News for the Week of Nov. 7, 2011

Program Notes for the Week of 11/7/2011:

This week we will continue with our season wrap-up by taking a look at some of the individual stats from the past year:

AVON LAKE SEASON STATS:

GOALS:
Jillian Strimbu              Senior    10
Kailey McClain            Junior      4
Emily O'Connor          Soph.      4
Danielle Liszka            Senior      2
Taylor Nedrich            Senior      2
Christine Gates            Junior      1
Rachel Gates               Senior     1
Cheyenne Lukstein       Senior     1
Haley Mills                   Senior     1
Emily Peepers              Soph.      1

ASSISTS:
Jillian Strimbu             Senior      9
Kailey McClain           Junior      4
Emily O'Connor         Soph.      2
Taylor Nedrich           Senior     2
Claire Jones                Junior     2
Christine Gates           Junior     1
Rachel Gates             Senior     1
Cheyenne Lukstein     Senior     1

GAME WINNING GOALS:
Jillian Strimbu  -     2 - Berea & Midpark
Emily O'Connor -  2 - Lake Catholic & North Olmsted
Taylor Nedrich -    1 - Valley Forge
Danielle Liszka -    1 - Olmsted Falls
Haley Mills -          1 - Hathaway Brown

In goal, senior Dana Strimbu recorded 7 shutouts this season to bring her career total to 14 which ranks 5th all time in girls soccer at Avon Lake.


Playoff Update:
In the Regional tournament on Saturday, two teams that were on our schedule this year won spots into the State Final Four.  Strongsville defeated Massillon Jackson 1-0 to take the Region 1 championship.  Sylvania Northview went to a shootout versus Wadsworth and prevailed 4-3 to earn a 1-0 victory and the Region 2 championship.  Remember that Northview's regular goalie was injured and out for the season just before we played them.  They took a field player and put her in as goalie which makes their victory even more remarkable.  Strongsville will play Northview on Wednesday night 11/9 at 7:00 p.m. at Sandusky HS.  Best of luck to both teams. 

Rocky River, who was also on our schedule, was beaten by Walsh Jesuit 4-0 in a Div. II regional final on Sat.  No reason to hang your head there as Walsh Jesuit might be the absolute best team in the state regardless of Division.  Congrats to Rocky River on a tremendous season with a record of 18-2-1.


Shoregals in College Update:
Tani Lopez '10 who now plays for Ashland University scored a penalty kick during a 4-3 shootout victory over Ohio Dominican Univ. this past Friday night.  The win propelled Ashland into GLIAC conference finals against Grand Valley State. In the championship game, Ashland put up a valiant effort, but lost 2-0 to end their season with a 9-8-2 record.


Election Time:
I just want to remind everyone that one of own - John Crooks is running for a seat on the Board of Education in Avon Lake. He is the father of sophomore Amy Crooks.  Election Day is this Tuesday 11/8.

His profile may be found at:

http://avonlake.patch.com/articles/candidate-profile-john-crooks-for-avon-lake-board-of-education

John has some very impressive educational credentials and look over his bio and see if he might be someone you would like to vote for.


Soccer Site of the Week:
We will continue with our spotlight of local premier clubs. This week we will feature Liberty FC which can be found at:

http://www.libertyfc.org/

Our own Daegen Duvall coaches pre-high school girls with this club where he is also the Assistant Director of Girls Development.  Check them out.
 
 
Cudos Corner:
Thanks to all those who helped out on Saturday morning to assist ALSO with cleaning and closing the fields for winter.