Not much to report on this one.  Simon Kenton moved the ball well, controlled the middle of the field but just couldn't break down the goal keeping duo of Owen King and Trey Wagner who secure the combined shut out.

Coach Walker ends up pulling most of his starters with about 10 minutes left and the reserves (mostly JV players) for Conner do enough to secure the tie.  Conner plays Cooper on Thursday so I think Coach Walker was looking ahead and wanted to ensure that none of his starting 11 got hurt before the all important District 33 game.

This was my first time seeing Simon Kenton and #3 and #10 for them are nice players, impressed with their skill and ability to control the ball in tight spaces.  

This is a peculiar result for the Cougars, even with their starting X being pulled with 10 minutes left.  Could they have had their collective eyes down the road on Cooper...sure...but they still should have had plenty to get a result here before resting the guys for Thursday.

I didn't even start a thread on this game because I assumed the score on KHSAA.org was actually posted wrong.  Guess not.  ?

Having seen Conner play every game...in my opinion the Cougars do not attack enough from the outside.  They like to go down the middle of the field where there is lots of traffic and tend to lose the ball when attacking the opponents back line.  When the ball does go outside no one is there cause they are more towards the middle wanting the ball.  I'm not sure how many shots Conner averages a game, but it is not enough, sometimes it seems they are looking for the perfect (closer) shot instead of taking the open (further) shot.

Leading scorer for Conner (Arevalo) has 7 goals and 3 of those were against Boone County.  The Cougars tend to struggle to score against the middle of the pack teams and up.  Conner's defense this year has been really good and the emergence of Kyle Albrink as a center back with Daniel Campbell has allowed Conner to push Cosmin up to help with the attack.  The goalies for Conner are strong too, so if shots get taken they have done very well in keeping the ball out of the back of the net.  

Of course just my opinion as a spectator in the stands.