The season is rolling along, we are a few weeks in and teams are settling into their positions in Big Rivers. There are three distinct groups of teams currently. At the top, fighting it out for the BRC Title is Hudson, Memorial and River Falls. In the middle of the pack is North and Rice Lake and the teams struggling so far this year include Chippewa Falls, Menomonie and Superior.
Hudson is starting to look like the class of the BRC. 6 wins in 6 tries. All pretty easy…..9-0, 6-0, 10-0, 8-1, 10-0, 6-2. The most impressive was their recent win over River Falls, 6-2. River Falls was looking dangerous…..a 3-3 draw against Memorial when they led 3-1. They roll into Hudson and get beat pretty good. Of note for Hudson, Sydney Spencer scored 5 goals in the River Falls game. She is new to HS Soccer having played for St. Croix Academy the past two years instead of her high school team. Her first year with the Raiders is proving pretty good for her and Hudson. Wow….five goals….impressive. Their only loss this year against a very good Middleton team, ranked 5th in the State. Memorial is currently in 2nd position but has a tough test next week with a home game against Hudson. Hudson can really create some separation next week with a win at Memorial.
Big Rivers Conference
- Hudson 6-0-0 18 points
- Memorial 4-0-1 13 Points
- River Falls 4-1-1 13 Points
- Rice Lake 2-2-1 7 Points
- North 20301 7 Points
- Chippewa Falls 0-0-4 0 Points
- Menomonie 0-0-4 0 Points
- Superior 0-0-4 0 Points
Week of 4.29 Schedule
Tuesday Games: North v. Chippewa Falls, Hudson v. Memorial, River Falls v. Superior, Rice Lake v Memonomie.
Thursday Games: River Falls v North, Hudson v Chippewa Falls, Memorial v Menomonie, Superior v. Rice Lake
Memorial Old Abes
After a fast start, a tough weekend and then a few tight games, Memorial enters an important stretch of the season. Can they find their early season scoring form, tighten down their defense, improve their possession game and somehow find a way to get a result against Hudson. It is a big ask but an important game. The talent is there. With 7 games into the season, leaders are developing. They have faced some adversity. They rallied last week from 1 and 2 goal deficits to earn a tie and a win. Sometimes you have a week in a season that creates a tipping point. I think maybe the two games last week where the team had to fight back in both games showed a lot of character. A lot of fight was needed to come back for the results. That experience goes a long way to defining a young team. Its hard to replace the group that left last year….a ton of All Conference talent and great leaders. But…maybe….just maybe….the last few weeks have been exactly what this team and 1st year coach Hanson needed. Winning ugly, fighting, clawing, making comebacks. We’ll see this week as they face a strong team who is feeling good. Really excited to see how they fare against Hudson.