Hoopeston Area Soccer hosted Rantoul-PBL Saturday morning and the Cornjerkers found a way to walk away with their third win on the season by the score 2-1. Eagles Olivia McDermott got the scoring started after she set up Jeferson Soto to make the Eagles up 1-0. Just under twelve minutes left Talan Gredy-Neslon scored when Gabriel Joneikis made a great job of getting Talan open for his shoot. Seven minutes later Joneikis got his second assist of the game to help Gredy-Nelson score. Cornjerker goalie Owen Root won his three game of the year by stopping ten shots. 

Cornjerkers are 3-0 overall and still are sitting at a 2-0 record in the VVC.  

Cornjerkers will travel to Kankakee on Monday to take on Bishop McNamara. 

Scoring

1st half 

Rantoul/PBL-Goal Jeferson Soto assist Olivia McDermott

HA-Goal Talan Nelson-Gredy assist Gaberial Joneikis

HA- Talan Nelson-Gredy assist Gaberial Joneikis

2nd Half

The Cornjerkers were back in action Tuesday night after the game with Bishop Mac was  canceled due to the weather. The Cornjerkers had a tough opponent in Oakwood/Salt Fork. OSF made the score 1-0 with just twenty minutes left in the first half when Grant Powell and Brody Taflinger made a great play to score. 

Second half was very tight with both teams having great opportunities to score. The game stayed 1-0 until Brody Teflinger made it 2-0 with three minutes and forty-one seconds left. The Comets capped the game when once again Powell and Taflinger connected to make the final score 3-0. Owen Root had saved twelve while facing fifteen shots on goal from the Comets.

Hoopeston Area is 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the VVC. The Cornjerkers will travel to St. Joe on Thursday. 

Scoring 

1st Half

OSF-Goal Grant Powell assist Brody Taflinger

2nd Half

OSF-Goal Brody Taflinger unassisted

OSF-Goal Grant Powell assist Brody Taflinger

No Scoring

On Saturday,Hoopeston Area travelled to Blue Ridge High School in Farmer City, IL to participate in their Early Bird Varsity Invitational. The Cornjerkers returned home with the first place trophy with a record of 5-0. Hoopeston started the day by downing Lowpoint-Washburn 25-9, 25-14, followed by Urbana Uni High (25-18, 25-13), a tenacious match with Champaign Judah Christian (21-25, 25-18, 15-10), and Donovan (25-4, 25-16). They took the championship match in two sets from Villa Grove 25-21, 25-18. Seniors Bre Crose and Logan Watson were named to the all-tournament team, and they were aided by the invaluable contributions of the entire team. Hoopeston returns to action Thursday at home against Fisher.

In their first match of the 2022 season, the Cornjerkers travelled to PBL to face the Panthers in a non-conference tilt. Hoopeston Area departed with an extremely close loss, 23-25, 25-19, 19-25. The Cornjerkers return to action Thursday at John Greer gymnasium in Hoopeston where they will face Attica (IN) at 5PM Central.

Hoopeston Area opened up with Watseka who was coming into play with a 1-0 record. First half was a very tight contest with both teams having an opportunity to score multiple times. Cameron Zorns got the Conrjerkers on the board with five minutes and forty seconds before half.

Second half Talan Gredy-Nelson scored his first goal of the year within less than five minutes. Talan later made things 3-0 with an assist from Harrison Woods.

Cornjerkers are 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the VVC. They will travel Thursday to play against Georgetow Ridge-Farm/Westville. 

Score:

1st Half

HA Goal Zorns unassisted

2nd Half

HA Talan Gredy-Nelson unassisted

HA Talan Gredy-Nelson assist Harrison Woods

Match 1 - Cissna Park defeats Fisher - 25-4, 25-11

Stat Leaders for Cissna Park

Aces - Mikayla Knake - 3

Kills - Addison Lucht - 8

Assists - Mikayla Knake - 26

Match 2 - Kankakee defeats Fisher - 25-8, 25-19

Match 3 - Cissna Park defeats Kankakee - 25-21, 25-13

Stat Leaders for Cissna Park

Kills - Brooklyn Stadeli - 8

Assists - Mikayla Knake - 22

Digs - Morgan Sinn & Brooklyn Stadeli - 5 each

Results from the Columbia Pool:

Match 1

Watseka def GCMS 25-18, 25-19

Match 2

Bishop McNamara def. GCMS 25-21, 25-13

Match 3

Watseka def. Bishop McNamara 22-25, 25-22, 25-18