The U-11 boys team continued to play well the past 4 weeks. since their 2-0 start, the boys had a great win over solon 5-2, and then stumbled against Twinsburg with a 5-2 loss . They rebounded nicely against Chagrin Falls with an 8-0 win that was played in a swamp. This past Sunday the boys took their 4-1 record to play a tough 4-1 Kenston team. A great game to watch as we took a 3-1 halftime lead. Only to see it disappear as the boys trailed 5-3 10 minutes into the second half. They kids never gave up as they tied the score with 5 minutes left, when Andrew punched in the winning goal on a beautiful cross to the middle. Boys won 6-5 and gained soul possesion of first place, with two games to go. They play a 4-1 Aurora team this weekend in Aurora. The U-11 boys are an exciting team to watch. They are very team oriented and fun to watch.

Coach Kraus

The u-11 boys team has started the season with a 2-0 record. We opened the season with a 6-1 victory over Shaker Heights and followed that up with a 9-0 win over Cleveland Heights. We travel to Solon this Sunday. The offense has set the tone early in both games and defensively the team is shutting opponents down. The team will be participating in the Bothwell Cup in Canton in October. -Brian Kraus

Hello Parents,

Just a quick heads up about an recent change in my coaching situation with Nordonia High School for next year.

This morning I resigned as the Girls Soccer Coach at Nordonia H.S., as I have accepted an offer to be the Head Coach for the Brecksville Girls Soccer Team for next fall.

I am excited about this new coaching opportunity, BUT it was extremely hard for me to accept as I have grown attached to the Nordonia Soccer Community, especially all of you. I will continue to teach in the School District next school year, but I am unsure at this time which building I will be in.

As for the NHSA Girls Travel Program… A few things may happen. 1. When a new coach is chosen, he/she MAY GET INVOLVED & keep things running 2. Or WE MAY LOOK TO JOIN with a surrounding communitys travel organization. We will definitely keep you posted as things become more concrete to make sure everyone has a place to PLAY next fall!!!

Thanks for all of your support with the Girls Soccer Program over the last 4 years. I wish all of your daughters the best of luck in their soccer careers & look forward to keeping in touch with all of them. I will be finishing out the spring season with our U12 girls, and I am excited to do this as I truly have enjoyed working with each and every one of your daughters. Let me know if you have any specific soccer questions about your daughter and her next step, Im happy to help!

GO KNIGHTS,

Katie Kruse

The u-10 boys have started off the season with two victories after having their first 2 games rained out. We opened the season with a 3-2 victory over Twinsburg and then followed that up with a 6-1 win against West Geauga. The team has played well and are starting to gel as a team. The kids play at Smith Park this Sunday against Eastlake at 1:00 and will continue to improve each week.

Coach Brian Kraus

The U12 Girls remained unbeaten with Sundays 3-3 tie at home against Willoughby. The Knights are now 2-0-2 under Coach Katie Kruse.

Their next game is Saturday afternoon at Geneva.

This week, the U-11 Boys Travel Team tied a tough Kenston Team 2-2 with two nice goals from Camden. The team is now 0-1-1 in the young season. We have basically played even with two of the best teams in our division. We play Mentor at home this Sunday at 2:15.

The Spring travel soccer season is right around the corner!

Practices will be held 2x per week. Practices will be either Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Thursday. Please let me know which option works better for you. Majority will decide.

Practice will start during the week of March 21st. There will be no practice the week of March 28th (spring break). Practice will resume the week of April 4th. Practices will run 6:00pm – 7:30pm and be held at Rushwood.

We currently have 14 girls signed up for U12 (all returning players). We will have two teams again this season – BLACK and GREEN. Each player will be asked to sign up for 2 additional games for the fellow team (i.e. the team they are not assigned to). Coach Kruse will let us know the team assignments prior to the first game.

The season starts on April 10th. BLACK season runs thru June 5th. GREEN season runs thru June 12th (with June 5th off). The schedules are still being finalized. Tom Seasholtz is ensuring there is no overlap on the scheduled game days/times for both teams. BLACK is in division U12-3RED and GREEN is in division U12-4RED. You can view the preliminary schedules at the following link:

http://www.nogsl.com/schedules.php?preliminary

Uniforms

If you are in need of any replacement items – jerseys or shorts – please let me know as soon as possible! Replacement jerseys are $20 (I don’t believe that price has changed, but will need to confirm).

Fees & Paperwork

The fee of $125 is due as soon as possible, preferably by the first week of practice. Checks should be made payable to €œNHSA€.

