Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Youth Soccer Clinic at IHCC

Ottumwa -- Area youth have been invited to attend a soccer clinic that will be held in the Tom Arnold Net Center on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa campus on Saturday, March 13. IHCC head soccer coach Kirk Artist and members of the Indian Hills soccer teams will help with the instruction at the clinic.

The clinic for the U-8 and U-10 age groups will start at 8:30am; the U-12 and U-14 age groups will begin at 1pm.

Those who participate will take part in drills for dribbling, passing/receiving, and shooting.

The Indian Hills soccer teams and Ottumwa Soccer Club are teaming up to provide instruction for the clinic.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Nine from Indian Hills on Academic Squad

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills placed nine players on the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference All-Academic team. The Warriors had four players on the first team and five more on the second team.

Indian Hills players named to the All-Conference All-Academic first team were sophomores Taylor Konrad (Knoxville, IA) and Alex Stauffacher (Burlington, IA)and two freshmen, Pedro Jurno (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Damian Sheerin (West Point, IA).

Second-team selections from IHCC included one sophomore, Miguel Torres (Ottumwa, IA),along with freshmen Isidore Ekukanjuh (Ottumwa,IA), Peter Grossenkemper (Fort Madison, IA), Cheyne Reiter (LaPorte City, IA) and Gustavo Scorzelli (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

IHCC Puts Five on All-Region Team

Ottumwa -- A total of five Indian Hills Community College men's soccer players were named to the All-Region XI teams announced by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.

IHCC players named to the all-league team were first-team selection Ryan Culbertson, a sophomore from Fort Madison; second-team choice Cheyne Reiter, a freshman from LaPorte City; and freshmen Gustavo Scorzelli, Damian Sheerin and Ben Smiley, all honorable mention picks.

Reiter led the Warriors in goals this season with seven. Sheerin, from West Point, had four goals; Scorzelli, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, led in assists with four; and Smiley, from Norwalk, was the number one goalkeeper for IHCC this fall.

Other goal scorers for the Warriors were freshman Isidore Ekukanjuh, from Ottumwa, with three; freshman Peter Grossenkemper, from Fort Madison, with two; and Culbertson, freshman Noel Anthony from Des Moines, and freshman Pedro Jurno, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, all with one goal each.

First-year head coach Kirk Artist said the IHCC program, which was in its third year this fall, is making progress. "We came into the preseason excited to get a new start and the players continued to work hard every minute of every practice," said Artist. "Every person contributed to the team, whether they played 90 minutes or 10 minutes in a game. The 20 men molded together, so that by the end of the season we were playing our best soccer. This season, this group of men set records and showed the most passion for playing the game of soccer that I have seen in a group of individuals."

Artist added, "If these individuals continue to develop throughout the offseason, we will be able to take another step forward next season."

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Reiter Scores Twice as Warriors Win Second Straight

Ottumwa -- A pair of goals by freshman Cheyne Reiter allowed Indian Hills to post its first two-game winning streak of the season as the Warriors blanked Iowa Lakes CC, 2-0, Wednesday at the Walsh Soccer Complex.

Indian Hills got its second straight outstanding performance in goal. Freshman keeper Ben Smiley notched the shutout for the Warriors. Smiley had six saves. Noah Cutler had turned in a solid game in the nets earlier in the week against Scott CC.

The Warriors defeated Scott, 3-1, on Monday and the win against Iowa Lakes gives IHCC some momentum heading into their final regular season match against NIACC in Mason City on Saturday. In that match, the Warriors will be looking to avenge an earlier 3-1 loss to NIACC. Earlier this month, NIACC knocked off nationally-ranked Marshalltown CC.

Saturday's action in Mason City starts at 4:00 pm.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Warriors Sweep Scott

Bettendorf, IA -- For the second time this season, Indian Hills got strong goaltending and just enough offense to knock off Scott CC. The Warriors defeated Scott 3-0 on Monday after defeating them 4-1 earlier in the season.

In the latest win for IHCC, Isidore Ekukanjuh scored two goals for the Warriors and Damian Sheerin had the other goal. Sheerin also had an assist on one of Ekukanjuh's goals and Jaleel Mirzai had an assist as well.

Freshman goalkeeper Noah Cutler allowed just the lone Scott goal and turned in a very solid performance for IHCC.

The win puts the Warriors' season record at 2-10 heading into a home match with Iowa Lakes on Wednesday.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Warriors Lose Heartbreaker to Iowa Western

Council Bluffs, IA -- Iowa Western scored the game-winning goal with one minute left in overtime as the Reivers knocked off Indian Hills, 2-1, on Saturday in Council Bluffs. The loss drops the Warriors' season record to 1-8, but it was the latest in a string of close losses for IHCC.

Freshman Cheyne Reiter opened the scoring with a goal for IHCC just seven minutes into the match. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Ben Smiley kept the home team off the scoreboard until there were 15 minutes remaining in the second half when the Reivers scored the tying goal. They then scored the deciding goal late in the OT session.

Smiley had a great game according to IHCC coach Kirk Artist piling up 12 saves and continually thwarting the IWCC attack.

Indian Hills will head to Fort Dodge on Wednesday to take on Iowa Central. IHCC will look to avenge an earlier 5-1 loss to the Tritons.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Another Close Loss for Warriors

Ottumwa -- Visiting NIACC scored three goals in the first 26 minutes of action and went on to defeat Indian Hills, 3-1, in men's soccer action at the Walsh Soccer Complex on Saturday. The loss drops the Warriors' season record to 1-6. Four of the losses have been by either one or two goals.

The Warriors scored Saturday's only second-half goal, freshman Damian Sheerin (West Point) scoring off an assist from freshman Gustavo Scorzelli (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in the 85th minute. NIACC had tallied the three early goals against IHCC goalkeeper Ben Smiley (Norwalk), who recorded five saves. Backup keeper Noah Cutler (Fort Madison) had three saves for the Warriors.

Both Sheerin and Pedro Jurno (Sao Paulo, Brazil) had three shots for IHCC.

Indian Hills goes to Marshalltown to take on the Tigers on Tuesday. Marshalltown defeated Indian Hills 5-1 in the season-opener earlier this month.