Posts Tagged ‘Tanner Anderson’
College notebook: King receives All-MIAA honors, Anderson picks up A-10 all-rookie team plaudits
WARRENSBURG, Mo. — A former Clarence Cannon Conference Defensive Player of the Year is now an All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association wrecking ball. Weston King is doing so for one of the hottest teams in the country. The Palmyra, Mo., product was named to the All-MIAA second team this week, one of 16 players on the…
Read MoreCollege notebook: Anderson nets first goal, McCulla makes charge, King playing big for Mules’ defense
ST. LOUIS — The most prolific goal scorer in the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer program’s history is on the board in college now. Tanner Anderson, the two-time QND all-stater and freshman at Saint Louis University, scored his first career goal for the Billikens last Saturday night in a 2-0 victory over Rhode Island in…
Read MoreMurphy’s goal lifts SIUE to victory in Bronze Boot Game with QND’s all-state lineage on display
ST. LOUIS — Mitchell Murphy owns the bragging rights this time around. A magical goal gave him that. The former Quincy Notre Dame all-state soccer player netted the game-winning goal five minutes into the second half of Saturday night’s Bronze Boot Game against Saint Louis University, powering SIU-Edwardsville to a 2-0 victory at CityPark, the…
Read MoreAnderson, Venvertloh uphold family traditions, receive all-state soccer honors
QUINCY — All-state soccer honors are family traditions in the Anderson and Venvertloh households. The youngest brothers made sure tradition didn’t falter. Quincy Notre Dame senior forward Tanner Anderson and Quincy High School senior midfielder Carter Venvertloh recently were named to the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association all-state team, becoming the second and third…
Read MoreCarpe diem: Anderson, Raiders seize opportunity to play for soccer state championship
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Opportunity may have passed Tanner Anderson by once. He vowed it wouldn’t happen twice. Belleville Althoff may want to take note of that. Anderson, a senior forward on the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer team and the Raiders’ career leader in goals scored, missed his chance to play for a state…
Read MoreRunning against the wind: QND capitalizes on directional decision, buries BCC with first-half onslaught to reach state final four
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — Mother Nature posed a challenge no matter which direction the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer team chose to attack in the first half Wednesday night. Sun in the eyes or wind in the face. So Raiders coach Greg Reis asked goalkeepers coach Kasey Gerding for his opinion on which way to go.…
Read MoreQuiet assassins: QND soccer team turns laser focus into rout of Mendota for sectional title
MENDOTA, Ill. — Everything Greg Reis observed Saturday morning left him convinced the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer players had the right disposition to run down a sectional championship. “We had a special energy when we went to mass and then went to breakfast,” the QND coach said. Yet, the tone seemed to change when…
Read MoreAnderson, QND seniors put stamp on home career with six-goal victory in Class 1A regional title tilt
QUINCY — Spending the final home game of a bally-hooed prep soccer career watching from the sideline had zero appeal for Tanner Anderson. So he rested, rehabbed and readied his aching hip in order to be available Friday night. The senior striker made sure he was more than just available, too. Anderson scored twice in…
Read MoreConnection to history: Evans sets up Anderson for record-breaking, game-winning goal in crosstown showdown
QUINCY — Consider it intuition or a sixth sense if you will, but some sort of extrasensory perception enables Brock Evans to know where, when and how to get Tanner Anderson the ball. “Every time Tanner yells, I know where he’s going to be even if I don’t see him,” the Quincy Notre Dame senior…
Read MoreSchuck on a Truck: QND’s Tanner Anderson discusses record-breaking, game-winning goal against QHS
QUINCY — With the game tied at 3 and less than five minutes remaining in regulation, the ball found Tanner Anderson’s foot. From there, it found the back of the net. The Quincy Notre Dame senior forward scored the game-winning goal in a 4-3 victory over Quincy High School on Thursday night at Advance Physical…
Read MoreRaiders rebound with dominant first half against Tigers to earn first victory
QUINCY — One night after being shut out in the season opener by Peoria Notre Dame, the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer team found its offensive rhythm. Tanner Anderson scored a hat trick in the first half and the Raiders rumbled to a 6-0 victory over Beardstown at Advance Physical Therapy Field on Tuesday night.…
Read MoreQND boys soccer squad banking on right mentality, strong leadership to fuel state title chase
QUINCY — There’s an anxiousness shared by the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer players. “I wish we could play tomorrow,” senior midfielder Colin Kurk said. Knowing the season opener against Peoria Notre Dame isn’t until August 22, the Raiders have to temper their enthusiasm. “We have to get through the two weeks of practice first,”…
Read MoreRaiders’ Anderson commits to Billikens, will join brother to play for national contender
QUINCY — Tanner Anderson found it difficult to see how any top-level collegiate soccer program could have swayed him from landing at Saint Louis University. “If I’d had gone on a visit somewhere and seen something special, then maybe,” he said Still, that was unlikely. “It’s easy for me to decide SLU with everything going…
Read MoreAnderson adds to QND soccer program’s string of consecutive all-state selections
QUINCY — Tanner Anderson’s goal-scoring prowess is rivaling that of the greatest finishers in the history of the Quincy Notre Dame boys soccer program, including that of his other brother, Seth. The accolades he is receiving are quite similar, too. The junior forward led a cavalcade of Quincy products receiving honors this fall from the…
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