NHS Goal of the Year Tournament - 2021 Round 1

Your Millers had team glory in 2021. Now who will have individual glory and bragging rights over their teammates?

We are back for year 3 of the NHS Goal of the Year Tournament! What started as a side project for Coach Dollaske when COVID first hit back in March of 2020 has turned into a global phenomenon. We’re glad you could join us on this journey to find the most impressive tally of the 2021 season. Who will join the wonder strikes of 2019 (Jack Miller) and 2020 (Brady Horn) and have their One Shining Moment? Time and your votes will tell.

Each year the bracket has grown. Innovation is the name of the game. For year 3, there are 2 new elements to tournament.

  1. The goals have been randomly seeded. No more arguing with the committee (of one) on what seed you got. An impressive goal might have been given a #15 seed. This can lead to upsets galore!

  2. The JV programs get in on the action this year. We have 64 goals in the bracket. 48 come from Varsity contests with 16 coming from JV contests. We have 8 JV Black and 8 JV Gold entries. These Cinderellas just might take down a seasoned blue blood or two a la Saint Peters

Check out the bracket HERE and descriptions of each goal HERE. Without further ado, let’s get to the voting. For Round 1, it will take some time to get through all the videos. Each goal is roughly 20 seconds in length and there are 64 of them. Make sure to set aside 20 minutes and watch each clip with an undivided attention. Who doesn’t enjoy going down YouTube rabbit holes from time to time? Don’t worry, as we progress through the rounds, goals will be eliminated and the amount of time for voting greatly decreases.

  1. Access the Match-Ups and Descriptions Google Doc for Round 1. It is helpful to read the descriptions of the goals since some of the videos are hard to see

  2. Click on the links below for each Region to access the YouTube Playlist. The playlists are set up to have competing seeds as back to back videos. Play two videos, pause to make your selection, and then move on to the next pair of videos.

  3. Enjoy the amazing goals.

  4. Cast your votes on these Google Forms. Make sure to vote for all 4 regions. Let’s get as much participation as possible this year!

Voting for Round 1 will be closed Sunday, April 17th at 11:59 PM. Get your votes in now. Round 2 will open up Monday, April 18th in the morning.