Whitko-NorthWood pics

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Flag holder Whitko style

Traditional flag holder




Flag holder Whitko style

1982 called.....

AND THEY WANT THEIR UNIFORMS BACK!

Whitko - NorthWood 2-13 (0-8)

An uneventful bus ride led us to a football field somewhere between Warsaw and Columbia City. The new rule of changing into soccer gear in the AC locker room resulted in Tim leaving his soccer shoes there but with Collin out for the game with an injury/illness, a pair of cleats became available. These cleats must be haunted, because Tim fell ill with an undetermined illness as well.

FIRST HALF
After observing the Whitko warm up drill it became pretty obvious that we would have to find ways not to score. With about 50 people in the stands (hopefully we have reached the season low attendance already) it was NW that wasted little time getting on the monster scoreboard. A third minute pass from Taylor to Noodle, disappeared in the upper left crossing for the first goal of the season. In the 4th, Josh passed straight thru the middle to Taylor. TW signed for the 2-0. In the 7th Eddie assisted on another Taylor goal (3-0 if you are still keeping track). Three minutes later, Eusebio passes to the opposing keeper in a 1v1 situation in what can only be characterized as a sign of Latin Love for Whitko. In the next minute, Josh crossed (this will become a key word)to Eddie, who executes well, 4-0. The next 29 minutes we would score another 4 goals. 14th; Clay assist/Vitor "Rivellino" Rosario goal. 16th; free kick, Josh Ailes goal. 21st; Eusebio assist from the end line, beautiful Bennett Parker volley (goal of the night!) 7-0. Thompson assist, Vitor goal, 8-0.

HALF TIME
Due to the score and opposing level of play, Coach Duerksen instructs the players they can only score off of crosses but asks the players to just focus on possessing the ball.

SECOND HALF
The game would turn into our easiest practice of the season so far. Trying not to score was possibly the toughest issue facing the Panthers especially since possessing the ball was tough on a very narrow field (the 18 yard box was only about four steps from the sideline). Here is the summary of scoring in the second half: 47" Taylor 9-0 (Eddie assist), 48" 9-1 Sims (Whitko), 56" Eddie 10-1 (Connor assist), 58" Josh 11-1 (Eddie/Taylor assist), 64" Sims (Whitko)11-s PK, Thompson handball (that's what happens when you put a GK in the box with a ball), 72" Connor 13-2 (Parker assist).
SUMMARY
Goals: Noodle 1, Parker 1, Salinas 2, Vitor 2, Ailes 2, Beckwith 2, Taylor 3.
Assists: Thompson/Parker/Beckwith/Seitz/Eusebio 1, Ailes 2, Taylor/Eddie 3.

NOTES
This will probably be our first and last trip to Whitko.
This is Whitko's inaugural soccer season (they have had a club team since at least 2002).
Coach Dijkstra got yelled at by the other team's coach for getting upset at one of his own Panthers. He did not apologize but instead ignored the Whitko admonishment discarding it as overwhelming unawareness.
Today's Varsity practice is at the game field.

THURSDAY GAMEDAY INFORMATION

JV players will need to be at the field on Thursday for the game against Elkhart Central at 4:15. We will be wearing white shirts, black shorts and white socks. Two players will need to stay to run balls for the Varsity contest.
JV Game time - 5 pm
Varsity game time - 6:45 pm

Elkhart Central JV record 1-0
Elkhart Central Varsity record 1-0

GAMEDAY

The bus leaves the AC at 3:45 pm today. New for this season: All players will need to change in the AC locker rooms as opposed to the bathrooms in the school. Game time is 5 pm and as mentioned before, the game will take place at the Whitko Middle School, not the High School. Directions have been provided to all Varsity players and have also been posted on this blog.

The JV will have a regular practice at the High School.

Tomorrow's Varsity practice is at the game field; the JV will practice at the High School.

Whitko game field location update

Whitko plays its soccer game at their Middle School. For GPS users, use 710 North State Road 5, Larwill. Direction below are from Yahoo Maps:


Go East On US HWY 6

Turn Right on IN-15 - go 13 mi

Turn Right to take ramp onto US-30 E - go 13.8 mi

Turn Right on N DEPOT ST - go 0.2 mi

Bear Right on W MAIN ST(IN-5) - go 0.10mi

Continue to follow IN-5 - go 0.30 mi

Turn Left on N IN-5 - go 0.40.6 mikm

Arrive at 710 N STATE ROAD 5, LARWILL, on the Left

Whitko Middle School

Red-Black Game 2011 pics

PRE GAME FLY OVER

Alumni Game 2011 pics

Argos Invitational Draw

NorthWood drew John Glenn in the first round of the Argos Invitational to be played on Saturday September 10 in Argos. Argos drew Griffith. The winners of game 1 & 2 play each other for the Championship and the losers of the first two games play for 3rd & 4th place.

Red-Black scrimmage

The game was split up in three periods. The first and second twenty minute periods were played between two evenly divided teams. The workrate on the black team was a little better then on the white team (this is why we must call it the red-black scrimmage, I reckon)and that made the difference in the final result (2-0?) although the coaching probably would have something to do with that as well. The last period (30 minutes)had a "Black" lineup of Varsity only vs. Varsity/JV starters mix. The pace increased in this period, as did the combinations on the field. There is still a lot of work to do before the first game (Tuesday, away @ Whitko). We need to be more patient and focus more on possessing the ball and waiting for opportunities instead of going straight to goal all the time. Practice friday and monday are from 3:30 - 5:30 at the High School practice field.

Alumni Game 2011

A very low turnout (about 8 players) meant we had to narrow and shorten the field. With three coaches and a guest player (Alex Montgomery, former player at Fairfield HS, Ohio and cousin to Ben and Kyle Dijkstra)we could play 6v6. Brody Morningstar, Dustin Shaw, Chris Roelandts, Nate Davidhizar, Ben Dijkstra, Cam Seitz, Ryan Lincoln and Daniel Villa made up the alumni this year. Last year we had about 24 players show up so it was a little disappointing to see the drop in numbers. Must be the trend to not have enough players. I forgot the score, probably because I really never knew what the score was but if I were to guess, I would say it ended in a 14-14 tie.

Schedule Change 8/23/11

Due to the fact that Lakeland Christian had a low number of athletes come out for soccer, the JV game has been shortened to one half. The Varsity game will start at 5 pm followed at 6:30 by the JV game (1/2 game).

Order forms due

The order forms for t-shirts, hoodies etc. are due. If anyone has not handed those in to Mrs. Beckwith yet, bring them to practice today and give the forms to Connor.

Buddy picture

Long talked about buddy picture. But the long wait was well worth it...........

Picture Day

Yesterday was picture day. Pictured above is the 2011-2012 NorthWood Men's Soccer Varsity.

Practice Schedule week 2 (8/8 - 8/12/11)

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9-10am (on the track) and 3:30 - 5:30pm.

Thursday is the intra squad scrimmage around 7:15pm on the game field (no practice).

Friday 3:30-5:30pm.

Today (Monday 8/8) is also picture & media day at 3 pm for JV & Varsity.

New Link

The top link "Parent's Page" will now direct you to the NorthWood Soccer Parent's page. This page will have location information to away games, pictures of JV & Varsity games and information coming from the representatives of the Captains Club.

Car Wash Saturday

Tomorrow's car wash starts at 10 am, all players should be at LJ Wagner's at 09:45.