Monarchs boys top Harlan, Tri Center in soccer

The Denison-Schleswig Monarch boys’ varsity scored four goals in the first half and two in the second half en route to defeating Harlan 6-1 on Monday, April 22.

Harlan scored the first goal of the match.

Scoring for the Monarchs were Luke Wiebers and Richard Gonzalez with two goals each, and Kevin Sanchez and Osvan Diaz with one goal apiece.

Christopher Magnia had 10 saves on goal for the Monarchs.

In junior varsity action, the Monarchs topped Harlan 2-0.

On Friday, April 19, the Monarchs defeated Tri Center of Neola 2-0 at home.

Richard Gonzalez and Chris Lara each scored a goal. Goalie Chris Magana had five saves.

On Thursday, April 18, the Monarchs lost 7-0 to Bishop Heelan in Sioux City.

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Monarch girls soccer team falls to Harlan

The season record for the Denison-Schleswig girls’ varsity soccer team fell to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference with a 5-1 loss to Harlan on Monday, April 22.

Harlan had 23 shots on goal to eight for Denison. Monarch goalie Sam Chandler had 18 saves.

“The possession was much more even than the stats and the scoreboard indicate,” said Head Coach Chris Eller. “Even when we went into a very strong wind during the first half, we possessed the ball equally with Harlan. The difference in the game was when Harlan countered our possessions, they would control the ball with accurate passing that led to good shots. When we countered Harlan’s possessions, we would lose possession with an errant pass or reception of a pass, pass the ball too far ahead on the turf, or we got offsides due to not paying attention to their back line.”

The Monarchs’ goal was scored by Hally Escobar – her first goal of the season – on an assist by Aremy Santos. Escobar scored on a shot from 11 yards out with 19:13 remaining in the match.

Monarch girls fall in home soccer tournament

The Denison-Schleswig Monarch girls varsity soccer team faced two tough opponents in the Lady Monarch Tournament on Saturday, April 20.

The Monarch girls lost to Treynor 2-0 and then fell to Gilbert 5-0.

In the first match, Treynor had 25 shots on goal to two shots on goal for the Monarchs. Monarch goalie Sam Chandler had 22 saves; one non-goalkeeper save was made by Giana Garcia.

In the second match, Gilbert had 24 shots on goal to two shots on goal for the Monarchs. Chandler had 19 saves.

Riverside, East Sac and Panorama were the other teams in the tournament.

The losses put Denison-Schleswig’s record to 3-5 overall.

“Today was a tough day against two really good teams, but our schedule will get easier soon,” said Head Coach Chris Eller. “The teams we faced today made us get better with communication and that should help us for the remainder of the season.”

Eller had the following comments about the first match.

“Treynor completely controlled the match, but we did a good job defensively by forcing them to take the majority of their shots from outside of 15 yards. Sam (Chandler) had a great game in goal and our defense and midfielders did a great job of marking up. Treynor got a goal off a steal which led to their player being unmarked from about 18 yards out and the other goal was on a great shot from about 20 yards out. Treynor has a lot of speed and was able to shut down all of our counters, especially since most of our counters had to be at least 60 yards long once we regained possession.”

“Gilbert was another really good team that controlled the possession the entire match,” Eller said about the second match. “Again, we played good defense, marked up all of their players well and didn’t give up anything easy. Gilbert scored two goals on great one-on-one moves after receiving a pass with their back to a defender, turning and getting off a shot from around 18 yards out. They scored two goals on nice headers off beautiful crossing passes, and they had one goal from about 30 yards out just under the crossbar. Their goals were all due to their players making plays. We just weren’t able to maintain possession enough to create many shots.”

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