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Blankets for Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00January 9th, 2015|

Reese Lombardi U12 Orange
Sammie O’Brien U12 Orange

Blankets-for-Lucille-Packard-Children-HospitalFor our RAGE community service project we got together and made 20 tie blankets to give to the kids at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. We bought the material and made all the blankets to give to the kids. We decided to do this so we can put a smile on the kids faces. It is not fun to be in a hospital so if you give them a little present I could make their day. It is the little things that matter in life. The blankets we made will be delivered by a nurse that we know, who works with the children!

Taylor Metz and Allie Defazio

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00December 31st, 2014|

Taylor Metz and Allie DefazioThis leadership project was done by Taylor Metz and Allie Defazio. For our project we decided to raise money to donate to The American Brain Tumor Association. We chose to donate to this cause because we can relate to it. Our former assistant coach, Ashley Cingly, passed away from a brain tumor about 2 years ago. When we found out we had to do a community service project, this was the first thing that came to mind.

Ashley was only our soccer coach for a short time before she passed, but she left a huge impact on my team. She taught us to play everyday like it could be your last. Because it very well could be. It was really fun doing this project, because I knew we were raising money for a great cause. Thousands and thousands of people suffer from brain tumors so we were happy knowing we could be a part of donating to the American Brain Tumor Association.

Coming up with an idea to raise money and awareness for brain tumors was not easy. Taylor and I had several ideas but none were working out the way we wanted it to. After giving this project a lot of thought we had come up with the idea of doing a Raffle.We charged one dollar for one raffle ticket and asked them to write there name, phone number, and the basket number they wanted .We set up at the farmers market in Downtown Pleasanton, we thought this would be a smart place cause tons of people go there every Saturday. We set up a little booth with posters and 3 baskets. Everytime a person would come by we would chant are little logo we had come up with “come on over, great prizes and great cause.” We attracted tons of family’s! Some would ask why are we standing in the freezing cold doing this and we would tell them our story and how its good to raise awareness and the people were only more touched. In all Taylor and I had raised 161 dollars in just 2 hours we are so grateful to be surrounded by such loving people .

Taylor Metz and Allie DefazioTaylor and I may have not known Ashley as well as others but her inspirational story has made us thrive to become better people. Speaking of Ashley to others made Taylor and I ponder about how thankful we our for to have the lives that we have. A elderly women had stopped by our table and stood there we had said the raffle is over but if you want to donate you can she just stood there for a sec and told us about how she had just found a brain tumor on Christmas Eve. Taylor and i were shocked to hear about this and talked to the women for a little and told her how you can only hope for the best we gave her hugs and she had carried on with her walk downtown. From that moment on Taylor’s life and mine had changed just a little, because it showed us that how people around you can be going through the same thing as you and you may not even know. Doing this project and raising this awareness made not only Taylor and I but those around us open there eyes.

RAGE Leadership – Community Service Project Kelly Fietz – U11 Grey

2016-03-23T16:03:32-07:00December 31st, 2014|

My name is Kelly Fietz and I am on the RAGE U11 Grey TeamAs part of the RAGE Leadership Program I chose to do my Community Service Project for the Dublin East Bay SPCA (Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals) because of my love for animals.

I decided to first start my project by visiting Petco and PetSmart, in Dublin, and asking them for donations. Both Managers were very generous and donated new items, that included toys and food, which I could take to the East Bay SPCA. I also submitted an online request to Petfood Express for donations but it can take up to 60 days to hear back.

I then contacted the Dublin East Bay SPCA Education Department, through an online form, and received an email back from the Humane Education Manager that for my Community Service Project I could make cat toys and dog treats.  This was a lot of fun. I used fleece and catnip to make the cat toys and cut up a cardboard box to make the cat scratcher. The dog biscuits were easy and fun to bake also.  I then made an appointment with the Education Director to bring ithe donated items and the stuff Imade, to the Dublin location, and go on a tour of the facility. The staff was very friendly and let me go in several rooms where the cats live and give them the toys I made for them. I also got to see the dog areas and give a couple dogs a toy that was donated by the pet stores.

For the last part of my project I sent an email to familyfriends, and parents of my 5th grade classmates asking them to donate used items like towels, sheets, and collars for the Dublin East Bay SPCA. I setup a box in my classroom at school for the donations and I got a great response. I then took another trip to Dublin to donate everything I had received.

