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Sarah Broacha (U15) at Regional Camp

2013-08-01T17:53:53-07:00August 1st, 2013|

Sarah Broacha (U15) at Regional Camp

 

Friday July 5th, 2013

Today is the day I left for Regional Camp at Cal Poly Pomona. I was really nervous and exited at the same time! I flew out instead of driving to have more time to settle in to the dorms, but once we got there, everyone was really rushed. I didn’t even get to meet my roommate until later that night. When I got to the dorms a schedule was posted, and I was already late for an introduction meeting! I shoved my bags into my dorm room and ran to meet everybody. Luckily I made it to the door of the meeting area before it closed! At the introduction meeting all the coaches introduced themselves and told us where they coach/coached. I was so exited to work with all these talented coaches. Brandi Chastain being one of them!
After the meeting we were told we have a 15-minute walk to dinner, and then get 20 minutes to eat quickly before nighttime soccer training! I was really nervous that I wouldn’t play well. I normally don’t eat right before soccer, but I went along with it. Soccer training turned out to be easy. We where scrambled into teams, and the training was mostly to meet your new teammates and learn how to play together successfully.
Later on, I got to meet my roommates. Usually there are four girls per dorm, but our dorm only had three. Victoria shared a room with me, and she was from Nevada. My other roommate was Brynnae, and she was from Utah. They where both really nice, and fun to talk to!

 

Saturday July 6th, 2013

            Today we all had to get up at 6ish to be outside the dorms at 6:45. We had a 15-minute walk to breakfast. Right after breakfast, we had training from 8:30-10:15. In this training we learned some passing drills, and played 11 v. 11. Once training was over, we went to lunch, then got a couple hours of free time before our next lecture. I learned a lot from it. I learned that the most important quality to have is to be coachable–understand and fix your mistakes. I want to be a triple impact competitor. That means I need to play to make my self, teammates, and the game better.
            Once again we had training right after dinner, which was a little hard because I usually get hungry after trainings. I made sure to buy some healthy snacks at the store. I think the first full day of camp went well!

 

Sunday July 7th, 2013

            Today is the second, and last full day of camp! It felt like camp has gone so quickly. We all woke up at 7ish to be outside of the dorms at 7:30. We walked to breakfast and once we got back, had some free time. Then, training was at 10:15-12:00. We played big games again, and our team won! Go team Laura! We never really made up a team name. Lunch was at 12:30-1, and then we had a lecture. Brandi Chastain and another one of her teammates taught us a really valuable lesson. They taught us to keep trying if something doesn’t happen the first time. Both of them didn’t get on the national team the first time they tried, but they worked even harder to prove the coaches wrong and eventually made it onto the national team! I have a lot of respect for them and what they accomplished. After the lecture, everyone went to dinner, then training. In the training they scrambled the teams again! It was really hard to remember everyone’s names. I am sad that I have to leave tomorrow!

 

Monday July 8th, 2013

            Today is the last day of camp. We woke up at 6:30 today to get to breakfast early. Training was early because a lot of girls had fights home in the morning. Luckily my flight was at 6, so I had a lot of time. We got a bagged lunch, then took a bus to the airport at 2:30. My bus group was the last bus cause we all had late flights. I was waiting in the airport for around 3 hours until we boarded. Overall this weekend was really fun. I enjoyed meeting new people from our Region and it definitely improved my soccer skills. I hope I get to go to another one soon!

 

-Sarah Broacha (U15)

 

Beach Soccer Championships in Santa Cruz

2013-06-12T17:51:49-07:00June 12th, 2013|

RAGE girls put on impressive performances in the sand at the Beach Soccer Championships in Santa Cruz with past weekend with “Teams Purple” taking first place and “Team Green” a third place finish in the U13 brackets.

Pictured: “Team Purple”
BackRow: Lucy Holmes, Sydney Pandalfo, Audrey Goodman
FrontRow: Holly Judson, Terra McHone, Molly Murphy, Jenni Waldo

U13 Premier Spring Cross Regional Championships Finalist

2013-06-11T17:49:23-07:00June 11th, 2013|

U13 Premier Spring Cross Regional Championships Finalist

Back row (left to right) : Coach Stephanie Wieger, Kathryn Lee, Makenzie Farro, Samantha Dukes, Sophie Pearson, G’ana Loson, Brianna Wolfe, Sophie Caponigro, Alyssa Brewer and Claire Wong.
Front row (left to right) : Tami Kwong, Sydney DeVor, Sayler Bagnall, Mary Clifford, Taylor Noval, Nikki Lee, Sydney Schultz and Hannah Landal (not pictured).

Nor Cal State Cup Gold Division Champions!

2013-04-08T17:43:49-07:00April 8th, 2013|

Nor Cal State Cup Gold Division Champions!

