The CIF-CCS seeding meeting for girls soccer was yesterday. We drew the #4 seed, which means we receive a bye in the first round.
We will play in the Division III Quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb 27
SHP vs. Harbor
Kick-off at 12:00pm
Site: Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA
(Updated Feb 25, 2010)
To follow the action, visit HERE.
GO GATORS!!
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Showing posts with label soccer. Show all posts
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
League Champions
First place in league! Exciting!
The happy champions:
Local story: In the Spirit of the Moment, SHP Defends a Title
Next up: CIF-CCS. The seeding meeting is on Saturday, Feb 20th. More info after that!
The happy champions:
Local story: In the Spirit of the Moment, SHP Defends a Title
Next up: CIF-CCS. The seeding meeting is on Saturday, Feb 20th. More info after that!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Beautiful Soccer in the Rain
Soccer season is going well so far. We've had quite a few wins, to put us at 3-0 in league, and 8-3-2 overall.
A picture of our team with our Champs of Merlin trophy from the Excalibur Tournament in Southern California [Dec 28-Dec 30, 2009]:
Yesterday's game was against our rival and neighbor, Menlo School. As the headlines say, "Sacred Heart Prep Girls Win Key Soccer Match." All morning, the rain poured and poured. But, when I got to school around 1:45pm, it was sunny and clear. Beautiful weather for soccer. During warm-ups, the rain started up a bit... but it seemed like it was going to be sporadic. The first 5-6 minutes of the game, the rain was coming down super heavy. [Apparently, the rain was not planning on being "sporadic."] Then, lightning showed up. As per the rules, we stopped the game and brought all the kids into the locker rooms for a mandatory 10 minute break. By the end of those 10 minutes, rain was gone... we started up play again. Our team finished a goal off a corner kick shortly thereafter to secure a 1-0 lead, which we kept through halftime. By the end of halftime, the rain was coming down again. We were soaked. We managed to finish off the game, putting in another goal with about 11 minutes left in play. 2-0 win over our rivals. BEAT MENLO.
Local Palo Alto Weekly News Article on the game can be found: HERE.
Last week's win over Priory also produced a nice news article, which can be found: HERE
We're now leading in league with a 3-0 record. Castilleja behind us with a 2-1 record. Then, Menlo and Priory both with 1-1-1 records. Mercy-Burlingame and NDSJ follow behind that.
A picture of our team with our Champs of Merlin trophy from the Excalibur Tournament in Southern California [Dec 28-Dec 30, 2009]:
Yesterday's game was against our rival and neighbor, Menlo School. As the headlines say, "Sacred Heart Prep Girls Win Key Soccer Match." All morning, the rain poured and poured. But, when I got to school around 1:45pm, it was sunny and clear. Beautiful weather for soccer. During warm-ups, the rain started up a bit... but it seemed like it was going to be sporadic. The first 5-6 minutes of the game, the rain was coming down super heavy. [Apparently, the rain was not planning on being "sporadic."] Then, lightning showed up. As per the rules, we stopped the game and brought all the kids into the locker rooms for a mandatory 10 minute break. By the end of those 10 minutes, rain was gone... we started up play again. Our team finished a goal off a corner kick shortly thereafter to secure a 1-0 lead, which we kept through halftime. By the end of halftime, the rain was coming down again. We were soaked. We managed to finish off the game, putting in another goal with about 11 minutes left in play. 2-0 win over our rivals. BEAT MENLO.
Local Palo Alto Weekly News Article on the game can be found: HERE.
Last week's win over Priory also produced a nice news article, which can be found: HERE
We're now leading in league with a 3-0 record. Castilleja behind us with a 2-1 record. Then, Menlo and Priory both with 1-1-1 records. Mercy-Burlingame and NDSJ follow behind that.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Champs of Merlin
The day after Christmas, we had a Sacred Heart Prep alumni girls soccer game. The turn out wasn't as great as may have hoped for in terms of alums showing up.. but we had a number of seniors from last year come, and were able to put together a decent alumni vs. current players soccer match! With some encouragement, I even got my kicks in, played some soccer [which felt GOOD] and scored a few shots. Luckily, I wasn't even sore the next day! I have to mention... After we'd finished playing, two of my old teammates showed up to say "hi". What a wonderful holiday treat and surprise! It was nice to see Rebecca and Ali and catch up with them for a few minutes.
On December 27, our team made the trek to Orange County for the Excalibur Soccer Tournament, which was a big success this year. The girls stepped up and played some really good games of soccer.
