"I can’t express enough how proud we are of our girls!" said coach Jake Whipple. "They performed brilliantly and, more importantly, received the greatest honor of the Iowa Games: the Sportsmanship Medal!"

This is the second sportsmanship medal in two years for the Crush.

The Crush performed brilliantly throughout the tournament with a near-perfect record of 3-0-1, outscoring their opponents 11-4. In two games, the Crush held their opponent scoreless. But the matches were competitive with Ankeny Team Awesome tying the Crush and Logan Lady Reds proving to be very physical. The Crush played with skill, speed and as a team. All players earned the wins as the offense mixed up the attacks creating dozens of scoring opportunities, and the defense consistently pushed the opponent’s attacks to the outside.

"It was a very exciting tournament as the teams battled in the extreme heat," added Whipple.

Be sure to congratulate the following players for their outstanding performance and sportsmanship: Sierra Andreas, Victoria Carra, Jenna Castle, Jade Gibson, Kaleigh Haus, Lindsey Kamerick, Lexi Lambson, Jessica Payne, Katy Rick, Maddie Roberts, Mariah Sadler, Madison Staecker and Taylor Whipple.

The Crush was sponsored by Goodhue-Nolte Insurance of Carlisle and followed to Ames for the competition by dozens of fans (see photo below).

The Iowa Games is an Olympic style event with over 15,000 athletes competing in 54 different sports. Soccer is by far the largest with over 4,000 athletes and 278 teams competing.

Current referees - and other interested members of the Club - may attend an "On Field Training" clinic set for August 15 in Ankeny, August 21 at Soccer South and August 22 in Stuart. These are also listed in the Iowa Referee web site. Each one of these will have an instructor on site and counts for recertification hours for 2010 referees. Referees need to register for the clinics. There is no cost this year for the clinics. We will have sessions on new rules and points of emphasis, practice games at U-10 & 12 for newer referees to gain advice from experienced people, how to & why we do things, question & answer sessions and more. The clinics are also open to coaches, players, parents, etc. that want to know more or want a better understanding of the game and rules.

Register or find other classes in central Iowa at www.iowareferees.org.

Contact Steve Overton, referee coordinator, about how you can get reimbursed for your class fee after refereeing only a few games!

The course dates and sites are as follows:

August 6-8, West Des Moines
August 13-15, Ames
August 20-22, Johnston

Online registration is available at the Iowa Soccer website and application forms can be downloaded at the same site. If you have any questions, contact Ian Bradley, ISA State Director of Coaching at 515-252-6363, ext. 102 or by email.

And remember, Carlisle Soccer Club coaches who complete the course are reimbursed for half of the costs! 

On Saturday, June 5th, the Panthers played Urbandale. Goalies for the game were Aricka Lambson and Ceora. Urbandale scored in the first possession of the game.  Then the Panthers woke up and focused on the skills they learn at practice. Again, there was great passing, communication and positive encouragement. Goals were scored by four different players. Kassidi scored two, Becca scored one, Aricka scored one, and Ceora scored three to give the Panthers a 7-2 win over Urbandale. The defensive attack by Abbie, Janetta Dawson and Alex was great. Ali made several great assists throughout the game.  

The Panthers finished their regular season undefeated. Their next stop is the Kohls America’s Cup in (Ames June 12-13), then the Covered Bridge Tournament (Winterset, June 26th).  Let’s go Pink!

The u10 Thunder Cats took on a seasoned Soccer West team without two players on the final game of the spring season. The scoreboard showed a 5-10 loss, but the Cats played tough, demonstrating some great skill in the attack. Goalies Jonathan Kamerick, Carson True and Michael Comstock took a barrage of shots from the team that featured at least five players as big or bigger than the biggest ‘Cat. The kept some shots out with tough defense deep in their own end, but couldn’t stop the attackers in midfield. The Cats showed unrelenting hustle and precise passing when they had the ball on the attack. Michael Comstock scored first when he attacked a poor clearing pass by the Soccer South defender. In only one half of as an attacker, Jonathan Kamerick scored two goals off picture-perfect crosses from Nate Rowray, and another off a long run up the left side and shot inside the near post. Rowray tallied his own goal with shear determination, attacking a loose ball at the top of the box and faking out two defenders before launching the ball into the lower 90 of the goal. 

