Season over

The 2018-2019 did not end the way we wanted to. If nothing else, you want to play your last game giving everything you got and it seemed that we were not hungry, not energetic enough. A win and a spot in a championship game is not a given every year but it was not to be! We need to do and need to be better next year. But the coaching staff wants to thank the Seniors for all the years they have given to the NorthWood Boys soccer program. We want to thank the school and specifically the Athletic Department and our Athletic Trainer Mr. Widner for all their help and support. We want to thank all the parents for all the help with the food, the snacks, for washing the pinnies and most of all for supporting your student athletes during a hectic and busy soccer season. The soccer program has been around for 24 years and Coach Duerksen and myself have been around for 22 of those years. A lot of changes have happened over the years but none more then the upcoming changes. It is exciting to see that we are finally moving to a new facility which is taking shape as I write this. To play on artificial turf at the Well Fields might not be the most ideal situation (who does not want to play on a pristine grass surface) but it is pretty much the second best situation we can find ourselves in. Our grass field at the game field has been awful for a majority of the years we have played our matches there. Too many games were canceled, once we even played a Senior Night game against Plymouth on the "soccer field" at the Middle School. Those days are now behind us and now we go from the worst field in Northern Indiana in 2018, to the best field in 2019. Great lights, great field; what an exciting time to be part of the program! So the focus shifts to the next season and we hope that with a new environment comes a new dedication from the players as well. I know our coaching staff is ready for August 5th, 2019. I will make an announcement here about Awards Night soon. Go PANTHERS!!!!!!