I plan to continue to take in items that the SPCA needs and I also want to participate in some of their programs so I can learn more about caring for cats and dogs and also play and care for them while they are waiting for a home. This facility had the cutest cats and dogs and reminded me of an animal hotel. It made me feel good that they are taken such good care of by the staff.

U12 Orange

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00December 31st, 2014|

u12Orange1My name is Sydney Walsh and I play for the U12 Orange team. For my community service project, my family and I helped the organization Turning Wheels for Kids make bikes for underprivileged kids for Christmas. Turning Wheels for Kids provides children with brand new bikes to encourage life long habits of exercise and outdoor activity.

 

u12orange2My family and I went to the Pleasanton Fairgrounds, where we would build the bikes. The goal was to make 750 bikes. My mom and I were paired with an adult I didn’t know.  Luckily, he was an expert on bike building so we had a good partner.  We had to put the bike together, pump up the tires, and then roll it over to the Quality Control center.  Quality Control checks the bikes to make sure that they are perfect for the kids. The bikes were then loaded onto trucks were they were driven to a warehouse. Then local charities will pick them up and give them to kids in need. My group made 20 bikes out of the 750 bikes that entire group made.

 

u12orange3Spending time on my project showed me that giving my time to help others is really important and that I made at least 20 kids really happy. It was fun to meet new people as we worked together. I learned how to communicate with people I had just met and work together to achieve the goal of 750 bikes. I had a lot of fun and I can only imagine the kids smiling faces on Christmas Day.

U11 Orange

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00December 31st, 2014|

Rage-U11-OrangeMy name is Evette Allari, and I am on the Rage U11 Orange team. When I found out I had to do a community service project, I knew exactly what to do. I wanted to do a book drive because I love to read.

For my first step, I had to find a local organization that could use children books. I contacted the owner of Towne Center Books, our local bookstore. I told her I was planning a book drive, and I was looking for a local organization that would need books. She said that the “Booklegger” volunteer group at the Pleasanton Library might be collecting books for a school in Stockton. I emailed the “Booklegger” coordinator, Chris Spitzel, and she was able to provide me with the Stockton contact person, Jeff Keller, who is director of educational services at the Stockton Unified School District. After Chris Spitzel gave me his contact information, I sent him an email asking if he wanted books. He said he was very interested and appreciated my help and support.

            ms-sweeny-fifth-gradeI made a flyer and told my class, Ms. Sweeney’s fifth grade class at Valley View Elementary School, I was doing a book drive, so they could bring books to class. I then told my team that they could bring books to practice for kids in Stockton. Together, my class and team brought in 564 books. I was so excited!

My last step was to bring the books to Jeff Keller. When I brought the books to him, he was very appreciative of the work I put in to getting the books. He told me it was great that I brought the books because the children really needed it. The only books that the kids had were not at the right reading level, so they tended to not read every day. Jeff Keller was a lot of help because he was in touch with me constantly, and he helped me find a way to get the books to the kids.

Evette-and-Mr.-Keller1    I was so happy that the kids could now have more books. The owner of Towne Center Books, Chris Spitzel, and Jeff Keller all helped to make it happen. Now the children can read new books!

The project made me learn more about communication, organization, responsibility, and how much others were willing to help. Working with adults, teammates, and classmates helped me learn how to communicate with people. Doing the project and collecting my books helped me learn how to be responsible and organized. When everyone helped me, I realized how much time people take to help others. My whole project was a great experience for me, and now the kids can read books at their level.

U-11 White

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00December 16th, 2014|

u11white1Our names are Leila Lyions, Bela Jimenez, and Morgan Pearson and we play for the U-11 White Team. For our community service project, we helped the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Oakland with their annual Thanksgiving Day dinner event. This event introduces incoming refugees to Thanksgiving. We collected hygiene products, craft supplies, and soccer balls from donations. With these donations we put together 33 bags for the refugees. We also made tons of rainbow loom bracelets for the kids.

 

u11white2At the church, we played soccer in the pouring rain with some of the kids. Eventually, it started to pour so hard we couldn’t play outside so they said we could play in the hall. We also helped the kids make ornaments, paper snowflakes, origami, and we helped them draw. The ornaments were supposed to have a little reindeer on them, but kids got really creative and made up their own ideas.

 

At the event, we met many different families including the most recent Syrian family who just escaped a civil war two weeks prior to the event. Their family didn’t speak English and had a little girl that was in a wheelchair and a boy with curly hair. The mom was pregnant with her third child. We also met a girl, older than us, who loved soccer and has two younger brothers. They were from the Middle East. She was really friendly and had a lot of things in common with us. She helped us a lot with the kids. From this experience we had a lot of fun and everyone was very happy and said that this had been their favorite feast ever!

