News for the Week of September 12, 2016

Program Notes for the Week of 9/12/2016:

Training/Game schedule:


Monday, September 12th
5:00PM  JV Match vs Shaker Heights @ ALHS Stadium
7:00PM  Varsity Match vs Shaker Heights @ ALHS Stadium

Wear Home (White) Kits.  JV arrive by 4:15PM "dressed and ready to play".  Varsity arrive by 6:00PM "dressed and ready to play".


Tuesday, September 13th
5:00PM JV Match vs Chardon High School @ Chardon High School

Wear Away (maroon) Kit.  Bus departs ALHS at 3:00PM.
3:15PM-4:45PM Varsity Training at Troy


Wednesday, September 14th
5:00PM  JV SWC Match vs Amherst Steele @ ALHS Stadium
7:00PM  Varsity SWC Match vs Amherst Steele @ ALHS Stadium

Wear Home (White) Kits.  JV arrive by 4:15PM "dressed and ready to play".  Varsity arrive by 6:15PM "dressed and ready to play".


Thursday, September 15th
3:15PM-4:45PM Training at Troy

Friday September 16th
Free Day


Game Recaps:

Here is a summary of our 5th game against Lakewood:

AL at Lakewood  8/31/16

AL  2   (3-1-1)      Lakewood  1  (2-3-0)

Goals:
AL - Olivia Siko, Amber Achladis

L - Ava Clause

Assists:
AL - Stephanie Carr, Amber Achladis

L - None

Goalies:
AL - Danielle DelGuidice - 4 saves

L -  Rachel Lowell - 9 saves


Game Summary:
The Shoregals have truly been road warriors thus far this season.  The ‘Gals first six games of the season will all be on the road – this time they travelled to legendary Lakewood Stadium for a SWC encounter with the Lady Rangers.  They were able to pull out yet another win on the road by a score of 2-1.

This was a nail biter as Lakewood employed an aggressive offside trap defense which Avon Lake struggled with all match.  The ‘Gals did strike first in this one about 7 minutes into the game as Olivia Siko took a long pass from Amber Achladis and immediately got behind the flat line trap of the Lakewood defense.  She headed straight to goal unmarked and placed the ball just inside the right post for the tally.   Lakewood was able to get the equalizer with 14 minutes left in the half when Ava Clause gathered in a deflected shot and put it right back into goal.

In the second half, Avon Lake picked up the intensity and increased their energy as they took 11 shots, eight of which were on goal and really dominated the time of possession.  They finally broke through with the winning goal with 20 minutes left as Amber Achladis took a pass from Stephanie Carr and slipped through the Lakewood defense to drill the ball past the goalie.

The midfield of Amanda Allemeier, Olivia Siko, Stephanie Carr, Paige Hood, Margaux Duvall, Olivia Hall, Jackie Rush, Sarah Gee, and Achladis did an excellent job of containing Lakewood’s top player – Halle Krebs and limiting her touches on the ball.  In goal for Avon Lake was Danielle DelGuidice who made 4 saves.

In JV action, the Shoregals lassoed the Lady Rangers by a 4-0 score.  Adele Osberg had 2 goals, Olivia Jedlicka scored on a penalty kick, and Phoebe Hood added another goal for the final margin of victory.  Elaina DeMerritt was in goal for the JV ‘Gals and earned her third shutout of the season.

Here is a summary of our 6th game against North Ridgeville:

AL at North Ridgeville  9/7/16

AL  6  (4-1-1)    North Ridgeville  3  (1-4-0)

Goals:
AL - Olivia Siko - 4, Anna Robinson, Amanda Allemeier

NR - Danielle Blagojevic - 2, Abby Bernhardt

Assists:
AL - Anna Robinson, Mila Zunich

NR - Danielle Blagojevic, Lauren Milner

Goalies:
AL - Danielle DelGuidice - 3 saves

NR -  Alexis Klingelheber - 3 saves; Logan Dickson - 9 saves


Game Summary:
It may have been the excitement of playing in a brand new stadium, maybe they wanted to see if the scoreboard was working, but whatever it was Avon Lake and North Ridgeville lit up that new scoreboard for a whopping nine goals in a 6-3 victory for the Shoregals.

