News for the Week of August 22, 2016

Program Notes for the Week of 8/22/2016:


Weekly Schedule:

Monday, August 22nd
6:00PM              Game 2: Varsity vs Elyria HS @ Ely Stadium

Tuesday, August 23rd
First day of school
3:15PM - 5:00PM   Training at ALHS Stadium

Wednesday, August 24th
5:00PM              Game 3: JV vs Avon HS @ Avon Middle School
7:00PM              Game 3: Varsity vs Avon HS @ Avon Middle School

Thursday, August 25th
3:15PM - 4:45PM   Training at Troy

Friday, August 26th
3:00PM              Film study - Rm 114 @ ALHS
5:00PM              Team Dinner - The Commons

Saturday, August 27th
10:00AM             Game 4: JV vs Westlake HS @ Burneson Middle School
12:00PM              Game 4: Varsity vs Westlake HS @ Burneson Middle School

Welcome to the New Coach:
We are pleased to announce that we have a new addition to the coaching staff this year.  Cheryl Bell will be joining the Shoregal program as a Varsity assistant coach.  Cheryl was a four year letter winner at Baldwin-Wallace University where she played striker. She also served as a Varsity captain for two seasons.  Cheryl attended high school in Piqua, Ohio near Dayton where she was an all conference performer and 4 year letter winner for the Indians. Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Cheryl!!


Game Recaps:
Here is a summary of our 1st game against Oregon Clay:

AL at Oregon Clay  8/19/16

AL 2   Oregon Clay  1

Goals:
AL - Olivia Siko - 2

OC - Alex Vartorella

Assists:
AL - None

OC - Karleigh Clere

Goalies:
AL - Danielle DelGuidice - 6 saves

OC -  Olivia Hornyak - 0 saves


Game Summary:
No matter what you are doing, it is important to get off to a good start and Avon Lake did exactly that with a 2-1 win over host Oregon Clay.  It was the Shoregals first opening game win since 2011 and their first win over Clay in their third match all time against them.

On this day, the ‘Gals were led by senior Olivia Siko who scored both goals for Avon Lake.  It must be something about the air in Toledo as the Univ. of Toledo recruit struck both her goals from 25+ yds. out to catch Clay somewhat off guard.  Her first goal came midway through the first half when she took a throw in, executed a quick turnaround, and sent a rocket (pun intended) into the Clay net. In the second half, the game winning goal came on a blast from 27 yds. out just under the crossbar and out of the reach of Clay goalie Olivia Hornyak.

The Shoregals were mighty efficient as they scored on the only two shots on goal they had during the match.  Meanwhile, Clay was continually attacking on the offensive end and sent 7 shots on goal of which Danielle DelGuidice was able to save six.  The lone Clay goal came off a free kick with 13 minutes left in which Karleigh Clere sent a shot to the goal which DelGuidice was able to block, but could not field cleanly and Alex Vartorella was right there to kick in the loose ball.  Otherwise, the Shoregal defense was smothering as Kellie Norris, Lauren Anthony, Kelly Spitz, Izzy Caputo, and freshman Tayleigh Price had the field covered.  Norris also made a key defensive play in the first half as she blocked a shot headed for an empty Avon Lake net which turned into a harmless corner kick for the Eagles.

In JV action, Avon Lake clipped the JV Eagles’ wings by a score of 2-0.  The ’Gals scored in each half as Adele Osberg tallied in the first and was matched by Erin Litzler who scored in the second. In goal for the Shoregals was Elaina DeMerritt who rang up the shutout.

Soccer Links:
With the regular season starting this week, we want to highlight some websites to increase your enjoyment of the game.  We post our stats after each game to the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association website.  There you can find schedules, results, stats, and other info. related to high school soccer.  Their website may be found at:

www.ossca.org/ 


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:

A leader must accomplish the difficult task of getting those on the team to believe that WE supersedes ME. – John Wooden

When the older players are willing to help the younger players every day, then you've got the right environment to build a winner. –Hank Iba (famous basketball coach)

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live life regretting the opportunities they've squandered. – Bill Russell

Come into practice every day with the mindset of wanting to learn, wanting to get better. Make the most of the time you have. – Sue Bird

To be successful, you have to learn to do things you don't like. You find ways to like the process and make the most of that time.