A Very Warm Spring Day- Girls Soccer 2016

The Grad-Lazer game on Tuesday and parent teacher interviews on Thursday meant that both of our soccer practices had to be cancelled.  Instead, we had one practice on Wednesday.  I can't tell you exactly what the temperature was, but it was really, REALLY hot out during our practice.  After doing a few drills, we took a break from playing soccer and did the only logical thing there was to do- we played sponge tag.

It was just as much fun as it looks!

Grad Lazer Game 2016

        As the years go on, Glen Sage and his squad of "teacher" goons grow older and have to find new, more drastic ways to defeat the never aging grade 12 students. This year, knowing he would have some tough competition from the beginner, intermediate and expert level squads of students, Sage recruited two ex-NHL prospects to try and clinch the victory. With a lucky, last minute goal they managed to do just that. Barely pulling away with a 3-2 win over the students. However; despite the unsportsmanlike conduct from the teachers and the verbal denigration from an un-named french teacher, the game remained civil and enjoyable for both sides.  A highlight of the game was Dani Bondoc and her unbelievable game strategy- she was brave enough to try out a new tactic: the stationary stance.  Matty Helmer and his professional commentary was hilarious- especially when the beginner line was playing and there was VERY little to talk about.  Overall it was a very fun game, from the stuggle that all of the beginners experienced while putting on their gear to the discrete trickery of the teachers.  Cheers to everyone that came out to play, cheat and watch!

Entry by hockey enthusiast Aidan Knuckey and amateur blogger Amira Elwakeel

First Tournament of the Year- Senior Girls Soccer 2016

We went into out first tournament in Creston with exactly 11 players.  A variety of other activities such as a lifeguarding course and a dance competition rendered the majority of the girls unavailable.  We managed to get Allie Barsby and Savanna Neale to join us for this tournament and words cannot describe how crucial they were to our success!

Here is a summary of how our games went:

Game 1: Won 9-7 against Trail.

MVP= Teagan Van Mulligen for powering hard, scoring twice, and being all around awesome!

Game 2: Won 10-0 against Creston. 

MVP= Emily Stober for consistently setting up plays with her unreal crossing!

Game 3: Won 4-1 against Nakusp.
MVP= Allie Barsby for following advice and making a killer save!

We went down to 9 players (Savanna and Shelby were injured) during this game, but went back up to 11 for most of the last game!

Game 4: Won 5-1 against Mount Sentinel
MVP= Ella Haynes for defending like an all star!

By the time our last game came around, we were definitely feeling achey and tired after playing four full games!  Hearing the last whistle signal the end of the game was probably the best feeling in the world.  

MVP for tournament: Arriela for being a complete legend. She was the top scorer this weekend with somewhere around 12-14 goals. She also set up some wicked plays and really held the team together smile emoticon

Way to be Lakers -smile emoticonawesome way to start the season!

Try Outs- Senior Girls Soccer 2016

We started off our soccer season on the first day back from spring break this year.  Thirty-two girls tried out for the senior girls soccer team- a turn out that is much higher than any of the most recent years (I believe only four people showed up to the first try out last year!).  We had four tryouts in which Ms. Bartz had the opportunity to judge us based upon many skills, including juggling, defending, sprinting and shooting.  The team was cut down to a core of 20 mainly senior students.  Below is the list of the "core" soccer team!

Eleri Smart

Cassidy Gray

Erin Kubian

Lillian Spiegl

Emily Stober

Ryley Haynes

Linnea Wrazej

Tori Maybuck

Shelbie Clarke

Andi Hutchinson

Maddie Hromadnik 

Amira Elwakeel

Anna Arif

Kally Van Mulligen

Arriela Cole

Carli Maybuck

Larissa Kurtz

Finley Spiegl

Clare Ross

Shelby Zaporosky

We have a group of 12 girls that make up our "red shirt" line as well.  The girls who are red shirts are welcome to all practices and some tournaments, depending on the availability of the core team!

The team captains for this year are Kally Van Mulligen and Larissa Kurtz!