physical with many fouls and cards being given.   Magnet had two prime opportunities to score on free kicks from just outside the 18. After a scramble in front of the goal on the first one, Logan Calhoun cleared the ball off the goal line, the second one with one minute remaining was very similar as Logan again cleared the ball out to midfield.   The entire team took control the last 60 seconds and kept the ball away from our goal.

Not only the defense, but the midfield and forwards had a great game.   Sean, Chris, Sam, Jordan and Will moved the ball very well.  They were awesome.   Special mention goes to Tyler Smith getting his first start of the season and putting it on the line.  He had a great game on the left side.  What an inspiration Jeff Putnam was in the Goal.  Moving from the forward position to goalie due to the knee injury to Matt Green, Jeff was outstanding in the shutout.   Kudo's to the Shreve Students.  Thanks for your support.

Great Job to all of the Gators.   I believe they now realize how good they can be.  Here we come Lake Charles,    Go Gators !!!!!!

In last nights game the JV Gators had a tough time playing against a Byrd team stacked with some varsity players.  But the Gators played hard and gave it all they had.  Colton Blount scored off of a steal in the first half and in the second half Colton got his second goal on an assist from Mat Edwardes.  Later in the second half, Michael White scored from the right side with nice shot off of the left goal post.

Final score Byrd - 5   Shreve - 3

The Gators had a tough pill to swallow aginst the rival Byrd Yellow Jackets tonight.  In a fairly even match the Jackets prevail 1-0.   The lone score came in the 27th minute after an apparent hand ball against Byrd but was not called by the referee,  everyone froze for just a couple of seconds and that allowed a Byrd player to flick the ball over Matt's head from about 15 yards out.

The main problem tonight was finishing our opportunities.   We have to get better at finishing what we started.   Even though it was an even game , the Gators could have scored several times.  Coulda, shoulda, woulda. 

Huge district game next Monday night against district leading Caddo Magnet.  If history means anything, this will be another exiting game between the Mustangs and the Gators. 

 Come out and support your Gators.

The boys started off well and got a quick goal from Brennan Randel as he stole the ball from a Viking defender in the 7th minute.   Shreve seem to dominate play as they stayed in their half of the field most of the first half.  In the 37th minute, Brennan scores again off of a short pass from Kevin Rakel.    The 1st half also saw two great saves by Matt Green as Airline scrambled for a shot inside the Shreve goal area.

The second half started slow for the Gators, as Airline was able to score in the 43rd minute.   But 4 minutes later, Tyler Smith made a huge cross from just inside the touchline to a waiting Brennan, who one touched in for his hat trick.   Shreve seemd to be rolling as Kevin Rakel collected a goal from about 20 yards out.   In the 70th minute a foul by Shreve in the penalty box gave Airline the PK and ultimately a goal.  Shreve is up 4-2 at this point.    Toward the end of the game both teams swapped goals as Brennan scored his 4th of the night. 

Overall, the team played well, but still seem to be trying to learn each other.  They are playing together, but just seem to be out of sync on occasions.  The important thing is they are winning the games they need to.   Good things are to come from this bunch. 

Final Score  Shreve 5  Airline 3

Huge game Thursday against Byrd at Caddo Soccer Field.   7:45 

The Boys JV team did well in their first tournament of the year going 2-1 in bracket play and playing in the semi finals. Thursday night started off in a tough battle against Neville. This was a defensive battle and the only score came on a free kick by Neville that found it's way aound the Shreve wall. Gators fall 1-0 in the opener.

Friday night was a much better outing for the Gators as they took on Parkway. Early in the game Tyler Wagnon took a free kick deep in Shreve territory and it was received by Colton Blount. Colton took the ball and worked his way to the goal. He place it past the keeper and off the corner post for the 1-0 lead. Later in the half, Colton made an assist to Michael White in the box for a nice goal. Colton continued to play strong as he took a weak Parkway goal kick and after great effort found the back of the net. Still in the first half, Wagnon took another weak goal kick from Parkway and scored. The scoring continued as Michael White scored his second goal off of a pass from Mat Edwardes. The last goal was by Jared Hylander on a penalty kick. Shreve defeats Parkway 6-0.

Saturday morning The boys took on West Monroe. The wind played a big part in this game, keeping the scoring to a minimum. Both teams played strong defense but in the end, Mat Edwardes was able to get a cross off to Michael White for a nice two touch shot and the only score of the game. Shreve finishes bracket play at 2-1.

