Friday, August 31, 2018
Wawasee ****Time Change**** for Tuesday's Game
The schedule notes that the Varsity kick off is at 5 pm but this is incorrect. The JV game starts at 5 pm, followed by a 6:45 pm Varsity start.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Blast from the Past Thursday
The 2010 Sectional Championship team. (They would finally lose in the Regional Final 2-0 to Elkhart Central).
Training Session added
Due to the fact that we will play Wawasee the day after Labor Day, an extra training session has been added for Monday September 3rd at 9 am at the game field. Training will conclude around 10:30am. The Coaching Staff......see you there.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Team Dinner after practice tonight
There will be a team dinner hosted by Trent's parents after practice today. The address is 440 Hickory Lane, Nappanee. Speaking of Trent.......... Trent tore a ligament in his foot and will be in a boot for about 2-3 weeks (hopefully 2). Hopefully Trent will recover quickly so he can be back playing around the Concordia game! 
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Bremen - NorthWood 3-3 (0-3)
FIRST HALF - 10" Parker (Kayden assist), 28" Sebastian (Andre & Landon assists), 35" Jerson (Sebastian assist). SECOND HALF 56"1-3, 75" 2-3, 80" 3-3. JV loses 0-1. Varsity record 2-2-1, JV record 0-3.
Monday, August 27, 2018
ISCA Poll
NorthWood drops out of the top 20 in 2A but fully expects to return to the top 20 in the next couple of weeks. Concord is now ranked 8th in 3A, while tonight's opponent Bremen is ranked 20 in 1A.
Match Day 5
Today's game is at Bremen (game played at the park on the east side of town, not at the High School). Due to the number of players who went out for soccer, the JV will play only one half of soccer. The Varsity contest will be played first and will kick off at 5 pm, JV will follow at approximately 6:45. Bremen is 3-2 on the season with losses to Plymouth (6-3) and Bethany Christian (2-1) and wins over Wawasee, Central Noble and Trinity.
The bus will leave the school at 4 pm. The NorthWood squad will be at full strength. Players have been encouraged to hydrate the last two days due to the hot conditions this afternoon (Feels Like temperature around 100 with high humidity).
Concord-NorthWood 2-0 (2-0)
Another Match Day where the opponent is a 3A ranked team. This time we travel the short distance to Dunlap to play 3A #13 Concord. During the National Anthem we notice that Noah's heart is on the opposite side from the rest of us. The JV and Varsity starts are pushed back by an hour in order to allow about 4 Concord players and Kyle Luster to take their SAT's and still play some of the game. FIRST HALF - The Panthers have to do without Sebastian Guillen who received a red card in the game against Northridge. The game starts out with some back and forth play. In the 7th, Concord scores the first goal of the game after the NW midfield misses a mark coming up the field (video will be used to illustrate the defensive breakdown later this week). Three minutes later, after the Panthers have settled down some, Andre places a thru ball into Parker's feet. His first touch is away from goal but he does get the shot off. His effort misses the right post by only a few centimeters. Luke comes up big all day long. Despite the finger injury (glove was buddy taped), he is able to make a lot of diving stops. In the 23rd minute, Trent goes up for a defensive header in the box. The ball skips off his head and we are just unlucky to have it land right in front of a Concord player who scores the 2-0. Luster shows up in minute 31. HALF TIME- Overall we play well and the main topic of discussion is the organization in the back. SECOND HALF- The Minutemen's keeper punts the ball from outside the box and the referee award NW an indirect free kick on the 81 yard line. Parker touches the ball to Jerson. Jerson's shot is saved saved by the keeper at his right post. In the 60th minute Jerson receives a yellow caution. Minutes before that, Marshall getss the ball in the box and finds himself eye to eye with the keeper in stars and stripes. Marshall tries to chip the falling flag. The keeper saves the effort. Marshall might have had more success had he tried to go around the Concord backstop. Nine fingered Luke makes his final save in the 71st when he comes out on a dangerous Concord cross. The french referee blows his whistle for the final time in the 80th. A game well played by the Panthers and well officiated by the trio of arbiters. The JV loses 3-1. Marshall Beebe scores the lone NW goal. NOTES - The JV falls to 0-2 but is looking pretty good; results will surely come. The Varsity now owns a 2-2-0 record. Next game is tonight (Monday) at Bremen. 
The Varsity in the bleachers during the JV game.
The Varsity in the bleachers during the JV game.
Friday, August 24, 2018
Happy Birthday to the Dutch Touch Blog
To all GFOB: Sunday will be the blogs 11th Birthday. Will probably have to celebrate it!
Match Day 4 **Start Time Change**
No time to worry about what happened yesterday because it is time to prepare for tomorrow. We travel to Concord to take on the Minutemen on their tiny field. The Minutemen are 3-0-1 with wins against Penn, South Bend Adams and Wawasee and a tie against Mishawaka Marian. The #18 Panthers (2A) play a good #13 Concord (1A). The game time for both JV and Varsity have been changed. The JV game will start at 11 am and the Varsity match kicks off at 12:45 pm. The bus will leave the High School at 10 am from the Pain Palace. The Positive Take: We will play on a small field but it will be in better shape then our home turf and odds are the officiating will be better. The Negative Take: No Sebastian.....
Soccer is known for the "wave" but you've never seen the field doing it....until now
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