The winners of the 2007 Sportsmanship Award , U-11 Girls CRUSH soccer team, traveled to Ames to represent Carlisle in the Iowa Games, an Olympic-style event where over 17,000 athletes compete, with nearly 4,000 in soccer alone.

The team was in the parade of athletes during opening ceremonies at Jack Trice Stadium where governor Chet Culver and Miss Iowa Diana Reed were the key note speakers.

The girls brought home the bronze medal and played four outstanding matches against the silver medal winners Urbandale Tachyons and the gold medal winners Gilbert Dominators. Special thanks goes to Kaitlin Brown who joined the team as a guest player and performed brilliantly.

When you see any of the players be sure to congratulate them on their performance and sportsmanship while representing the great city of Carlisle! The team consisted of the following players: Sierra Andreas, Kaitlin Brown, Victoria Carra, Jade Gibson, Ashton Goodhue-Nolte, Amanda Hardin, Lindsey Kamerick, Alexis Lambson, Emily Loomis, Jessica Payne, Katy Rick, Maddie Roberts, Madison Staecker, and Taylor Whipple. The team was coached by Jake Whipple, John Kamerick and Tom Staecker.