 

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U-11 Orange

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00December 16th, 2014|

u11OrangeWe are part of the Rage U-11 Orange team. Our names are Ashley, Maddie, Caitlin, and Maggie. For our Community Service project we decided to make blankets with the elders at Stoneridge Creek Community. We made blankets with the elders, and we had a blast! They all had smiles on their faces, and we made their Thanksgiving Day a little bit better. Working with the elders was a fantastic experience. They made our day, and we hopefully made theirs. Stoneridge Creek Community helped us a lot by, donating their time, and also giving us the felt for actually making the blankets.

After making the blankets with the team and the elders, the next day, we drove to the Oakland Children’s Research Hospital to deliver the blankets. When we were there we got to meet Ms. Veronica. She told us all about the hospital and what she does. We got taught how they deliver the blankets to the children, and how they always put a smile on their faces. Ms. Veronica thanked us many times from donating the blankets, and we thanked her for getting the opportunity to give back to our community.

All in all this project was a great success, and we hope to be able to have more opportunities like this one. We recommend doing community service for everyone from all ages. You would be so shocked how fun it really is.

 

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Seven Cougars, Rockwood receive top WCC honors

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00November 30th, 2014|

(Photo by BYU Creative Design/Dave Broberg)

(Photo by BYU Creative Design/Dave Broberg)

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Two BYU women’s soccer players and head coach Jennifer Rockwood earned individual league honors, while five others were named to All-WCC teams

Ashley Hatch earned WCC Co-Player of the Year honors. Annie Amos was named WCC Defender of the Year and Rockwood was named Co-Coach of the Year.

Michele Murphy, Niki Fernandes, Elena Medeiros, Bizzy Phillips and Taylor Campbell Isom also earned All-WCC honors from voting by the league’s head coaches.

Hatch was named WCC Co-Player of the Year along with Santa Clara’s Sofia Huerta. BYU’s sophomore forward scored 11 goals and made three assists in conference play. Hatch led the league in points with 25, while Huerta came in second with 18 from eight goals and two assists.

Amos earned WCC Defender of the Year honors as the lone returning starter on the defense this season. She helped the Cougars shut out 10 opponents from her center back position.

Rockwood was named WCC Co-Coach of the Year along with Pepperdine’s Tim Ward. Rockwood led the Cougars to a 7-1-1 record in conference and clinched the title with a week to go in the regular season. The award is her fifth conference coach of the year award and is the second since joining the West Coast Conference in 2011. Pepperdine finished third in the conference, but was a top 15 team in the nation for the length of the season.

Amos, Hatch and Murphy were selected to the All-WCC First Team. Murphy scored four goals and made five assists in conference play. Senior forward Fernandes, sophomore midfielder Medeiros and freshman midfielder Phillips were selected to the All-WCC Second Team and freshman defender Taylor Campbell Isom earned All-WCC Honorable Mention.

Phillips and Isom were both also named to the All-WCC Freshman Team.

The Cougars earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament thanks to their regular season title and will play in the first round on Saturday, Nov. 15, at noon MT in Boulder, Colorado against the Colorado Buffaloes. The match will be streamed on CUBuffs.com.

WCC ANNOUNCES 2014 WOMEN’S SOCCER ALL CONFERENCE TEAM

RAGE’99 Premier Finished 2nd in NPL

2017-02-06T23:39:04-08:00November 26th, 2014|

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RAGE’99 Premier after their game on November 23, 2014 in Davis California
Back Row (L-R): Terra McHone, Tori Sanchez, Delaney Bammer, Audrey Goodman, Madison Baxter and Summer Langsam
3rd Row: Elise Allari, Sydney Pandolfo, Lila Mague, Catherine Cho and Jillian Weber
2nd Row (kneeling): Jennie Waldo, Katie Judson, Keara Greenan, Molly Murphy, Nicole Zhang and Emily Wright
Front Row: Coaches Axel Thibodeau and Ray Hooft
Not pictured: Lilly Ryan

 

The RAGE’99 Premier finished 2nd in a very competitive National Premier League U15 State Premier 1 division after a 1-0 win over North Bay Elite in their NPL season finale. The team is also currently in first place in the Elite Girls Soccer League (EGSL).

The team is coached by Axel Thibodeau with the assistance of Ray Hooft.

Great job girls!