Semi-final. In a showdown of rivals, the Gators and Jackets faced off. The Jackets got an early break and scored in the first 30 seconds. The only highlight for the Gators was a punt by Jared Hylander which cleared midfield. If was taken by Lennart Goetz into the Byrd penalty area, he got off a nice kick to give Shreve it's only goal. Byrd was to strong on this afternoon and defeated the Gators 6-1. Congratulations for a very nice showing in the first tournament. Good things will come from the JV in the weeks ahead.

After raining most of Friday night, the field was wet and the Gators played a little sloppy.  The Gators seem to be more skilled and more talented than the team from University, but it appeared our heads weren't quite in the game.     At the 3 miniute mark, University was awarded a PK on a handball.  However, after a great effort by Matt Green, the ball was knocked away.  In the 7th minute, Paxton sent a ball from the back to midfield where it was collected by Brennan.  He quickly got behind the Unversity defenders and was able to take it all the way in for the score.   Shreve is up 1-0.   It seemed the Gators were on the way.

The second half began with the Gators playing on our defensive half of the field to often.  The communication just didn't seem to be there as it was on Friday.   In the 19th minute we again gave University another PK on a foul in the penalty area.   This time however, University was able to connect and tied the score 1-1.    The game played out pretty much the same the rest of the way and ended in a 1-1 tie.   The tie combined with a Rummel win, sent the Gators home earlier than expected.

Next up,  Southwood at Cargill on Monday night.   Out for District win #2. 

The Boys varsity started off the Dutchtown tournament with a tie against Rummel.  The first half was scorelees as both teams played an evenly matched game.  There were very few chances to score for either team.   The second half started a little bit differently.  5 minutes into the second half, Paxton Monsour receive a straight red card,  It was totally undeserved.  A horrible call by the referee.  Paxton and a Rummel player met hard in the air on a 50/50 ball.  The referee said Paxton was trying to elbow the other player in the head.  At worst one or both players could have receive a yellow card but neither should have.  The incident seemed to charge up the gators as now we are playing a man down.  At the 38 minute mark Logan Calhoun saves a ball on the goal line and kicks it to midfield.  Will Monsour then makes a great pass to Brennan Randel, who has a 35 yard breakaway,  He makes it around the Rummel keeper for a 1-0 lead.   At the 50 minute mark Shreve scores again, unfortunately it was an own goal.   In a scamble on front of our goal Chris Rakel made an attempt at a save but hit Matt Green and the ball deflected into the goal.  Two players trying to come up with the ball, it was just bad luck.  Game ended 1-1.

Game 2 vs St Amant.  

The Gators started off getting a feel for St. Amant and once they did, dominated the game.  The offense attacked the goal relentlesly.   Sean, Brennan, Chris, Will Sam, Jordan and Jeff were giving the St. Amant defense fits.  In the 22nd minute, Conner Randel made a sweet pass to Brennan who scored the goal.   This will be the first of I believe many brother to brother combos over the next couple of years.   First half ended 1-0.  In the 4th minute of the second half, Conner makes a goal off the rebound  of Brennan's shot.  Right place, right time.   Six minutes later,  Jeff makes a hard shot which bounces off of the defending keeper  and Johnny "on the spot" Reisz, puts in in from 12 yards out.  We missed several other opportunites, but the important thing was the 3-0 victory which sets us up to make the semis with a tie or a win Saturday morning.  Kudos to the defense for the shut out.  Great playing by Cody, Kevin and Logan.  The shutout was preserved with good keeper work from Matt Green. Tune in Sunday morning for the final results.  

The boys varsity started the 2007/08 season with a relatively easy game against the Huntington Raiders tonight.  The Raiders were completely out played the entire game.  There was plenty of scoring to go around during the Gators 10-0 victory.  Jeff Putnam started in off in the 3rd minute with a nice 25 yard shot from the right side into the upper left 90 of the goal.  Will Monsour quickly followed in the 5th minute scoring from a short distance off of a Huntington defensive deflection.  Two minutes later Sean McCullough dribbles through the middle of the Raider defenders for an uncontested 10 yard shot.    After 10 minutes the score was 4 - 0.   Scoring continued thoughout the first half followed by a couple of goals in the second half.   Everyone got their share of playing time tonight, which will come in handy as we approach the Dutchtown tournament this coming week end.  The final scoring summary is as follows:

Jeff Putnam- 1 goal,  Will Monsour - 2 goals,  Sean McCullough - 2 goals,  Cody Matthews - 2 goals and 1 asst.,  Johnny Reisz - 1 goal and 2 assist,  Matt Green - 1 goal,  Chris Rakel - 1 goal.

Nice start boys,  now on to Dutchtown.