News for the Week of June 13, 2011

Program Notes for the Week of 6/13/2011:

Calendar:
This week is another open week on the schedule as most players are getting ready for the Father's Day tournament this weekend. Formal conditioning will be starting next Monday.  The NOGSL summer league games have started, so continue to check the schedules that have been sent out by the coaches for days & times.

We still have the need for volunteers for both concessions at the Father's Day tournament and the Duct Tape festival.  E-mails & schedules have been sent out from the coordinators, so please sign up for one of the remaining open slots.

We are also in need of 12 girls to work each night on 6/13 at Walker Rd. & 6/14 at Learwood to help set up fields for the FD tournament.  The fleld set-up will start both nights at 6:00 p.m.


Player Updates:
From time to time we like to mention noteworthy accomplishments by our team members & alumni. This week we would like recognize two alumni players for some recent accomplishments:

First off, Tani Lopez ('10) is a member of the Cleveland Alliance Soccer Association (CASA) team which won the State Cup in the U-19 division over the Internationals by a score of 4-0 during May.  Tani picked up an assist on one of the goals in the championship game.  Next up for her team is the Midwest Regional championships which will be held in June in Wisconsin.  This past season Tani was a freshman on the Varsity at Ashland Univ. where she scored 2 goals and had 2 assists. Of course, she is the daughter of our Head Coach Kiko Lopez.

Next, a week ago at the State Track & Field championships, Morgan Srail ('11) placed in a tie for 6th in the pole vault with a leap of 11'0" which earned her All-Ohio honors.  This completed a remarkable run for Morgan during her Senior year in which she was a member of our SWC championship soccer team and led the team in assists with 5.   In the winter, she was a diver on the swimming & diving team at ALHS and was the SWC champion and also placed second at the State diving championships in Division I earning All-Ohio honors.  So, in summary, she was All-Ohio in two different sports and a member of a conference championship team in a third sport along with winning many other meets and competitions along the way.  We have had other girls in the past who have been members of championship teams in other sports, but we have probably never had a girl who excelled on such an individual level.  It is also worth noting that she was one of the team captains in each one of her three sports.  She will be attending Ohio Univ. in the Fall on a Diving scholarship.

Congrats to both Tani & Morgan!!!

Alumni Game & Picnic:
Everyone and especially Alumni mark your calendar for Sunday July 10th. This will be the date of our annual Alumni game & picnic at Walker Rd. park. Games will be at 3:00 p.m. with the picinic to follow at around 5:00 p.m.

Soccer Site of the Week:
This is the biggest soccer week of the year in Avon Lake as the annual Father's Day tournament will be taking place this coming weekend.  So, it would only be fitting that our soccer site of the week is the tournament website which can be found at:

http://www.avonlaketournament.com/ 

This is the official site for Avon Lake Father's Day Tournament info.




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