In windy Turlock on Cinco de Mayo, Jarrreth Chan’s U16 Premier team brought home the Nor Cal Cup with a victory of 1-0 over Fresno Bullard. A header goal in the first few minutes of the match by Kendyll Woolsey proved to be all that was needed to pull off the victory. It took a team effort to keep the lead through the remaining minutes of the game plus some amazing saves from our goalie Gabriella Tassano. It has been an amazing season for the girls – next on their list is to finish of league in first place!

All out, all heart, one more time!

Fleece Blankets for the Children of Children’s Hospital Oakland

2017-02-06T23:39:08-08:00February 20th, 2013|

Hi my name is Tiara Lewis and for the community service project I made fleece blankets for the children of Children’s Hospital Oakland.

To start out I went to the fabric store with my mom and purchased blanket kits. We got many different kinds of blankets: kids, teens, animal, cartoon, and sports.

My mom and I went to Children’s Hospital Oakland after the holidays because lots of people come in around that time and I felt it wouldn’t be as special. When we got to the hospital I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect. I met all the nurses who were so happy to see what I had made for their patients.

terra2b I came to the first room and opened the door, there was a little girl and she was the cutest thing ever. All the nervousness went away and I handed her a blanket with a smile on my face. I gave a blanket to a teenage boy who was not able to talk and could not move on his own, but I handed him a blanket and he smiled big when I gave it to him. Next, I gave one to a little boy who was pretty badly injured.  It was hard to look at. He didn’t want to take it and only wanted his mom because he was in a lot of pain. I left the blanket on the end of his bed and his mom seemed veryhappy about it. Before we left that night the nurses brought me back to his room to peek in and he was laying down in his bed cuddled up with my blanket! That made me really happy that he enjoyed it so much. I gave blankets to many other patients, but those were the one’s I remember the best, the ones that still make me smile as I’m typing this. The nurses at the hospital were more than nice and enjoyed my visit also. They told me how hard it was for their patients to be alone and scared in the hospital and how much this would mean to them. I didn’t think that giving a blanket to someone could mean so much, but after I left I knew it did. Doing this project helped me realize how fortunate I am and when you are fortunate in life it is important to share with others and help people out who may not be as fortunate as you are. 

 

Tiara Lewis U14 ECNL
 

 

Posted: 2/20/13

2013 College Signing Night

2013-02-01T16:32:58-08:00February 1st, 2013|

Pleasanton RAGE hosted the 2013 college signing night honoring RAGE seniors Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the Pleasanton Marriott. Family, teammates, coaches, RAGE board members, and staff all gathered along with Amador Valley High School Principal, Jim Hansen to celebrate the signing seniors’ achievement. 

College signing night is the first Wednesday in February when high school seniors can sign a binding National Letter of Intent for NCAA college athletics. At this event, 14 seniors that have played in the Pleasanton RAGE girls soccer club anywhere from 1-14 years officially signed their intent to continue to play soccer for colleges and universities across the United States. The girls were individually recognized by RAGE director of coaching and player development, Philippe Blin.

 

Here are the RAGE signing seniors for 2013:

Haley Chow – Princeton

Marissa Scheid – UC San Diego

Emmy Rodriguez – University of Oregon

Alyssa Holsworth – Fresno State

Nicole Heller – UC San Diego

Kylee Southwell – UC San Diego

Gabrielle Ko – UC Irvine

Tamara Aboumrad – UC Berkeley

Sahar Arghandiwal – Cal State Los Angeles

Alyssa Devine – Marquette University

Amanda Nunes – Fresno State

Marisa Rodrigues – Southeastern Louisiana University

Zoe Rogers-Lemke – Cal State Monterey Bay

Shayda Haddad – UC San Diego

U12 Premier Leadership Project 2012

2017-02-06T23:39:08-08:00January 7th, 2013|

Allison Hunter

Five of us from U12 Premier worked together to complete our community service project for the RAGE Leadership Program.  The five girls are:  Allison Hunter, Allison Jenezon, Ashley Cole, Kate Hottinger and Kylie Racer.  We decided to do a project to help the local Valley Humane Animal Shelter.  As a group we decided to make blankets for the dogs and cats that are waiting to be adopted.  We also decided to collect donations for the shelter. 
u12p2On a Saturday after one of our games we went to Valley Humane and talked to them about our project.  They had just received 8 rolls of fleece and were very excited that we had 5 girls that could help cut and tie the fleece and make blankets.  Additionally we had already purchased fleece for blankets.  In all we made 49 blankets!  Now every cat will have a blanket to keep even when they get adopted.  To help pay for the fleece we bought we sold mistletoe to friends and family and raised enough money to cover the cost.
Trader Joe’s donated 50 brown bags and we printed a wish list from Valley Humane to attach to each bag.  We delivered bags to friends and family and asked for donations.  In all we collected 28 bags of pet supplies, 4 large bags of cat food, a scratching post, 7 bags of cat litter. $125 cash donations and gift cards to PetFood Express.  From now on, Valley Humane Society will have plenty of blankets and supplies! 

 

Allison Jenezon

Hi my name is Allie Jenezon. I am from the U-12 Premier team and I took part in the Rage Leadership Program with Kylie, