2009 NorthWood Captains

2009 NorthWood Seniors

YOUR 2009 NORTHWOOD SENIORS - Part 1

YOUR 2009 NORTHWOOD SENIORS - Part 2

Senior Night 2009

NorthWood-Plymouth pictures

NorthWood- Plymouth 0-0

Senior Night turned out to be a cool and windy night but despite the weather, the fans pushed the turnstiles quite a few times. On tap tonight was the fixture against the 13-1-1 Rockies. It was probably the first time in NW soccer history we would face an opponent this late in the season with just one loss. Plymouth is not in the top 20 or Honorable Mention but for some reason only falls in the "Team To Watch" category.

Before the game all seven seniors were recognized with their parents and were given personalized blankets with the NW Panthers soccer emblem, name and number. The mothers were given flowers, except for Cesar who kept the flowers to give to his girlfriend. The seniors who were recognized were Michael Balogh, Bobby Delafuente, Kasey Grendys, Cesar Salinas, Cam Seitz, Daniel Villa and Patrick Thompson.

FIRST HALF
The wind advantage in the first half went to the Panthers who were playing from right to left from the coaches' perspective. Mr. Yoder manned the booth, and did a great job. The booth assistant and the Panthers' best cheerleader was the well rounded college student, former Holy Cross, current IUSB and future Purdue student Robbie Balogh.
It became clear early on that Plymouth is a technically skilled team with great passing abilities. Add to that the fact that they have 12 seniors with one of them having superb skill (#2 Vervynckt) and you have a very good NLC team that can come at you from different angles of attack all night long. Which is exactly what they ended up doing.
Already in the third minute, Plymouth had an open chance but the save by keeper Michael Balogh prevented the 1-0. NW was able to create some counters but they were few and far between. Most of the play, especially in the first half took place between the two 18's.
Plymouth substituted one of their players who, according to coach Duerksen, was a Chia Pet, but it did not lower the level of play.
Late in the second half a long pass ended up in front of Lincoln just outside the box but he took a touch to his left in an effort to circumevent the Rockies defense instead of one touch shooting it and the opportunity was lost.
Jake was given the task to mark Vervynckt but when coach Duerksen noticed that Vervynckt was coming up from a midfield position the team went from manmarking to the double stopper set up.

SECOND HALF
This half was dominated by Plymouth. Most of the play took place on our defensive third of the field but with great efforts from Kasey, Cesar, Cam, Kronk, Maliq (!) and Collin defensively, the Panthers were able to withstand wave after wave of Rockies coming at them. In the 63rd minute a quick counter went to Lincoln who hit a great cross from the left side to Noodle. Noodle had a great touch but saw it go just wide to the right. This NLC battle went to the last minute. Plymouth took the ball to NW time and time again, resulting in quite a few corners. One cross in the box came off Joshs' foot wrong but a miraculous save, courtesy of Maliq Taylor, preserved the draw for the Panthers.
The tie does a lot for the Panthers. If we play .500 the rest of the way, it will guarantee a winning season and at this point we still have a chance of getting up to 10 victories as well. All in all, this was a great effort, especially defensively, from all players with a great result. After upsetting Bethany on senior night last year, it is great to see that trend continue!

NOTES
Next up is Bethany Christian this Thursday (tomorrow) at Bethany. JV starts at 5pm, followed by the Varsity at 6:45 pm. After that we have one game left. We will travel to Angola on Saturday (bus leaves at 9 am).

We are on the road the rest of the year but hope to spend a lot of time at our home away from home, Lakeville.

The JV gave away a 1-0 lead in the last few minutes of the game but still ended up with a 1-1 tie. Tim, coach Mattern's "Honduran Assassin", scored the lone goal.Tim now has six goals, Taylor 7 for the season.

The Varsity's record is now 6-5-2 (1-4-2 NLC). The JV record is also 6-5-2.

SECTIONAL DRAW

LaVille- Glenn
Bremen- NorthWood

Sectional Draw Live on ihsaasports.org

Live on the IHSAA website; http://www.ihsaasports.org/live_video_webcast/index.aspx
at 8:40 this morning.

NorthWood-Concord pics

NorthWood JV -Concord pics

Pictures are up; NWsoccerpics...........see link.

FC Groningen-Vitesse Arnhem 1-0

Win at home moves the FC up three spots in the standings. Watch the one and only goal of te match.

VV Grijpskerk - VIBOA 2-0

Goals from Jeen Wobbes and HJ Smit make the difference in a well deserved home win in the Dutch First Division. Next up the trip to the province of Friesland to face ONS/Orange Nassau Sneek.

Upcoming schedule

NOTE THE TIMES FOR ANGOLA GAMES. Listed for 11 & 1, will provide update afterwe check on those starting times.
Upcoming Schedule:
Tuesday, 9/29: SENIOR NIGHT!! - Varsity (and JV) v. Plymouth @ Home (5:00/6:45 p.m. starting times, meal immediately following)


Thursday, 10/1: Varsity (and JV) v. Bethany Christian - Away (5:00/6:45 p.m. starting times)


Saturday, 10/3: Varsity (and JV) v. Angola - Away (11:00 a.m. /1:00 pm starting times)
Thursday, 10/8: Sectionals Match #1 @ Newton Park, Lakeville, Indiana (starting times TBD)

Saturday, 10/10: Sectionals Championship @ Newton Park, Lakeville, Indiana (starting times TBD)

NorthWood - Concord 1-0 (1-0)

6-5-1. Next up Plymouth Tuesday night which is also senior night.

JV loses 3-1.

NorthWood defeats Batman

Updated stats - Varsity

2009 SOCCER STATS
Through Glenn

RECORD: 6-4-1 (NLC) 1-3-1

NAME: GOALS ASSISTS NLC PTS
Ryan Lincoln 7 5 1 ast 18
Eddie Salinas 5 2 2g 12
Connor Beckwith 4 1 1g 9
Cesar Salinas 3 2 1 g 8
Tyler Kronk 2 3 1g/1a 7
Roman Ortiz-Prather 1 3 1a 5
Trent Jacobs 2 1 5
Daniel Villa 1 1 3

Taylor Shutouts -5 G.A.A- 1.3




*GOALS FOR: 25 GOALS AGAINST: 14


CAREER RECORD: 99-101-28

NorthWood @ Glenn pics

NorthWood @ Glenn 4-0 (3-0)

The team arrived just in time to witness the senior night activities. The national anthem was performed by the North Liberty Girls Choir. Nothing is permanent at Glenn's soccer field however; the goals have wheels as does the scoreboard and the bleachers so I would suggest to drive it all to a real soccer field.

FIRST HALF
The first few minutes were played in a fashion that matched the pitch; rocky and bumpy but the team settled down quickly. A punt from Maliq in the 3rd went to Conner who slipped the ball to Noodle. He played the ball to Ryan who fell but the ball rolled towards Eddie. Eddie took a great solid shot that hit the onion bag hard, 1-0.
In the 10th minute of play, Conner got open with the ball and went one on one wth the goalie but missed to the right.
In the 21st Conner hit a nice shot that hit the crossbar.
In the 29th minute Eddie placed a corner on the ground across the box. Noodle had no problems finishing, 2-0.
In the 30th Cam passed the ball to Trent who applied the dummy and in turn made Kronk look like one when he didn't anticipate the pass and let it go over the sideline while shrieking his usual Kronk Honk. The ball went over the sidelines and endlines more then usual, mainly due to the very short and extremely narrow field.
When the final whistle blew, the Panthers had collected a total of 15 corners, a season record.
In the 37th minute a spectator of the Glenn persuasion started to argue with the AR about a throw in. The Center ref send him off. The man's wife came over to argue the case for her worse half. But apparently she lost her cause and the husband continued his way to the exit.
With seconds left to play in the half, Maliq kicked the ball to Lincoln who took a shot but the shot was blocked by Glenn defenders and recovered by Kronk. Kronk passed it back to Lincoln who hit the net for the 3-0 half time score.

SECOND HALF
Eddie took the first NW corner eight minutes into the half. His low corner went to Conner who connected for the Panthers' 4th unanswered goal.
Minutes later Kronk went for a fifty fifty ball, tried to shield the ball and keep a Glenn midfielder off the ball. While holding the Glenn player's "jersey" everyone could hear the Glenn player howl in agony. When he gave his coach the universal sign for "distress in the crotch area", he was substituted. Soon after Kronk came out and was asked for an explanation. Kronk stated that he tried to hold the guy off by holding his shirt but inadvertently (hopefully) held on to his private part a little too hard and too long resulting in the substitution request. This might have been the most exciting occurence in the second half, at least for some.
After a 62nd minute blatent handball ,Lincoln was still allowed to play on and crushed the ball on the crossbar. Cam added another shot on the lower left post in the last few minutes of the game but all to no avail. The game remained 4-0 and the Panthers had a total of 17 shots on goal. All players -but Cesar- saw the field for a considerable amount of time.
Next up is the NLC matchup with Concord at home this Saturday. The JV kicks off at 10 am, followed by the Varsity at 11:45.

NorthWood @ John Glenn information

Today's game (varsity only) versus John Glenn will be played at the soccer field (?) behind the North Liberty Elementary School.

Knickerbockers - VV Grijpskerk 2-1

Another loss (9/19/09).

NorthWood @ Memorial pictures

Pictures are all up!

NorthWood JV @ Memorial pictures

NorthWood @ Memorial 3-1 (2-0)

We had to beg for the lights to be turned on and the national anthem was nowhere to be found. It seemed like nothing else could go wrong. Except for that heavy shower of course. Too bad it lasted 20 minutes (twice).

FIRST HALF
Both teams came out a little flat but as time went by, NorthWood settled down nicely and took the ball to the Memorial half. In the 8th minute, Josh was able to circumvent piles of geese droppings and make a nice pass up the line to lead Lincoln on the left side. Lincoln crossed the ball in the box to Kronk who in turn passed to Conner. Conner challenged the keeper for the ball, won and scored the 1-0!
Exactly 20 minutes later, NorthWood had a corner from the left. Eddie Salinas took the corner, uncharachteristically short, with a nice bend around the first post to the surprise of Memorial keeper Lopez. No one touched the ball and so the 2-0 could be put on the board.
The rain came down fairly heavy (although it did not seem to bother the coaches and players on the bench too much) and the ball started to skip which made keeping the goal clean quite a challenge.
With less then two minutes left, Memorial's "Where is" Waldo missed a shot in front of an open goal.

SECOND HALF
Half time took longer then usual due to a lightning delay. Some minor adjustments were made, partly due to Kasey Grendys' ankle injury. When play finally resumed in front of just a few spectators it was Memorial who took it to NorthWood in the first 6 minutes or so. It was pretty evident they were trying to score a quick goal but the Panthers were finally able to take the ball to the offensive third where a cross landed in front of Kronk by way of Josh. Kronk took a great shot that was stopped only by a great header by one of the Charger defenders. Another Eddie corner in the 49th went, of course, far and was re-directed by Noodle"s noggin where it landed in front of Cesar's feet at about 21 out. A high kick went up and over the Memorial keeper for the 3-0.
Memorial had some good opportunities but all were saved by NW keeper Michael Balogh (who by the way was one of many who heard his name butchered at the beginning of the game).In the 69th minute Memorial took a free kick just outside the box with a shot around the wall but on goal. Balogh stopped the ball initially but two Memorial players charged the loose ball for the only Charger goal of the night. The final score of 3-1 was a good reflection of the game and gave the Panthers their first NLC win of the season (1-3-1). So despite the geese, seagulls, heavy rain and no anthem, we did alright. Next up is the trip to North Liberty (varsity only) on Thursday. The field there rivals Central Noble's for worst field in Northern Indiana. Cesar Salinas will watch from the bench after receiving yellow card number 5 against Memorial. Pretty good timing actually. Kasey Grendys is day to day, but then again, aren't we all. The varsity's overall record is now 5-4-1

JV
The JV improved its record to 6-4-1 by beating Memorial 3-0 (after beating them 1-0 in the JV Tourney only days ago). Two goals came from Taylor Wegmiller, two assists from Justen. An assist from Juan to "2" (Justen) finalized the score. Next up for the JV is the home game versus Concord on Saturday at home (10 am kick off).

NorthWood JV-Penn pictures

THE GOAL......AND SPECS. All NW-Penn pics are up!

NorthWood JV - Penn 2-1 (1-0)

The JV beat the Kingsmen 2-1 with goals coming from Tim or as coach Mattern refers to him; "the Honduran assassin" and Jake. Jake was also the reason we gave up a goal in the second half. He was charged with a foul in the box and Penn was awarded the PK. Jordan Thompson, who had just come in the goal for Kyle, did not have a chance. The JV's record is now a very respectable 5-4-1. It is the best JV record in quite a few years. They will try to repeat Saturday's performance and beat Memorial again this afternoon. Kick off in Elkhart is slated for 5pm. Kyle by the way, has not given up a goal in any of the 5 wins this season.

NorthWood JV - Goshen Tourney

Case in point

The AR seems to be more interested in the Riley bench (rolled up adidas pants maybe?) then in the play at hand. Thanks to great photography, we now have proof that officials' attention isn't always where it should be !

NorthWood-South Bend Riley Varsity pictures