Released on = December 1, 2005, 12:02 pm

Press Release Author = The Delphian School

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = The Delphian School soccer team qualified for the district
soccer tournament for the 18th straight year and placed in the state playoffs.

Press Release Body = This November the Delphian School\'s varsity soccer team
qualified for the District Soccer tournament for their 18th straight year. The
Delphi Dragons, from Sheridan, Oregon, opened with an exciting match at home against
the Dayton Pirates. Delphi won their match against Dayton 2-1, which advanced them
to the semi-finals of the district playoffs against Westside Christian, held at The
Delphian School.

Having previously beaten the Dragons on their own turf, Westside Christian arrived
prepared for an exciting game, which went to overtime tied 1-1 with the overtime
period yielding no score. This was followed by an intense penalty kick shoot-out.
During the shootout Delphian made four-out-of-four kicks. Back-up goalie Shawn
Butcher, playing for injured starting goalie David Kondula, made two key stops to
limit Westside to two out of four goals, clinching the Dragon\'s win. This secured a
state playoff berth (Delphian\'s 7th State playoff in the past 9 years). This victory
led the Delphian School to the district championship game against Western Mennonite,
where the Dragons fell 0-3 to the Pioneers.

State tournament play opened up on the road for the Delphian School with a trip to
Hood River to play Horizon Christian. With the score tied 0-0 at half time and
playing conditions getting colder and wetter by the moment, Delphian came out and
proved that they wanted to continue in the state tournament by outscoring the Hawks
3-0 in the second half.

The Dragon\'s next game was with rival Santiam Christian, and was played on
Willamette University's new, state-of-the-art, synthetic soccer field. This was a
special treat as most of the local fields had turned to mud by this time of the
year. With the score tied 0-0 at half time, the Santiam Christian Eagles received
the first break of the game and pulled ahead 1-0. After a second goal by the Eagles
and trailing 2-0, Delphi went on a final 15 minute domination of the Eagles, but
failed to get the ball in the net. Although this ended the Delphian School\'s bid for
top placement at state tourney, they fought hard to the end, and finished the season
tied for 5th in the state alongside former state champions Catlin Gabel and St.
Mary\'s.

The Delphian School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school
offering college preparatory, English-as-a-Second-Language and summer programs for
elementary through high school students. The Delphian School is licensed to use
Applied Scholastics(TM) educational services (http://www.AppliedScholastics.Org).

Company Name:
The Delphian School

Web Site Address:
http://www.delphian.org

Contact Information:
Bruce Wiggins, Director of Public Relations
The Delphian School
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
800-626-6610
brucew@delphian.org

Category:
Education

Web Site = http://www.delphian.org

Contact Details = Bruce Wiggins, Director of Public Relations
The Delphian School
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, Oregon 97378
800-626-6610
brucew@delphian.org