2005 ALUMNI GAME 

   
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The 4th Annual Broncos Soccer Alumni Game was played July 30th, 2005 in front of a raucous crowd of           
about 50 spectators (actually not too bad for an alumni game!)  This years game plotted the "Young Guns"     
vs. the "Old Timers," and while the youngsters had the better overall play and chances, the wisdom of              
the wily, senior team was too much for the pups to overcome!                                                                                             

After taking a 3-1 lead in the beginning of the match, the Old Timers saw that lead evaporate just seconds      
before halftime, when the score was knotted at 4-4.  Highlights of the first half included some clever skills         
from Tyler Agypt and Chris Toomer, as well as several terrific saves by both goalkeepers-  Ginny Gilbert for 
the Young Guns and John Franzese for the Old Timers.                                                                                                       

The second half was all about the gray team as the Old Timers scored three goals while also holding the     
Young Guns to only one tally.  The game slowed down quite a bit as very few players looked as if they had 
anything left in the tank after halftime... especially the younger ones who haven't learned how to achieve        
that "post high school/weekend warrior fitness" level.  Kyle Patterson's two second half assists along with a 
goal to go along with it were the difference in the last 40 minutes.  Way to go Kyle, especially on your 21st      
birthday!                                                                                                                                                                                                

    So in the end, the "Old Timers" (those who were three or more years removed from BHS) defeated the             
    "Young Guns" (graduates from the last two classes) by a final score of 7-5.   "Man of the Match" honors                
were incredibly tough to hand out as so many players played well.  But with 3 assists and one goal,                
birthday boy Kyle Patterson has to be included in the post-game awards!  Also, Old Timers goalkeeper       
John Franzese C'02 played a magnificent game in between the pipes and deserves a piece of the honor.    
Since we have two people sharing it so far, why not keep it going?  We will!  Forward Colin Beazley C'01,       
who scored 4 goals and defenseman Kevin Niwa C'02, who held things down quite well along the back         
line should also be recognized for their roles in securing the win for the geriatric gang.  Congrats to these     
gentlemen as well as everyone who attended and participated, especially the Old Timers!                                

We hope everyone had a great time!  Thanks to EVERYONE who came out to participate or just be a fan!   
                                                                                                                             

"Young Guns"- Tyler Agypt C'04, Tom Carlson C'04, Alex Dyon C'05, Ben Dyon C'03, Nick Fridono C'04,          
                              Ginny Gilbert C'03, Jon Hartner C'05, Dan Heidtke C'05, Jesse Migdal C'05, Andy Miller C'05, 
        Steve Lanpher C'04, Phil Swarbrick C'04, Chris Toomer C'04, Andy Vrbicek C'05 
goalkeeper Adam Malovance C'00, and current BHS Coach Rob Demano.   

"Old Timers"-   Brett Agypt C'03, Casey Bartolucci C'01, Colin Beazley C'01, Vince Deligio C'01,                        
                    John Franzese C'02, Adrian Gasparian C'01, Ross Morizzo C'01, Steve Lannefeld C'02, 
   Kevin Niwa C'02, Kyle Patterson C'02, Marco Plum C'01, Kendrick Sands C'01, 
Trent Sands C'99, Jeff Sansone C'99 and current BHS Coach Scott Steib.         

-Scoring Summary-
3rd Minute-    Old Timers goal!!!  scored on an own goal by the Young Guns! (Thanks guys!)   
11th Minute-  Young Guns equalize from a Ben Dyon pass to Alex Dyon cracker!                           
11th Minute-  Only  seconds later, the Old Timers regain the lead at 2-1 on Jeff Sansone's         
blast (K. Patterson assist.)                                                                               
15th Minute-  Old Timers go up 3-1 on Colin Beazley's first goal of the day.                                       
29th Minute-  Tommy Carlson unloads with authority, top shelf to bring the score to 3-2.                
 31st Minute-   Ben Dyon ties the score at 3-3 on an unassisted goal.                                                    
33rd Minute-  Colin Beazley puts the older boys up 4-3 on another unassisted goal.                      
    40th Minute-   Andy Miller hammers home the tying goal with only :01 second left in the first half!    
-halftime-
                     46th Minute-   Patterson gives the Old Timers the lead banging it off a youngster (yes- another own goal!).
                                   61st Minute-   Colin Beazley provides some breathing room making the score 6-4 Old Timers (Patterson assist.)
72nd Minute-   Young Guns score to get within one goal, scorer is unidentified?                                
                   75th Minute-   Colin Beazley scores what he calls "the best header in his life!" off a Patterson corner kick.