The ‘Cats finished the spring season with a respectable 4-2-2 record and head out on the tourney trail to the Kohl’s American Cup (Ames, June 12-13) and Covered Bridge Cup (Winterset, June 25-26).

The camp will be lead by Grandview women’s soccer coach Ventsi Stoimirov and Grandview players.

Cost of the camp is only $40.

Players will be grouped by age so that they get the correct instruction for their developmental level. Ages 5-8 will be from 9 AM - 10:30 AM and ages 9 & up will be from 9 AM - 11AM.

You can register online at www.vikingsoccercamps.com or by completing this registration form and sending it in to the address provided. Please contact  Ken Sadler, director of coaching(515-321-6221) if you have any questions.

"Last summer’s construction project along the north edge of the complex meant that we had to remove a lot of trees, so we have a blank slate to work on," says Joy LeClaire, Carlisle Soccer Club president. "This grant will go a long way toward purchasing new trees and shrubbery.

"Now all we need is some volunteers and some additional donations to help us make it happen," she adds.

Volunteers interested in helping select and plant the trees and shrubs should contact Lisa Wilson, fund raising director. If you’d like to make a cash or in-kind donation to help us extend the grant, you may also contact Lisa.

The Warren County Philanthropic Partnership was organized to promote and enhance community based philanthropy in Warren County. The Partnership recently received a state award to facilitate endowment building and grantmaking. The contribution to the foundation was made possible by the Iowa General Assembly. In 2004, the Iowa legislature passed several bills to encourage foundation building and community based philanthropy. Among these measures was HF 2032 which provided that non-gambling counties, initiating a county-wide community foundation would be eligible to receive one half of one percent of the state’s gross gamblin tax receipts. Twenty six grant applications were received and twenty two organizations across Warren County shared in the funding allocations.

This is Carlisle Soccer Club’s second grant from the partnership.

Club Receives Carlisle Grant
The Greater Carlisle Community Foundation recently awarded a grant of $480 to the Carlisle Soccer Club for the construction of a new fence between the driveway and the playing areas.

"This fence will keep our players safer by keeping them away from incoming cars," says LeClaire. "It should also help us maintain safe traffic patterns inside the complex."

The grant will cover materials for about 240 feet fencing, which will be installed with volunteer labor. The Club is seeking additional dollars to complete more than 1,500 feet of fencing around the complex eventually.

Have you ever thought about coaching? If so, now’s the time to give it a shot.

We provide a variety of informal and formal club-level training and actively support our coaches’ participation at state-level training to create the best atmosphere for becoming a better soccer player. Specifically, the Carlisle Soccer Club rewards coaches for completing a youth module administered by the Iowa Soccer Association (ISA), and we provide partial reimbursement for E- and D-level certification from ISA.Coaching modules and E license courses are a great way to learn from experienced coaches. You’ll learn what motives and drives youth soccer players, how to teach them the critical fundamental techniques of the game and how to play with purpose and strategy.

And you’ll help your Club get stronger.

Some of our coaches have been coaching for several years and others are just getting started. Some have played the game before, but others have never touched a soccer ball. Most have had success coaching, no matter their skill. What’s important is their motivation! 

If you’d like to learn more about coaching, talk to Ken Sadler, director of coaching at 321-6221. He’ll make sure we find a place for you this fall season.

Fees remain the same for the Fall season.

Please be sure to register before June 15, 2010 to avoid late fees.

Questions or concerns should be directed to Dawn Payne, club registar, dawn.payne@hp.com.