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stories e-mailed to you O'FALLON -- The Collinsville Kahoks may not be used to the speed =
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game or in their comfort zone quite yet when they play on artificial =
turf. But the Kahoks are adjusting quickly. High scoring senior forward Robbie Adams scored a pair of first half =
goals=20
and Sean Courtney tallied on a corner kick early in the second half as=20
Collinsville nipped Belleville West 3-1 on Tuesday in the semifinals of =
the=20
Class 3A O'Fallon Soccer Regional. Adams gave the second seeded Kahoks (14-6-1) all the offense it =
would need=20
as he beat Maroons goalie Dustin Byrne with a shot from 25 yards out =
with 22=20
minutes left in the first half. Adams was then credited with a goal in =
the final=20
90 seconds of the half after a wild scramble in front of the net as =
Collinsville=20
took command against the third-seeded Maroons. "It wasn't really my goal. I kicked it, but another kid touched it. I =
guess=20
I'll take it though,'' Adams said. "We're very excited at how we played =
tonight.=20
The last time we played on turf here if didn't end up so well. We lost =
to=20
O'Fallon 7-0. "But since we've been practicing on it it's helped us out a lot. =
We've been=20
connecting on a lot of passes and stuff and it's been a alot =
better.'' Collinsville will get another chance to play O'Fallon -- on turf -- =
when they=20
take on the top-seeded Panthers in the regional title game at 7 p.m. =
Friday. The top seed, O'Fallon (18-3-1) got three goals from Tyler Collico as =
it ran=20
past Belleville East 4-1 in the first semifinal Tuesday. Collinsville, which nipped Belleville West 2-1 during the regular =
season,=20
used strong play from its defense and the play of Adams as they jumped =
on the=20
Maroons for two first half goals. "I'm very pleased at how we played tonight,'' Collinsville coach =
Myles=20
Hensler said. "Especially considering the conditions with the winds, the =
cold=20
weather and the speed of the game. It's a much faster game on turf and I =
thought=20
the boys stepped up and answered the call tonight.'' Belleville West (10-12) put heavy pressure on Collinsville during the =
final=20
10 minutes. Anthony Brown just had a head ball go wide, and Brentsen =
Wolf=20
tallied to cut the lead to 3-1 with about 13 minutes left. But West could get no closer. "We scored on just a perfectly executed play and then less then a =
minute=20
player there's a situation where maybe a penalty kick could have been =
called. We=20
score there and it's 3-1 and maybe things could have changed,'' West =
coach Rob=20
Thornberry said. "It took us a while before we got forward to where we =
could get=20
some offense going.'' O'Fallon 4, Belleville East 1 The Panthers scored off of two throw-ins when Collico beat East =
goalie Chris=20
Schmiittling from point blank range as O'Fallon rolled past the =
fourth-seeded=20
Lancers. Collico, who now has 34 goals on the season, scored less then three =
minutes=20
into the game off a pass from Brandon Hall as O'Fallon took a lead it =
would not=20
relinquish. Less then 12 minutes later, Hall found Collico again in front of the =
Lancers=20
goal off a dead ball throw in from the corner. "Long throws are dangerous for any team. They have worked well and =
been a=20
positive for us all year,'' O'Fallon coach Jason Turkington said. =
"Overall, I'm=20
pleased. This is the postseason and we knew coming in that East had some =
talented players and that we needed to raise our level of play. "We did that tonight. East (5-12-4) got a late goal from Zack Montgomery.
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