                                'EVENS' TRIUMPH OVER 'ODDS' BEHIND 4 LATE GOALS 
                                                                 INCLUDING PATTERSON'S OT GAME WINNER!!
       
     The 3rd Annual Broncos Soccer Alumni Game was a fierce contest and in the end the tradition
     of intelligent and tenacious soccer at BHS was kept in tact!  In the 100th minute (that's right, 
     20 minutes of added time) Coach Andy Stengren played a fantastic ball into Kyle Patterson who left 
     Odd goalkeeper Doug Cardosi in his wake with a near post bomb that not even Oliver Kahn would 
     have snared!   It left the 'Odds' wondering who was keeping time (drat, it was Greetis!) and knowing 
     that their opportunity had been squandered!  The 'Evens' celebrated with dancing and glee.

     For this years match, teams were divided based on graduating year with those from odd years 
     competing against those from even years.  While the Even team had a substantial advantage of
     youth, the Odds were loaded with all-time leading point getter Paul Miceli, future MLS star 
     Ryan Miller, and Coach Steib who will offer to carry Miller's bag if/when he is playing professionally.
     Things seemed pretty even at the onset of the match... the only glaring advantage was with the
     Evens who had Rob 'Djemba-Djemba' DeMano as their netminder, and my oh my was he on his
     game in the match!

     The scoring opened for the Evens with Steve 'Razov' Lannefeld tallying his second career alumni 
     game goal in the 5th minute (Justin Montrie assisted.)  That lead would be short lived as Ryan Miller
     equalized for the Odds only a minute later.  From there it was a lot of solid play from the Odds 
     and much frustration for the Evens.  With goals from Colin Beazley and Ross Morizzo, the Odds had 
     gained a 3-1 advantage in only the 15th minute.  The remainder of the 1st half was a battle of stamina,
     as Coach Ryan Stengren put his stamp on the match as the hardest working player over 27 years
     old. 

     The score held at 3-1 through halftime and in the 48th minute, Phil 'Lanky' Swarbrick delivered a ball
     to the feet of this years Man-of-the-Match award winner, Kyle Patterson.   Patterson shelved the ball 
     atop the outstretched paws of Odds goalkeeper Cardosi bringing the score to 3-2.   Hoping to 
     squelch any thoughts of victory, Paul Miceli worked his way in front of the goal and scored a 
     one-timer after some great combining was done by Beazley and Morizzo.  With the score 4-2 in favor 
     of the Odds, they went back for more an increased the lead o 5-2 on Morizzo's 2nd goal (Brett Migdal 
     assist.)  

     Certainly, with the game at 5-2 for the Odds... and with only 10 minutes to play... it should mean a 
     victory for those in white, right?!  "Hold your horses there tiger!"  That's right...  4 unanswered goals, 
     by Justin Montrie, Andy Stengren, Nick Sutter and the game winner by Patterson undid what seemed
     to be the sure victory for the Odds.  And what was arguably the play of the game came just before the
     Evens leveled the score-  Jack Auriema made a non-goalie save off of the goalline keeping the score 
     at 5-4 instead of 6-4 for the Odd team.  Well done Jack! 

     Twenty-five former players and coaches left it all on the field (including Paul Ronto who made a 
     special trip in from Colorado for the game and Chris Derks- who made his alumni game debut!)  It 
     was a great time of seeing some old friends, playing some ball, and burning some calories!  After the 
     match several players enjoyed lunch together at Bennigan's in Lake Zurich, and after that 
     Coach Steib, Doug Cardosi, Nick Sutter, Brett Migdal, Adrian Sak, Kevin Niwa and Phil Swarbick 
     played the links at Palatine Hills Golf Course (and Cardosi stole the show there!)

     We hope you all enjoyed the day and we look forward to seeing you at next year's match! 
     AND... don't forget, we will also hold another Christmas Vacation lunch party in December
     for anyone in town over the holidays!  Details on both of these events will posted here, so be
     sure to visit the site for info and updates!

     As always, GO BRONCOS!                                                                   ~Coach Steib


     ODD TEAM- Ryan Miller, Brett Migdal, Colin Beazley, Coach Tim Rietz, Paul Miceli, Adrian Sak, 
             Doug Cardosi, Paul Ronto, Coach Scott Steib, Ross Morizzo, Jaime Quintana, Chris Derks, 
             Nick Fridano.