No paperwork required (yay!!) unless you have a change in the Medical Release Form information. All Fall passes are good for the Spring season.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thanks,

Marla

330-760-2234

We are getting ready for the upcoming SPRING 2011 Travel Soccer Season. This season, we will field six travel teams including four girls teams and two boys teams.

All slots are filled for the two boys teams for U-10 & U-11.

Spots are still available for the U-10, U-12 and U-14 teams. This season, we will have two U-12 teams participating in Spring Travel Soccer.

If you have travel questions or would like to arrange a try-out for the girls teams, contact Tom Seasholtz at 216-262-8193.

The u-10 boys team made great strides this fall season. After starting off slowly with an 0-2 record, the boys came together and finished with a respectable 3-3-2 record. The team comprised of many new faces worked hard all season and became a cohesive unit. In the Brunswick Fall Classic they took third place missing out on the championship game by one goal. we will continue to work on improving their skills and having fun as they look towards the spring season.

Brian Kraus

The NHSA u-1o and u-11 Boys teams finsihed second at this past weekends Brunswick Fall Classic Soccer Tournament. The u-10 Boys finished second by winning 2 of 3 games over the weekend.

Meanwhile, the u-11 boys won 2 and tied one before losing the finale to Michigan.

On the girls side, The u-10 girls lost two tight games before tying their finale on Sunday.

The NHSA u-12 girls lost all 3 of their games at Brunswick over the weekend.

The u-14 girls also went winless over the weekend.

The Brunswick Fall Classic marks the first time that NHSA travel teams hae participated in an outside tournament. "We are thrilled to take our travel teams to a new level of play" Travel Coordinator and NHSA VP Tom Seasholtz said. "We have laid the foundation for a very bright soccer future in Nordonia Hills".

The NHSA Fall 2010 Academy season came to an end Saturday afternoon at Sagamore Park. The NHSA would like to thank the players, parents and coaches for making it a huge success!

For those of you who did not pick up trophies after the final games, please make arrangements by calling 440-570-2593.

The NHSA Academy will hold its End-of-Season Tailgate party this Saturday at NOON at The Sagamore Park Pavillion.

If your last name ends A-M, bring a dessert.

If your last name ends N-Z, bring a side dish.

Other food will be available as well.

Trophies will be passed out at the event.

If you have questions, call us at 440-570-2593

In a thrilling match the U-11 NHSA Boys travel team defeated Willoughby 2-1. It was a great team effort as our goalkeeping was superb (Josh and Connor) and our defense was intense the entire game. A nice goal by Jonathan with the assist from Dakota. We improved to 2-2 and we take on Chagrin Falls this Sunday at Chagrin Falls.

The U-11 Girls Travel team lost at Kenston this afternoon 7-0.

NORDONIA GIRLS YOUTH SOCCER NIGHT is coming up OCTOBER 11th 7:00pm for the Nordonia vs. Twinsburg game.

All Premier, Travel, Middle School, NHSA Academy and Mac Rec Soccer Players & Coaches are invited!

*Players will be permitted into the game for FREE w/their GAME JERSEY on. (Coaches as well with a team shirt on)

*Players will be announced at halftime & will be set up to play in a small sided game on the turf field.

Please pass the word to all area girls soccer players & we hope to see a lot of future Lady Knights in the stands!!!

Let me know if you have any questions.

GO KNIGHTS!

Coach Katie

Mondays soccer practice will be held at the high school field on the turf! Practice will be from 6pm-7pm. JV and Varsity will be practicing after us at 7pm-8pm in preparation for their Tuesday game under the lights.

The girls are invited to the JV (5:00pm) and Varsity (7:00pm) games on Tuesday. If your daughter wears a Nordonia Travel soccer jersey she can get in free and be a ball girl. All girls will get the opportunity to play soccer/kick the ball around on the field at half-time!

Four NHSA Travel teams have officially signed on to participate in The Brunswick Fall Classic soccer tournament in early November at Brunswick. Over 200 teams will be participating in the event.

The U-10 and U-11 Boys teams along with the U-10 and U-12 Girls teams are also set to play in the tournament.

"This is an exciting opportunity for our travel program" NHSA Travel Coordinator Tom Seasholtz said. "To compete against other top programs in the region is very exciting. This is a first for The NHSA!"

The Brunswick Fall Classic will be played over two days on November 6th and 7th, 2010 in Brunswick.

Here are The NHSA Travel Soccer results for today...

U-10 Boys beat Mentor 3-2

U-11 Boys beat Willoughby 2-1

U-10 Girls lose to Hudson 3-1

U-12 Girls lose to Geneva 2-1

U-14 Girls beat Independence 2-1