TWINS

This Week in NorthWood Soccer............voluntary conditioning with the seniors (Mon/Tue/Thu 9-10 at the track). Get the physicals taking care of. Those need to be in at the athletic office before the first practice. Practices (two-a-days) start Monday August 5th; 9a-11a & 1p-3p. All practices will take place at the practice field on the north side of the High School.

2013 Mandatory Athletic Meeting

The mandatory meeting for all athletes is Wednesday August 7th at 7 pm in the Auditorium.

2013 Soccer Showcase McCordsville

On the menu for the tournament for this year's rendition of the Soccer Showcase were Fishers, Blackford and Northwestern. NORTHWOOD - FISHERS The first game of the tournament has a nervous and apprehensive start. It is obvious a lot of the guys have not played together. Some players are trying to get used to new positions.Cody makes two incredible saves in the beginning stages of the game. Fifteen players are on the tourney team; Cody Cripe (GK), David Eschelman, Brayton Taylor, Brandon Barahona, Bennet Parker, Dennyz Barahona, Derrick Parker, Carter Beebe, Carter Dyksen, Connor Miller, Dillon Weldy, Matt Pippinger, Ethan Craven, Antonio Lopez and Isaac Bowers. Fishers scores in the 23rd for a 1-0 lead that would hold until the half. Our second half is better defensively despite giving up another two goals (45' and 53')for the final 0-3 loss. The tournament serves its purpose because it gives the coaches an insight on what we need to work on, what we need to change and we get a chance to see what the players are capable off. NORTHWOOD-BLACKFORD Again, it takes us a while to get started but once we do, we decisively take control of the match. Beebe scores number one in the 20th (1-0), Brandon in the 26th (2-0) and freshman Antonio in the 28th (3-0). The games at the Showcase are 35 minute halves. Two minutes into the second half it is again Beebe who finishes and puts NorthWood ahead 4-0. In the 50th minute, Ethan Craven gets the ball in the middle of the Blackford half, and takes a long distance shot that ends up high in the goal for the final score, 5-0. It would end up being the NorthWood goal of the Soccer Showcase. NORTHWOOD-NORTHWESTERN A sluggish and non-inspired NorthWood gives up a goal in the 15th (0-1). In the 32nd, Dyksen defends a ball well inside the box but a Northwestern midfielder trips over Carter's feet after the ball was cleared. The referee (well, he wore a shirt that made him look like one)pointed to the white dot on the 12. The PK goes in the left corner (no chance for Cody). Coach Duerksen tells the team that if they execute the adjustments suggested by him, the team will walk off the field with a 3-2 win. Almost prophetic......... Only 5 minutes into the second half it is Beebe who revenges a couple of first time misses with a nice goal to cut the lead in half (1-2). And he duplicates his performance with a very pretty goal three minutes later (great first touch and cut and solid finish). With the game level at 2, NorthWood presses to try and take over the lead. They do so in the 67th when the Northwestern GK kicks a ball just outside the box to Brayton who instantly kicks the ball back at the goal. The keeper, who is too far out and not prepared to stop a shot that quickly, lets it roll into the goal for the first NorthWood lead of the game (3-2). An unfortunate trip from behind in the box by NorthWood gives Northwestern its second PK of the day. This one goes in the right corner for the final score; 3-3. All in all a succesful weekend of soccer. Defensively we showed improvement but did give up 6 goals in 3 matches. Indeed enough to work on but also enough to work with. We saw improvement from game to game and for the ten years that NortWood has participated in the showcase, we never have left the tourney with a losing record.

2013 Summer Soccer information

The 2013 Youth Soccer Camp will be held June 24th-June 27th (Mon-Thu) at the game field at the Nappanee Elementary School. The camp runs from 9:30-11 am each day and is for K-7 Boys & Girls. All NW High School boys soccer players are expected to help out. The High School Soccer Showcase will be held July 26- July 28. This year, the tournament will not be held in Anderson, IN but in McCordsville at McCordsville Sports Park (home of Sporting Indiana). All information can be found on their new website "thehsshowcase.com) Tonight's open gym at the AC will be from 7-8:30ish

Open Gym at the NorthWood Athletic Center

Or OG@AC is tonight at 7:30. We will wrap it up around 9 or so. Hope to see everyone there!