North Ridgeville got the scoring started just 2 minutes into the game when Danielle Blagojevic picked up a deflected ball off an AL defender and dribbled right to the goal uncontested to put a shot inside the right post.  Avon Lake tied the score just six minutes later when Olivia Siko got the first of her four goals on the evening.  I am going to have to do some digging on this one, but it has been a while since a Shoregal had 4 goals in a game.  This one also came off a deflection as Siko gathered in the ball about 40 yds. from goal and went right down the center of the field to blast one by the NR goalie.  Siko scored again to put the ‘Gals up 2-1 when she took a long pass from Anna Robinson and dribbled down the right side of the field to drill one by the goalie.  The Lady Rangers got the equalizer when Abby Bernhardt took a pass from Blagojevic and sent a hard shot at goal which deflected off Danielle DelGuidice’s hands and back into goal.  It would not stay tied for long as just one minute later Siko struck yet again on a free kick from 25 yds. out that was placed perfectly just over the goalie’s hands. The ‘Gals closed out the scoring for the half when Mila Zunich sent a hard shot at the goal which was unable to be handled cleanly by the goalie and Anna Robinson was in the right place to put it right back into goal giving Avon Lake a 4-2 halftime lead.

To start the second half, North Ridgeville scored quickly again this time three minutes into the half as Blagojevic took a crossing pass from Lauren Milner to score her second goal of the game and cut the Shoregal lead to one.  After that, Avon Lake pretty much controlled the rest of the game as Siko got her 4th goal with 24 minutes remaining on a turnaround shot from about 25 yds out from a throw in.  Avon Lake finished the night and the Lady Rangers off in fine fashion as Amanda Allemeier converted a penalty kick for her first goal of the season with a minute remaining to give the Shoregals the final margin of victory at 6-3.

In goal for Avon Lake was Danielle Del Guidice who made 3 saves and Elaina DeMerritt also saw some playing time without seeing a shot on goal.  Avon Lake took an eye popping 38 shots of which 18 were on goal. North Ridgeville used two goalies with Alexis Klingelheber playing the first half and stopping 3 shots and Logan Dickson manning the second half and she made 9 saves.

For the JV team, unfortunately this is another school which is struggling with its numbers and are not able to field a JV team at this time.  Next week the world will get better for the JV ‘Gals as Shaker Hts. and Amherst have JV teams.


Concussion Article:
An interesting article about concussions in female athletes:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/covering-the-crew/2016/09/it-feels-like-someone-is-stabbing-a-thick-wire-through-my-head-female-athletes-keeping-up-with-the-boys-in-concussion-rates.html


Shorty Sez:
We continue with our collection of motivational sayings coming from the Twitter sites called Women Love Sports and Coach K which may be found at:

https://twitter.com/Women_Sports
https://twitter.com/CoachKWisdom


Once there, here are some selected examples of tweets over the past week. Hope you find something that inspires you here:

Being positive doesn’t just make you better, it makes everyone around you better.

Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better. – John Wooden, legendary basketball coach

Be at your best when your best is needed. – John Wooden

News for the Week of Sept. 5, 2016

Program Notes for the Week of 9/5/2016:


Training Schedule:

Monday, September 5th ~ LABOR DAY
No training.

Tuesday, September 6th
3:00PM-4:15PM Training @ ALHS Stadium
4:15PM-5:00PM Training in grassy area used for discuss / shot put
5:00PM             Team Dinner hosted by the class of 2018

Wednesday, September 7th
3:00PM Domino's Pizza Fundraiser ~ EAT PIZZA!
5:00PM JV match vs SWC opponent N. Ridgeville in North Ridgeville
7:00PM Varsity match vs SWC opponent N. Ridgeville in North Ridgeville

Thursday, September 8th
3:15PM-4:45PM Training @ Troy

Game Recaps:
Here is a summary of our 3rd game against Avon:

AL at Avon  8/24/16

AL  0   Avon  0

Goals:
AL - None
 
A - None

Assists:
AL - None

A - None

Goalies:
AL - Danielle DelGuidice - 3 saves

A -  Maggie Beatty - 3 saves

Game Summary:
Derby (pronounced Dar-bee) is a term from English football used to describe games between two rivals of close geographical proximity.  They are matches which are intensely competitive and fiercely contested.  In the world of girls HS soccer, Avon Lake vs. Avon has earned the right to be called a derby. In the last six years this series has featured closely matched games either ending in a tie or decided by one goal usually scored late in the game.  This year’s installment was true to form as these two “across the tracks” rivals battled to a 0-0 draw.

