News for the Week of August 27, 2012

Program Notes for the Week of 8/27/2012:


Game Recaps:
Results from our second game against Rocky River:

AL at Rocky River  8/27/12

AL 1 Rocky River 2


Goals:

AL - Catie Corrigan

Rocky River - Jillian Krebs & Abby Elinsky

Goalies:

AL - Abby Rogers - 4 saves

         Amy Crooks - 0 saves

Rocky River - Sara Connelly - 4 saves

Game Summary:
On a soggy night throughout Northeastern Ohio, Rocky River beat visiting Avon Lake by a score of 2-1 on Monday evening. The Pirates struck for an early goal in the 14th minute as sophomore Jillian Krebs took a pass from fellow sophomore Eva Schneider from deep in the River defensive end and moved quickly past the Avon Lake defense on the left side of the field to score a breakaway goal.  The Pirates were  able to control the action throughout the rest of the half with their speed and possession game and carried the 1-0 lead into halftime.  The score could have been greater
without Shoregal sophomore Sarah Nasr who cleared two balls off the goal line in that first half.

In the second half, Rocky River scored quickly again in the 51st minute on a beautiful header by junior Abby Elinsky off a corner kick by senior Hallie McCue.  It looked to be smooth sailing for the Pirates the rest of the way, but then Shoregal freshman Catie Corrigan took a pass at midfield and dribbled through the Pirate defense to shoot a rocket into the upper left corner of the River net with 11:35 to go for her first varsity goal.  The pace and intensity of the game picked up over the last 11 minutes, but the
River defense was able to hold off the Avon Lake attack including a breakaway in the last minute of the game by Emily O'Connor which the RR goalie was able to smother before O'Connor could take a shot.

In goal for Rocky River was junior Sara Connelly who recorded 5 saves and for Avon Lake the goalkeeper duties were shared by junior Amy Crooks in the first half and senior Abby Rogers in the second half who recorded 4 saves.

In JV action, Rocky River was able to overcome the Shoregals on a second half goal to win 1-0.


Schedule:
Our next game will be on Wednesday 8/29 at home vs. Berea.  JV game will start at 5:00 and the Varsity will start at 7:00 p.m.

Practice this week will be as follows:

Monday - Game at Rocky River

Tuesday - Practice 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. at ALHS stadium

Wednesday - Game vs. Berea

Thursday - Practice 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. at Troy

Friday - No practice


Shoregal Action Pictures:
Chris Herman, father of freshman Emily Herman, and know to many as Mr. Herman, the math teacher at Learwood, has been taking pictures at the JV games and has uploaded them to the Picasa website. Right now there are only JV pictures, eventually we hope to have Varsity pictures as well. Parents & players may view and download them from the site highlighted below. Thanks to Mr. Herman for taking the time to do this!


http://picasaweb.google.com/csphotographyinc


Soccer Site of the Week:
This week we want to tell you about the Ohio Soccer Weekly newsletter which can be found at:

http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/so/girls/2012/OSW2012.htm

Each week Jerry Snodgrass, the assistant comissioner for soccer, in the OHSAA puts out a newsletter which covers a number of topics, primarily for coaches, that parents might find interesting also. It helps you understand why things are done a certain way and the purpose behind specific rules.  Check it out!