Fall Awards correction

The Fall Awards on November 3rd will start at 6:30 pm and NOT at 7 pm as first reported. The mistake is entirely to blame on me and I therefore was unable to locate anyone I could blame for it and I regret that even more then the mistake itself.

VV Noordseschut - VV Grijpskerk 2-3 (0-2)

VV Grijpskerk defeats the #2 team in a game that had Grijpskerk lead 0-2 at the half in goals, Noordseschut recorded 2 red cards before the half. The second half went the opposite way in goals; the blue & whites tied it up at 2-2 but then scored an own goal late in the game to give Grijpskerk its second win in a row. VV Grijpskerk moves up to 7th place overall.

Fall Sports Awards Night

The Fall Awards Night will be on Tuesday November 3 at 7 pm in the auditorium. Boys Soccer will award the winner of the "Kyle Hunsberger Award", the MVP, Captains and Most Improved as well as All NLC and Honorable Mention NLC. The off season schedule will be a topic of discussion as well.

NLC change for 2010

Next season, the NLC will finally adopt the rule where a win earns a team 3 points and a tie one point. Until now, the NLC was one of the last conferences to hold on to the 2 points for a win and one for a draw rule.

Turn in your uniforms - reminder

ALL (varsity and JV) need to meet with their coaches at the GAME FIELD after school tomorrow - wednesday Oct. 14- around 3:30 pm. You need to help with taking down the nets, benches etc. and all uniforms (!) and warmups need to be turned in. Make sure all shirts/shorts etc. have been washed. This should take about an hour. We will also discuss the off season schedule (open gym and indoor soccer at the Elkhart Sports Center).

NorthWood's Soccer All NLC & HM

All NLC honors as well as Honorable Mention are voted on by the NLC head coaches. This year, NorthWood received more votes then ever before. All NLC are: Cesar Salinas, senior, Ryan Lincoln, junior and Maliq Taylor, junior. Honorable Mention: Eddie Salinas, sophomore. Congratulations.
source: Head Coach Brad Duerksen.

Thanks for the 2009 pictures

I want to thank Lindy Seitz for providing me (and all the parents) with pictures from each Varsity and JV game, including the pre-season tournament, JV Tourney and the Sectionals. It made the blog somewhat bearable and certainly more colorful. So thanks again for a great job and I am looking forward to quite a few more years of game photos.

2009 Sectionals pictures

Season Over

A 77th minute Bremen goal in the LaVille Sectional ends the Panthers' season, despite Cam Seitz's great effort. LaVille beat Glenn 8-1. The Panthers end the season with a 6-7-3 record.

Wednesday October 14, the team (Varsity & JV) will meet at the game field to take down the nets and hand in all jerseys/shorts and warm ups!

Open Gym can not start until Monday November 2nd (IHSAA rules do not allow for OG to start until after the State Finals have concluded). This means that all players, unfortunately, have a full three weeks off.

Hoosierfutbol.com from today

SECTIONAL 12 @ LAVILLE (4 TEAMS)

No contest here. Northwood has been
one of the top 10 teams in this area.
HF.com Pick - Northwood

Sectionals start today!

