The indoor futsal season started Jan. 7th for the Jefferson City Firley YMCA.
High school Boy and girl brackets have 10 teams each. Helias Catholic, School of the Osage, Jefferson City, …
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The indoor futsal season started Jan. 7th for the Jefferson City Firley YMCA.
High school Boy and girl brackets have 10 teams each. Helias Catholic, School of the Osage, Jefferson City, Southern Boone and the Wolfpack Academy with a roster makeup of Mexico and California high school boys are included in this competition, and some of these groups have multiple teams in each bracket.
Coach Christopher Williamson, a previous coach for the Mexico and junior varsity coach for Missouri Military Academy, with coach Christopher Delaney have taken on the task of coaching the Wolfpack Academy boys and the Lady Wolves.
Coach Williamson says “Sometimes, you can’t wait to see if building a program is going to be initiated by an organization, especially if it has been in the past,” Williamson said. “When I have seen the players of Mexico, they said, ‘Hey coach, can we play in your Wolfpack Academy?’ I asked, ‘Why?’ And they said, ‘Because we want to get better and have more opportunities.’ For me, that was enough and here we are getting better and the results from now through summer will show this season on the high school field.”
Mexico players are Alex Rodriguez, Jibran and Nathan Rodriguez, Jesus Garcia, Isaac Jarquin, and Sebastain Mena. California players are Ivan and Jose Pena, and Kenneth Guzman. Columbia players are Tucker Wagner, who is the Hickman goalie, is the team captain that brings leadership and direction to the first time futsal playing group with his experience in the box and on the floor in futsal that he has played in the past.
The first game against Osage resulted in a 7-5 loss, but it was a battle to the end. The Wolfpack trailed 3-1 at half. They stormed back in the second half 5-6 but eventually fell.
“At the beginning I told them, team Osage has pushed you around for the past couple years, show them you're not that same team or players and that they did,” Williamson said. “After the loss, I simply told them, ‘You just earned respect and gained your confidence from that team. They know now you are a force to look out for come September.”
Helias is the next opponent the Mexico Wolfpack Academy will face and they definitely are geared up and ready to take on the Crusaders.
