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Alexandra Ibarra, Oswego beat Plainfield North in PKs, clinch share of Southwest Prairie Conference title · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Alexandre Abara Oswego beat Plainfield North in PKS clint share
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  Speaker 1: of Southwest Prairie Conference title. Written by Joshua Welge, this
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett. Alexandra Obara has never been a big
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  Speaker 1: penalty shot taker. As a defender, the Oswego sophomore rarely
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  Speaker 1: attempt shots on goal, let alone scores, but she has
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  Speaker 1: the proper frame of mind for the job. I just
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  Speaker 1: tell myself that I have to try my best to
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  Speaker 1: stay calm for my team, Obara said. I know it's
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  Speaker 1: really heavy to go there at the end. I just
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  Speaker 1: really try not to get nervous and stay calm. I
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  Speaker 1: always make mine at practice, so I felt I had
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  Speaker 1: that those nerves of steel and a little good fortune
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  Speaker 1: came through for Oswego. On Monday, Ibarra, her team's fifth shooter,
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  Speaker 1: banged her attempt off the left post and in the goal.
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield Nor's fifth ten stempt hit the crossbar, giving host
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  Speaker 1: Oswego a one zero win in penalty kicks that clinched
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  Speaker 1: at least a share of the Southwest Prairie Conference championship.
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  Speaker 1: Both teams first four shooters converted their kicks in pks,
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  Speaker 1: setting the stage for Abara's do or die attempt. Aiming
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  Speaker 1: for the left corner of the goal. She hit her spot,
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  Speaker 1: albeit a little closer than she would have liked. Not
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  Speaker 1: the post, but I always aim for that corner. Gave
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  Speaker 1: everyone a little heart attack there, Ibara said with a laugh.
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  Speaker 1: The adrenaline there fills me up. I like it. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just really happy for my team, super proud of everyone
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  Speaker 1: that had the confidence to take the penalty. Oswego coach
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  Speaker 1: Gasper Arias is likewise impressed in his sophomore's confidence to
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  Speaker 1: step forward and embrace the pressure spot. We were crossing
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  Speaker 1: our fingers waiting for that for that final shot, Arias said.
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  Speaker 1: We asked the players, we give them the opportunity if
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  Speaker 1: they feel the confidence to take the shots. She was
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  Speaker 1: one of the ones that raised their hand. When you
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  Speaker 1: know that they have the confidence, you give them the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Aswego goalkeeper Kayla Bayer is used to these situations. Oswego
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  Speaker 1: went to pks and back to back games at the
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  Speaker 1: recent Naperville Invitational with Wabonzie Valley and Saint Charles North
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  Speaker 1: as Oswego attempted at shots, Bayer kept her back turned
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  Speaker 1: on goal, then went back to work. I don't like watching,
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  Speaker 1: Bayer said, I have trust in my team. It's to
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  Speaker 1: calm myself. Take some deep breaths. Oswego January third, seventeen
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  Speaker 1: ten zero and Plainfield North fifteen three, seven to one,
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  Speaker 1: both undefeated and SPC play coming into the season's final week,
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  Speaker 1: were scoreless for eighty minutes. Until this season, those games
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  Speaker 1: would end in a draw. Now they go straight to
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  Speaker 1: p ks where Oswego's Main Brawley, Jordan Washington, Sophia Augustine
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  Speaker 1: and Peyton Johnson exchanged successful attempts with Plainfield North, Delaney Harwood,
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  Speaker 1: Ileana Baribaal and Caitlin Heiser. This is our new initiative
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  Speaker 1: for conference. We don't end in ties anymore. We go
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  Speaker 1: into penalty kicks. Plainfield North coach Kathleen Montrosso said, reason
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  Speaker 1: why is the kids have to understand pressure and get
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  Speaker 1: into those pressure situations before we get into the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: This is a great game to get that practice. I
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  Speaker 1: know this will be a learning experience for sure. A
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  Speaker 1: little heartbreaker. Oswego had previously beaten Plainfield to zero on
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  Speaker 1: April eighteenth, at the Plainfield Classic. The rematch bore no resemblance,
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  Speaker 1: which hardly surprised monte Rosso. The Tigers had more chances
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  Speaker 1: than the Panthers and better ones. Eight shots on frame
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  Speaker 1: one hundred percent a different game. Monte Rosso said. We
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  Speaker 1: had two starters that were completely out on injury that
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  Speaker 1: first game, not playing at all. I lost a player
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  Speaker 1: ten minutes in with a concussion, two other players pretty
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  Speaker 1: much playing at fifty percent, and another player that had
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  Speaker 1: the flu. We knew coming in that this would be
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  Speaker 1: a completely different match now that we're at full strength. Baraball,
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  Speaker 1: a Loyola commit, had a shot in the thirteenth minute
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  Speaker 1: go wide, and Bayer made a diving stop of a
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  Speaker 1: Heiser shot. In the twenty second minute. Heisers sent a
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  Speaker 1: pass to bear Ball behind the defense, but her shot
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  Speaker 1: went over the goal. As a goalkeeper, you always have
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  Speaker 1: to stay ready every ball. You have to stay confident
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  Speaker 1: in what you do. Beaher said. The one time you
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  Speaker 1: don't is the one time they can capitalize. I really
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  Speaker 1: stayed on that and belief in my team. Washington had
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  Speaker 1: a number of shots for Oswego, but most of them
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  Speaker 1: were from long distance over the goal. We knew they
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield North were going to show up strong, ready to
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  Speaker 1: beat us. That first half they played really well and
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  Speaker 1: they had us on our toes Arias said, it was
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  Speaker 1: great to see the team come together and Kyla did
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  Speaker 1: a lot for us, great saves,