U12 Flight OutRageOus Wins Fremont Tournament of Champions

2017-02-06T23:39:05-08:00November 26th, 2014|

(Photo… Back Row: Melissa Garcia, Megan Eilenstine, Coach John Flora, Courtney Olivier, Isabella Wilbur, Trinity Ellis, Coach Jack Gerard, Kayleigh Dennen, Masey Peters, Kate Zaine, Abbey Baer; Front Row: Jessica Fey, Juliana Gerard, Daylin Williams, Jordyn Self, Ellie Flora, Kalyn Carroll)

(Photo… Back Row: Melissa Garcia, Megan Eilenstine, Coach John Flora, Courtney Olivier, Isabella Wilbur, Trinity Ellis, Coach Jack Gerard, Kayleigh Dennen, Masey Peters, Kate Zaine, Abbey Baer; Front Row: Jessica Fey, Juliana Gerard, Daylin Williams, Jordyn Self, Ellie Flora, Kalyn Carroll)

The U12 Flight OutRageOus team finished their season with Rage by winning the Fremont Tournament of Champions.
The girls played with tremendous heart and remarkable character.  They trusted and supported each other, and they gave everything they had.  Every player contributed, and they played like a truly great team.
The victory in Fremont came one week after winning the U12 Flight Jamboree and after earning first place in the U12 Flight regular season.
The final match at the Fremont Tournament of Champions ended in dramatic fashion.  OutRageOus was competing against the Danville Mustangs, finishing regulation time in a 0 – 0 tie.  With 30 seconds remaining in the second overtime session, Izzy Wilbur made an excellent cross to the center.  Ellie Flora tapped the ball to Abbey Baer, who sent the ball into the top right corner of the net.
The OutRageOus defense was remarkably strong and did not allow a single goal in the entire tournament.  The girls finished the Tournament of Champions with a record of 3 wins, 0 losses, and 1 tie; and they outscored their opponents 11 – 0.
OutRageOus’ team record for 2014, including the regular season, the U12 Flight Jamboree, and the Fremont Tournament of Champions was 13 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties.  Excluding penalty kicks in the Jamboree, they scored 44 goals this season and only allowed 5 against them.

U9 Orange Wins Norcal State Cup Championship

2017-02-06T23:39:05-08:00November 20th, 2014|

Angelina Ricupati, Sydney Stimson, Phoebe Kmetz, Katie O'Sullivan, Layla Mai, Olivia Walinski Coach Dave Shaw, Macy Lehrer, Paige Bennett, Makenze Mapes, Katie Salonga, Angelema Akanyirige

Angelina Ricupati, Sydney Stimson, Phoebe Kmetz, Katie O’Sullivan, Layla Mai, Olivia Walinski
Coach Dave Shaw, Macy Lehrer, Paige Bennett, Makenze Mapes, Katie Salonga, Angelema Akanyirige

The Pleasanton Rage U9 Orange team finished of the season winning the Norcal State Cup Championship. Coming into the semi final game
the team had an unbeaten run of 14 games. The previous weekend they finished their Norcal U9 Gold League schedule and finished in 1st place.

The semi final game against Modesto Ajax was a very hard-fought battle. The Rage team broke the deadlock with 10 minutes left with a great individual
goal by Katie O’Sullivan. The score was kept to 1-0 thanks to great defending and great goalkeeping by Katie Salonga and Paige Bennett.

The final game was a very tense game against a very fast San Juan team. The Rage team dominated most of the 1st half and scored before half time with a
goal by Angelina Ricupati assisted by Katie O’Sullivan. The San Juan team then scored two quick goals at the start of the 2nd half. With 10 minutes left
Rage equalized thanks to a long-range effort by Katie O’Sullivan.

The game then went into golden goal overtime and the Rage had many chances to score. Finally the game went into a penalty kick shoot out. The Rage
team scored 4 out of 5 kicks and 2 saves from Katie Salonga ensured the girls won the game and the State Championship.

For State Cup run the girls had a record of W6 L0 T3. In the Norcal League they had a record of W7 L0 T2. For the fall season including tournaments the girls
had a record of W23 L3 T7.

College Workshop For All High School Parents & Players

2017-02-06T23:39:05-08:00November 17th, 2014|

When:  Thursday, November 20  7:00-9:00

Where: HART Middle School

For all high school players and parents

Get organized, get informed and hear from previous players that went through the process.

FRESHMAN & SOPHMORES: 7-8pm

JUNIORS & SENIORS: 8-9pm

College-Workshop-Flyer-2014

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