FROM TODAY'S ELKHART TRUTH
AREA SCORING LEADERS
GOALS/ ASSISTS/TOTAL POINTS -
Luke Hooley, Westview 16 5 37
Carl Kay, Goshen 15 5 35
Andy Morrison, Northridge 15 4 34
Eric Walker, Penn 13 6 32
Richie Was, Marian 14 2 30
Femi H-Janzen, Bethany 11 6 28
Hank Blum, Marian 7 11 25
Jordan Berkey, Westview 5 14 24
Nick Wysong, Concord 10 3 23
Tim Wilson, Penn 7 8 22
Steven Alvarado, Northridge 7 7 21
Luke Davis, Northridge 7 7 21
Ryan Lincoln, NorthWood 8 5 21
Charly Ruvalcaba, Goshen 7 6 20
Manuel Garcia, Marian 6 8 20
Austin Benzinger, Wawasee 8 4 20
Jesse Ramer, Bethany 7 5 19
Andrew Snyder, Bethany 5 7 17
Dom Hunter, Westview 7 3 17
Jake Driver, Goshen 6 3 15
Eder Paez, Bethany 6 2 14
Alex Amaya, Memorial 6 2 14
Cody Blunk, Wawasee 5 4 14
Jarred Campoli, ECA 6 1 13
Jimmy Smogor, Marian 5 3 13
Weston Craker, Penn 5 3 13
Justin Guerra, Central 5 2 12
Mark Bisig, ECA 5 2 12
Toby Brown, ECA 6 0 12
Miguel Amador, Memorial 6 0 12
Eddie Salinas, NorthWood 5 2 12
Tyler Barnum, Penn 5 1 11
Andrew Bartush, Penn 5 1 11
Drew Sylvester, Wawasee 4 3 11
NOTES
The many-times mighty Elkhart Sectional has no team this year with at least a .500 record. Never before had it had fewer than two with winning records. ... The area has been represented at the State Finals each of the last three years. Marian went to Indianapolis in 2008, Goshen in 2007 and state runner-up Central in 2006. ... NorthWood has won three straight LaVille Sectional titles, while Goshen, Westview and Marian are all shooting for three-peats this year. ... Concord and Westview are the area's all-time leaders in sectional crowns with seven apiece, followed by Northridge at six and Central at five. ... Surging Penn is coming off a lopsided victory previously-unbeaten Lake Central.
By Anthony Anderson

LaVille Sectional @ Newton Park

NorthWood will play Bremen in the second game tomorrow night in the LaVille Sectional. The game will start at 7 pm and will follow the Glenn-LaVille (5pm) game. The winners advance to the sectional championship on Saturday night. Bobbie is out due to an ankle injury and Eddie is recuperating from a shoulder injury. Hopefully he will be able to play. Temperatures are predicted to be around 50 degrees at game time with a chance of showers. Great weather for a soccer game! Hopefully the team will be supported by a lot of fans (parents, girlfriends, grandparents) to counter the large group of supporters from Bremen.

ADO The Hague - FC Groningen 1-1

Varsity regular season results 2009

6-6-3 (1-4-2 NLC)

vs Central Noble 2-0 W
vs Lakel. Chr. 0-1 L
@ Northridge 1-4 L*
@ Mishawaka 6-1 W
@ Bremen 1-0 W
vs Wawasee 1-1 D*
@ Warsaw 0-4 L*
vs Goshen 1-2 L*
vs SB Riley 6-0 W
@ Memorial 3-1 W*
@ Glenn 4-0 W
vs Concord 0-1 L*
vs Plymouth 0-0 D*
@ Bethany Chr. 1-1 D
@ Angola 0-2 L

*NLC opponents

JV regular season results 2009

7-5-3 - Second best JV record in school history.

vs. Lakeland Christ. Academy 5-0 W
@ Northridge 0-5 L
@ Mishawaka 3-0 W
@ Westview 2-2 D
vs. Wawasee 2-0 W
@ Warsaw 6-0 L
vs. Goshen 3-0 L
vs. Plymouth 2-0 L *
vs. Memorial 1-0 W *
vs. Penn 2-1 W
@ Memorial 3-0 W
vs. Concord 3-1 L
vs. Plymouth 1-1 D
@ Bethany Christian 1-0 W
@ Angola 1-1 D

Top scorers: Taylor Wegmiller, 9; Tim Escoto, 6
Shut outs: Kyle Dijkstra, 6 (#)

* JV Tourney.
# JV Record.

NorthWood @ Angola pictures

The pictures are up (check NWSoccerpic link). The Varsity finishes the regular season at 6-6-3. Next up is the game vs. Bremen on Thursday October 8th, at Newton Park in Sectional 12. Game time is 7 pm.

NorthWood JV @ Angola pictures

THE JV TIED ANGOLA 1-1 ON A LATE TAYLOR WEGMILLER GOAL. THE TEAM FINISHES THE SEASON WITH THE SECOND BEST RECORD EVER AT 7-5-3. TAYLOR SCORED NINE GOALS ON THE SEASON AND TIM WITH 6. KYLE RECORDED A RECORD 6 SHUTOUTS.

NorthWood @ Angola V 0-2L/JV 1-1 D

JUST THE KIND OF DAY IT WAS........

NorthWood @ Bethany Christian pictures

NWSoccerpics - check out the link, pictures are up!