News for the Week of Sept. 3, 2012

Program Notes for the Week of 9/3/2012:

Happy Labor Day to everyone!!

Game Recaps:
Results from our third game against Berea:

AL vs. Berea 8/29/12

AL 7   Berea 3

Goals:
AL - Catie Corrigan - 2, Emily O'Connor - 2, Claire Jones, Kailey McClain, Karen Krause

Berea - Sarah Scheel - 2, Hannah Kennedy

Assists:
AL - Emily Peepers, Claire Jones, Emily O'Connor

Berea - Hannah Kennedy - 2, Catie Colbert

Goalies:
AL - Abby Rogers - 2 saves
        Amy Crooks - 1 saves

Berea - Taylor Sasak - 12 saves

Game Summary:
Avon Lake scored early and often amassing a 5-1 lead at halftime and cruising to 7-3 victory over visiting Berea. Avon Lake pounded the Berea goal for 19 shots for their first win of the season in this Southwestern Conference matchup. Leading off the
scoring for the Shoregals was Junior Karen Krause who scored on her own corner kick for her first Varsity goal.  Junior Emily O'Connor and Freshman Catie Corrigan both added two goals each on the night with Seniors Claire Jones & Kailey McClain chipping in with one goal a piece. The game also marked the first win for new Avon Lake Head Coach Daegen Duvall.

Berea was led by the scoring duo of Freshman Sarah Scheel with 2 goals both assisted by Junior Hannah Kennedy who scored a goal herself and was assisted by Sophomore Catie Colbert. Junior goalie Taylor Sasak was kept busy on the night with some
great stops and made 12 saves overall for Berea. For Avon Lake, Senior Abby Rogers had 2 saves and Junior Amy Crooks had 1 save.

In JV action, Avon Lake blanked Berea by a score of 3-0. Shoregal goals were scored Bri Carlin, Cara Dannemiller, and Kayla Kress.  Avon Lake goalkeeping duties were shared by Amy Crooks and Lindsay Butler.

Schedule:
Our next game will be on Saturday 9/8 at Westlake.  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 - No Practice

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

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

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

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


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 call your attention to the Student Athlete Cleveland site which can be found at:

http://www.studentathletecleveland.com/

This is site devoted to high school and college athletics in the Cleveland area.  We submit to this site on a regular basis because they allow us to put in detailed stories about our game with pictures. It gives us the opportunity to recognize a lot of players for their accomplishments.  Check it out!


Cudos Corner:
Thanks to Doug & Linda Gates for working the concession stand during the JV game vs. Berea and Mechele Nally and Patrice Dzwonczyk for working during the Varsity game.