Open Gym @ AC time change

Baseball work outs will start tonight which means we will push back our starting time to 7:30. Tonight we will go from 7:30 - 8:30 due to the ND-ALABAMA football game, starting next week we will go from 7:30 -9 pm.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Soccer's Open Gym will reconvene Monday January 7th, 2013

Indiana Tech Recruit Work Out

Kyle spent Sunday afternoon working out with the Men's soccer team at Indiana Tech in Ft. Wayne. Kyle was one of four GK's working out with the Indiana Tech team.

TWINS (time change Open Gym)

Tonight's open gym will be from 7-8:30ish. Camp information for those who will attend the Wright State University soccer camp this saturday in Dayton, OH will be handed out tonight.

TIME CHANGE OPEN GYM

Due to basketball try outs, the Open Gym for Soccer has been moved back to 7:30 and we will be done around 9 pm.

TWINS

Not only do we have Open Gym at the AC tonight (7-8:30ish) but tomorrow night is Fall Awards night. The Fall Awards start at 6:30 in the Auditorium and after the MVP's have been announced, we will go to an area with just the boy's team and parents for the rest of the awards. So we hope to see everyone there! Also, the indoor team starts play at the Elkhart Sports Center this weekend, the tentative playing time is 2 pm on Sunday but the actual time will be posted here after we get offcial word from the Sports Center.

2012 Indoor Season Information

The players who have signed up for the Indoor soccer team will start their season on either 11/10 or 11/12 (the team got a bye in the first round). Remember that the cost is $ 72.50 per player and that a game jersey is optional but if you use your own it needs to be "Chelsea Blue". Additionally, players are required to get a "soccer player card" for $15 which they will need to get before the second game -so be there early for that game-. If under 18, a parent will need to sign the waiver form. Bring either a birth certificate or an ID. The team name is "Chelsea FC" and plays in the High School Boys Fall Soccer League (check schedule and standings on their website www.elkhartsportcenter.com). The $72.50 is due Tue November 6th at the Fall Awards. Shirts can be ordered from Lindy Seitz on Tuesday; Short sleeve $ 10, Long sleeve $ 18, Hoodie $26. Any of these items with name add $4, with number add $3.50.

WHME channel 46 player of the week!

Clay Seitz was named the WHME outstanding athlete of the week last week. Congratulations!!!!!!!

TWINS

Finally, something this week!!!! Tonight, indoor at the AC (as we call it, Open Gyme/AC or OG/AC)from 7 - 8:30! See everyone tonight!

2012-2013 ALL NLC

Clay Seitz, Kyle Dijkstra and Taylor Wegmiller were all voted First Team ALL NLC. Tad Chamberlain was voted Honorable Mention. Congratulations to these four seniors!

ECU try outs and Indoor

Yesterday Carter Beebe, Carter Dyksen and Clay, Taylor and Kyle all tried out for either the U17 or U18 ECU teams. Indoor will start up soon (probably first week of November). More information will be available on Fall Awards Night (Nov. 6th). Check out the new High School website for more information and check out the soccer page while you are visiting the school's site.

Taylor in green, Clay in red, Kyle in grey.

Senior Night at IWU = Seth scoring goal!

Former NW player Seth Douwsma has been playing well all season but last night, at IWU's Senior Night, he scored the tying goal against Bethel in the 38th minute. The game went to OT and IWU pulled off the win. IWU has ony lost one game all season and can win the League this coming Tuesday at Taylor University. Congratulations Seth. The Douwsma/Wegmiller fan club was present last night to witness his spectacular performance!

ECU try outs

ECU try outs for the Spring 2013 teams are Sunday October 21. Registration is from 2-2:30 and try outs are from 2:30-4 pm.

Three weeks and counting.....

Open Gym will start three week from today (Oct. 29)at 7 pm at the AC.