JB Marine Springfield

The JB Marine-Springfield 92 Girls have completed their 2007-08 season. Playing only in tournaments, their record for the season was 12-6-5 with two losses coming in OT and 8 of the 11 ties/losses against teams in the top 5 of their respective states. The core of the U16 team included six members of the original JB Marine 92 team formed five years ago, two added the following year and two added this year plus five members of the disbanded JB Marine-Springfield 93 competitive team.

The team, coached by head coach Lindsay Paulsell and assistant coach Mike Gunnels, competed in nine competitive tournaments in five states (MO, OK, TN, TX and AK) from August 2007 through February 2008 including one college showcase tournament in each of the five states.

Highlights included:

* Finishing 2nd in a tough overtime battle in the final of in the Missouri Girls Invitational Tournament in St. Louis in September
* Finishing 3-0 in the MC United College Showcase in St. Louis in November, the only U16 team to go undefeated
* Played in the U18/19 bracket of the Lake Country Fall Classic, going 1-1-1
* All games played in the last four tournaments of the season, those being the most competitive, ended in either a 1-0 win, 0-1 loss or a 1-1/0-0 tie
* Tying the 2007 Tennessee State Champions (GSC Fury 92 Premier) in the Fury Challenge College Showcase in February

Other Accomplishments:

Members of JB Marine Springfield 92 girls competed in 3v3 tournaments over the summer capping the season with a 2nd place finish at Regionals. The team is currently ranked ninth in the nation in their age bracket . . . and defeated the team that finished fourth in the national championships in Orlando in January.

The JB Marine 92 team also just finished their indoor season at Lake Country. The team went undefeated (4-0) in the High School Girls A bracket scoring 42 goals and only giving up 5 in a season cut short by winter weather.

The JB Marine 92 girls are focused on gaining local, state and regional recognition for their competitive play and continue to work towards their future in soccer whether it is success in high school or success beyond in college. Each player steps on the field each day with the team motto in their hearts and minds: Coming together is the beginning, Staying together is progress, Working together is success!

Congrats to JB 96 girls for taking 1st place at the NOKC Red Earth Invitational in Oklahoma City, OK on May 4th defending their 2007 championship title . It was a nail biter of a final going into 2 overtimes and finally winning in PK’s against Edmond SC White.

Congrats to JB 96 girls for placing 2nd at the Grrrl’s Spring Championship in Memphis, TN. Way to go!

Download the form below to pre-register for JB Marine-Springfield tryouts

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JB Marine-Springfield is holding girls soccer tryouts for the 2007-08 season on Monday, June 18 and Tuesday, June 19. We are open to all age brackets starting at Under 7 and continuing through Under 19. Listed below are the age groups and sessions for each evening. All tryouts will be held at Drury University Harrsion Stadium/Hutchens Field at Central and North Summit, Springfield, MO. For more information please contact us via phone, 417-894-9501 or email, JBMarineSpringfield@yahoo.com

Monday, June 18 and Tuesday, June 19, 2007-

U7-U13 Registration 5:00pm Tryouts 5:30-7:00pm

U14-U19(High School) Registration 7:00pm Tryouts 7:30-9:00pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

We are currently in the process of finalizing dates for tryouts. It will be the week of June 18 so mark your calendar.

We will have open spots for girls between the ages of 8 and 18.

The 92 girls have been busy this spring…..

Elle is running Varsity Track at Republic - she’s also involved in some school plays; Alysan is playing goalie for the Over 30 JB Mamas indoor team and has also played with Tulsa Soccer Club some - they went to Memphis for a tournament and won 1st place; Hilary is starting Varsity at Kickapoo, in a ‘new’ position for her, playing defender and doing amazing!; Sydney Ganus, after making the Varsity team at Pershing MS, she was diagnosed with mono, and thought to be out all year but a follow-up visit with the doctor cleared her to play and she’s enjoying her 8th grade year on varsity; Megan Gunnels and Megan Jenish are both playing Varsity at Ozark, playing about 100% of the time in all the games!; Rachel is a Swing player at Catholic, meaning she plays both JV and Varsity (Catholic is doing remarkably well! I hear Rachel is doing awesome too!); Ashley is a Swing player at Glendale, playing both JV and Varisty, and has been a scoring machine on the JV team,; Stephanie is on the tennis team (mostly boys) at New Covenant - she also had the chance to play with Sheffield Soccer in a Tulsa tournament in which they came in 1st place!; Sydney Owens unfortunately injured her ankle the DAY she was released from doctor with her wrist, however, she’s recovering and plays JV at Catholic and some Varsity; Emelie is also a swing player at Glendale, playing defense for the varsity and scoring on the JV team; Lauryn is starting JV sweeper and was just ‘promoted’ to swing with a varsity jersey!

“For Fun and Fitness” is the motto of two new JB teams formed this spring. The JB Mommas team (participating in the 030 women’s league) and the JB 030 MEN’s team (participating in the 030 men’s league) were formed to give JB parent’s an opportunity to step on the field and enjoy the sport we all love. The current players on the 030 teams include at least one representative of each of our JB girl’s teams. The 030 teams are having a great time. The fun and fitness and friendships are creating memories that will last for a long time . . . and so are the post game festivities at McSalty’s Pizza following each Friday night game.

We’re hoping to have enough interest to play year-round (even if it is just friendly scrimmages at the park on Sunday afternoons). And we’re always looking for new recruits to come join in the fun. So if you are interested, please get in touch with Lindsay Paulsell or Mike Gunnels for more information.

The high school age teams, 88 and 92 girls, have begun playing their respective high school seasons. The girls represent many schools in the area such as Glendale, Kickapoo, Catholic, Nixa, Ozark, Willard and Marshfield.

Good luck girls…make JB proud!

The following teams are playing in the Lake Country Spring Leagues this year. Each team is listed below with the league name that they are playing within.
96 girls are playing in the U11-12 girls league
97 girls are playing in the U9-10 girls league
99 girls are playing in the U8 girls league

All the teams play on Saturday and you can access their schedules at
Click on leagues, then youth outdoor, then spring.