That is not to say there was not excitement or scoring chances in this game.  Avon Lake’s best scoring chance came just 12 minutes into the game when Olivia Siko blasted a free kick which went just under the crossbar, but somehow Avon goalie Maggie Beatty was able to snag out of the air.  Avon scored what appeared to be a goal just 2 minutes into the second half when Sam Farmer sent a free kick towards goal that Abby Delprincipe was able to deflect into the net.  However, the assistant referee raised his flag to indicate offsides and the goal was taken off the board.  Avon had another potential scoring chance with 9 minutes remaining when an Avon player was dribbling in the box toward the Shoregal goal and was bumped off the ball by an AL defender. It was a close call that could have went either way – penalty kick or waved off and thankfully it was waved off this time. One last important highlight of the game was that Shoregal goalie Danielle DelGuidice recorded the first shutout of her varsity career!

The JV game was also closely contested as Avon was able to pull out a 2-1 win over the Shoregals.  Adele Osberg tallied the AL goal on a corner kick from Marcy Allen.

Here is a summary of our 4th game against Westlake:

AL at Westlake  8/27/16

AL  0   Westlake  3

Goals:
AL - None
 
W - Samantha Jablonski - 2; Peyton Rimko - 1

Assists:
AL - None

W - Peyton Rimko

Goalies:
AL - Danielle DelGuidice - 5 saves

W -  Katarina Jamsek - 5 saves


Game Summary:
It almost didn’t seem fair having to play a team named the Demons on such a devilishly hot day and the weather worked in their favor as they put the heat on the Shoregals in a 3-0 victory.  Westlake found a number of different paths to the goal on this day as they scored on a penalty kick, a corner kick, and a rebound off a deflection.  However, throughout the first half it looked as if this game was destined to be 0-0 draw and that was the exact score at the half.  Avon Lake probably had their best scoring chance of the game in the first half when Mila Zunich slipped a pass over to Amber Achladis who put a strong shot on goal, but it was able to be handled by Westlake goalie Katarina Jamsek.

In the second half it all went to H-E-double hockey sticks as the saying goes when the Demons netted their 3 goals.  The first came on a penalty kick after a foul in the very top corner of the box and the kick was taken by junior defender Peyton Rimko just 4 minutes into the half.  Rimko was involved again on a corner kick with 18 minutes left as she sent a ball to the far post of the goal which was literally bodied in by freshman Samantha Jablonski. The final goal came from Jablonski again as she was in the right place to pick up a deflected shot and put it right back into goal.  That was a tough outcome for a Shoregal defense that had played well for the entire game and held the Demon offense in check in the normal course of play.  The defense was led on this day by Kellie Norris, Lauren Anthony, Kelly Spitz, and Tayleigh Price along with Lucy Lemanowicz and Izzy Caputo.  Goalie Danielle Delguidice recorded 5 saves for the match.

The Morning Journal story on the game can be found at the link below.

http://www.morningjournal.com/sports/20160827/high-school-girls-soccer-westlake-defeats-avon-lake-3-0

The Chronicle-Telegram story can be found at the link below:

http://www.chroniclet.com/sports/2016/08/28/Girls-soccer-Westlake-shuts-down-Shoregals.html

Some Interesting Tidbits from the OHSAA:

Interesting stat:  there are 45 "coed" HS soccer teams in Ohio. Teams that have boys & girls must compete as boys teams & enter boys Tournament

Interesting stat:  there are 4 females serving as head coaches of boys HS soccer teams in Ohio.

Interesting stat: over half (58%) of high school girls soccer head coaches in Ohio are non-teachers.

Interesting stat: there are 522 head girls soccer coaches in Ohio.  81 of them are new coaches at their school.