Jesuit 1, HLB 0

[chicory]

HLB played 10 guys in front of the goal , and 1 guy up around midfield. Probably the best job I've ever seen of a team using this tactic. It almost worked. They got a great shot in the second half, but the Jesuit goalie made an incredible save. Jesuit scored about 15 min into the second half. Most of the game was Jesuit pressuring the HLB goal, and they eventually got one in.

[MHS1]

Was the St Aug band there playing "Who Dat Tink Dey Gon Beat Dem Braves, Who Dat?

[coach4365]

My prediction was
Jesuit 15-0 HLB
I stand corrected. I do think Jesuit tried to make me look bad.

[hdkjga]

This is a good sign for anyone who is not a Bluejay fan. The only knock against Jesuit is that they can go into a dry spell where they can't seem to find the net. They did it against Comeaux earlier in the year. That game ended at a 1-1 tie and Comeaux got 1 shot on goal. This game could have one of two effects. 1) Jesuit is no longer the intimidating team it was mid season and everyone will play them tough, or 2) Jesuit will come out with a vengenence and beat the living junk out of whoever they play next.


One point, it shows you how difficult it is to score when the other team packs 10 in the box.

[chicory]

Jesuit had several chances. 3 shots hit the post, a few went wide, several were point blank shots with poor execution that went over the goal, and there were a whole bunch that hit the wall of defenders in front of the goal. In fact, the lone goal was kind of garbage with a cross going off the defender and bouncing to a Jesuit player about 10 yards out. He was able to put it in, because everyone was out of position from going after the cross. I wouldn't say that Jesuit was lucky to have escaped. They totally dominated the game. But if HLB would have hit on their only chance of the game, who knows... But that's what happens when you defend in numbers like that. You spend the whole game dodging bullets, and hope you get lucky with a counter or two. But it's hard to counter with 1 vs 3 or 4.

[Blackhawk1]

i think we (HLB) showed that us playing Jesuit first round was wrong... but i must admit we stepped up to the challange... and no one can say Jesuit took an easy on us becuse the starters were in this game pretty must the whole time...

HLB defence played an awesome job... i think that with practice we could have done much better but we found out we were playin Jesuit 2 days ago... and our coach only said the formation and we didnt even really get told how to react in certain situations...

GREAT SEASON GUYS!! and to our seniors... good luck in your future...

[JHS75]

Blackhawk and HLB your team had a good strategy for not loosing and nearly executed it successfully. Unfortunately, this plan gives you or any team that deploys the 10 in the box little to no chance of winning. The chances of scoring on the one, maybe two opportunities you get are slim, the chances that Jesuit or any high qualtiy team will get one or more goals to fall are significant. Somewhere along the 90 minutes a deflection will result in a goal or a penalty or hand ball will occur in the box and the PK statistically will end in a score. If you are honest with yourself HLB was fortunate Jesuit did not have 3 or more. Regardless, the fact remains Jesuit found a way to win as they have all year and move on to the next round. Save the excuses about more practice, I am fairly certain Coach Collins with more parctice can work on beating 10 in the box. My hunch is he will work on that this weekend as I am sure there will be at least one more team Jesuit plays who will use this game plan.

As far as other teams not fearing Jesuit, that has been the case all year. Many of the posters on this board have picked some team other than Jesuit to win the championship. There have been many posts about Jesuit ,while considered the top team ,can be beaten. I agree they can be beaten on any night and especially by the teams remaining in the playoffs. The comment about Jesuit playing with a vengeance is not characteristic of a Jesuit team. They may be more focused but will keep the emotion of vengeance out of it. They have not been state champios 2 of the last 3 years and the perennial power in La. high school Soccer by playing with vengeance as a motive.

[Blackhawk1]

JHS75... i must agree with you.... but on the other hand we are not a Jesuit or Brother Martin or even a Lafayette... we are a team that said "ooo SH**" when we say we were playin you guys... we were a team that was excited to have a chance to play you guys... i think we played you guys to the best of our abliity and we knew that if we played a "flat back 4" we would be slaughtered... instead we played 10 in the box and lost 1-0... compared to most of ur scores... the is just awesome... yes we did play of the tie and to go into PKs but id say it almost won the game for us/... GOOD LUCK!

[JHS75]

Blackhawk, goodluck on future soccer endeavors, I was not belittling the HLB program or your teams efforts but trying to place the limited reality of your game plan. Though I think it gave your team its' best chance of winning. I am sure other teams will take this score as a crack in the Jesuit team as many expected a blowout. As you knwo the tradition is rich and deep and the Jesuit team's generally play to their abilty and find a way to win close games. I assume from your name you play with the Blackhawk premier team and if that is the case I can say I enjoyed watching many a great games years ago when my son played for Lareniere If not , good luck all the same.

[coach4365]

Blackhawk wrote:
"HLB defence played an awesome job... i think that with practice we could have done much better but we found out we were playin Jesuit 2 days ago... and our coach only said the formation and we didnt even really get told how to react in certain situations"

jhs75 wrote:
"Save the excuses about more practice, I am fairly certain Coach Collins with more parctice can work on beating 10 in the box. "

jhs75 later wrote:
"I was not belittling the HLB program or your teams efforts but trying to place the limited reality of your game plan. Though I think it gave your team its' best chance of winning. "

Sounds like you belittling HLB.
Reality is, Jesuit has the better team. HLB had a plan, obviously, a couple of more days of practice would have enhanced their chances. We know, including you and blackhawk know that player for player, Jesuit is overwhelmengly better than HLB. Props to Jesuit for such a dinasty as you seem to imply, and you have every reason for doing it. Double props to HLB for almost completing the impossible.
After Half-time, you knew that all the talent was going to succeed over the not so talented team, but you were more nervous as the minutes mounted, and I would not be surprised if any of you guys thought of the PK line up.
Good luck Jesuit, and if you guys can figure out how to debunker a team, do let us know.
(the following statement is intended as the fine print)
JHS75 -My statements are not an attack towards you or the Jesuit soccer team. I am only reading between the lines and highlight them as an interpretacion.

[PutMeInCoach2]

looks like coach was wrong on ya prediction hahaha, nah im just messing...

I want to congratulate jesuit on their win, and i want to also congratuate an HLB team that was predited to get slaughted y 99% of the people and never gave up... You represented your district well....

[hdkjga]

first off, congrats to Jesuit on moving into the regional round and congrats to HLB for holding Jesuit to a 1-0 score regardless of the tactics.


JHS, when I said Jesuit might come out with a venegence, I didn't mean they are coming out to try and destroy the other team, I just meant that this game may have lit a little fire under them to play better from here on out. I am not saying Jesuit didn't play well, but you said so yourself that they poorly executed shots that should have went in. About the fear factor.....there are two teams that noone ever wants to meet in a playoff, no matter what the sport. 1) the reigning champion and 2)an undefeated. For this game to be held close, the intimidation factor is gone. It's like after the BM win in the shootout, Jesuit comes out and beats St. Augustine 19-1. The puts a little intimidation into the players of some of the teams. That said, I am not a player, so I don't really care if Jesuit wins or loses. I would like to see another Jesuit/Lafayette final....the last two have been excellent. The last Jesuit team to go undefeated was back in 99 and they played CL in the second round (this was before Will Wilson and CL was just starting to get decent). Jesuit won 2-1 in OT. After that game Jesuit proceeded to beat Lafayette 5-0 in the quarters, Byrd 6-1 in the semis and 2-time defending state-champ Acadiana 3-0 in the finals. That's the "vengence" I was refering to. Some teams need a good kick before the push it. No harm meant in the statement.