     EVEN TEAM-  Justin Montrie, Kyle Patterson, Coach Ryan Stengren, Coach Andy Stengren,
             Coach Rob DeMano, Dirk Pearson, Phil Swarbrick, Kevin Niwa, Steve Lannefeld, 
             Jack Auriema, Tom Carlson, and Nick Sutter.


     SCORING SUMMARY-  (goal scorer, assist, time, match score.)
         -Steve Lannefeld (Justin Montrie) 5th minute;  1-0 Evens
         -Ryan Miller (UA) 6th minute; 1-1
         -Colin Beazley (Adrian Sak) 13th minute; 2-1 Odds
         -Ross Morizzo (UA) 15th minute;  3-1 Odds
         -halftime
         -Kyle Patterson (Phil Swarbrick) 48th minute; 3-2 Odds
         -Paul Miceli (Ross Morizzo/Colin Beazley) 59th minute; 4-2 Odds
         -Ross Morizzo (Brett Migdal) 70th minute; 5-2 Odds
         -Justin Montrie (Phil Swarbrick) 72nd minute; 5-3 Odds
         -Andy Stengren (Justin Montrie) 81st minute; 5-4 Odds
         -Nick Sutter (Phil Swarbrick) 84th minute; 5-5
         -Kyle Patterson (Coach Andy Stengren) 100th minute; 6-5 Evens!!!


     

   
     2nd ANNUAL ALUMNI GAME GOES DOWN AS A THRILLER! 

        The 2nd Annual Broncos Soccer Alumni Game went extremely well as 28 former players
       participated in the festivities.  The game was fast paced (okay, maybe only at times...) and
       came down to the wire as current goalkeeper coach Greg Zaffke shelved the game winning
       goal past the Schick "Man of the Match, Tim Rietz (who was feline-like as the last minute
       goalkeeper for his squad.)  The overtime winner spoiled the comeback bid of the BLACK
       TEAM, who trailed 7-5 with only a few minutes in regulation.

       Prior to the beginning of the game, the mouth of Steve Lannefeld (C'02) opened... and my 
       was the sound painful.  He "prophesized" that he would score 5 goals in the match... and
      early on he started toward that claim as he opened the game with a solid smack past Coach
       Steib who was tending the net for his squad.  Don't worry, that would be all Steve would
       collect in the scoring column.  The RED TEAM tallied a second goal on a diving header from
       Nick Fridano (C'03) with Jeff Klick (C'03)earning the assist for a brilliant serve from the left
       flank.  The RED TEAM leads 2-0.

       Coach Matt Kemp brought the BLACK TEAM back with a sick piece of skill.  His goal was
       so impressive, it gave his squad the confidence needed to score 3 additional goals, taking
       a commanding 4-2 lead.  Colin Beazley (C'01) netted the first two of those goals and Matt
       Glaysher (C'89) the third, just moments into the second half.    But RED would not be
       denied.

       Goals from former teammates Robb Gibson (C'01) and Paul Ronto (C'01) beat BLACK
       TEAM goalkeeper Ryan Stengren (who had only enough athletic ability to stick out a leg
       and hang in the net rather than try to actually catch the ball which was a disgrace to the
       game and athleticism!      So... the game is again deadlocked, this time at 4 goals apiece.

       Then came the "Kyle Patterson Show."  Kyle (C'02) buried three goals in a 15 minute span,
       giving the RED TEAM the 2 goal cushion (In the middle of Kyle's flurry, Jason Jellovitz did
       manage to score the 5th goal for the reeling BLACK TEAM.  With the score 7-5 and only
       minutes to play, Jeff "Slick Afro" Sansone (C'99) and Colin "Hat Trick 2 years in a Row"
       Beazley evened the game, but the damage inflicted while Stengren was in net proved to be
       too much for the BLACK TEAM to overcome as Zaffke's overtime Golden Goal brought the
       RED TEAM to a frenzied level of joy in their celebration.

       Congrats to all who played and a special thanks to 1st time referee Greetis who managed
       to officiate a flawless match!  (It should be know that Greetis, formerly known as Chris
       Greetis, will now be going by only "Greetis" as he has discovered his Brasilian roots!) 

       We hope to see you all again next year!  Until then.... GO BRONCOS!