Our first game against Los Alamitos on Dec 28 started out with a rough first half. The girls turned things around and had a better second half, but weren't able to put in any shots, leaving us with a 0-3 loss. Based on the results of our first game, we were then sent into the Merlin bracket -- which is a bracket in the tournament for all teams who lost their first game. Our second game was an early morning game on Dec 29 against Thousand Oaks. Our team came out with a 4-1 win. That afternoon we played Santa Inez (a team we had played against last year in this same tournament). We won the game 2-0. The next morning (Dec 30) we played in the Semi-Finals of the Merlin bracket against Walnut. This game was one of the more exciting (and nerve-wracking) games to watch as neither team was able to put in a goal by the end of the second half. The game went into Penalty Kicks. Each team sent their 5 girls up to take PKs. Miraculously, our goalkeeper, Chris Sours made 3 saves on the first three PK shots taken on her. This was an amazing feat. I don't know if I've ever seen a keeper make 3 PK saves in a row, and am not sure I ever will again. After four PK shots by each team, we were the winners. The girls were so excited.. the entire team ran and piled onto their amazing goalkeeper and each other. That afternoon, we played in the Finals of the Merlin Bracket against Cypress. This was another exciting (and rainy!) game.. with the end result being a win in our favor 2-0. Champs of Merlin!
Since we did so well in the tournament, they chose one of our players for the All Tournament Team -- Lizzy Weisman. Lizzy received a trophy and will be mentioned in next year's tournament program with the other All Tounament Team members chosen from this year.
Of course, for the girls, this tournament is also a great bonding and social experience for them. We kept them busy with different activities each night including dinners at Buca di Beppo, California Pizza Kitchen, frozen yogurt at Pink Berry and shopping at the Newport Beach Fashion Island mall. One of the night's, the parents of one of our player's graciously hosted our team and parents at their Newport Beach beach house for a beach/BBQ team party. On our final evening, we came up with a surprise activity for the team. Originally, we'd planned to go to Disneyland that day, but with our games lasting longer in the tournament, we had to come up an alternative. We decided to keep it as a surprise for the players, so the suspense was killing them for the majority of the day. That evening, we took them to a Nail Salon and Spa where they were all able to be pampered with manicures and pedicures. I would bet this is a first time experience as far as SHP athletic team social outings go. Needless to say, the girls loved it! After that we took them back to Fashion Island mall for some shopping as well as a nice team dinner at The Yard House.
All in all, it seemed each of the girls had a really great trip, and that the tournament was a great success for the team this year.
On December 27, our team made the trek to Orange County for the Excalibur Soccer Tournament, which was a big success this year. The girls stepped up and played some really good games of soccer.
Our first game against Los Alamitos on Dec 28 started out with a rough first half. The girls turned things around and had a better second half, but weren't able to put in any shots, leaving us with a 0-3 loss. Based on the results of our first game, we were then sent into the Merlin bracket -- which is a bracket in the tournament for all teams who lost their first game. Our second game was an early morning game on Dec 29 against Thousand Oaks. Our team came out with a 4-1 win. That afternoon we played Santa Inez (a team we had played against last year in this same tournament). We won the game 2-0. The next morning (Dec 30) we played in the Semi-Finals of the Merlin bracket against Walnut. This game was one of the more exciting (and nerve-wracking) games to watch as neither team was able to put in a goal by the end of the second half. The game went into Penalty Kicks. Each team sent their 5 girls up to take PKs. Miraculously, our goalkeeper, Chris Sours made 3 saves on the first three PK shots taken on her. This was an amazing feat. I don't know if I've ever seen a keeper make 3 PK saves in a row, and am not sure I ever will again. After four PK shots by each team, we were the winners. The girls were so excited.. the entire team ran and piled onto their amazing goalkeeper and each other. That afternoon, we played in the Finals of the Merlin Bracket against Cypress. This was another exciting (and rainy!) game.. with the end result being a win in our favor 2-0. Champs of Merlin!
Since we did so well in the tournament, they chose one of our players for the All Tournament Team -- Lizzy Weisman. Lizzy received a trophy and will be mentioned in next year's tournament program with the other All Tounament Team members chosen from this year.
Of course, for the girls, this tournament is also a great bonding and social experience for them. We kept them busy with different activities each night including dinners at Buca di Beppo, California Pizza Kitchen, frozen yogurt at Pink Berry and shopping at the Newport Beach Fashion Island mall. One of the night's, the parents of one of our player's graciously hosted our team and parents at their Newport Beach beach house for a beach/BBQ team party. On our final evening, we came up with a surprise activity for the team. Originally, we'd planned to go to Disneyland that day, but with our games lasting longer in the tournament, we had to come up an alternative. We decided to keep it as a surprise for the players, so the suspense was killing them for the majority of the day. That evening, we took them to a Nail Salon and Spa where they were all able to be pampered with manicures and pedicures. I would bet this is a first time experience as far as SHP athletic team social outings go. Needless to say, the girls loved it! After that we took them back to Fashion Island mall for some shopping as well as a nice team dinner at The Yard House.
All in all, it seemed each of the girls had a really great trip, and that the tournament was a great success for the team this year.
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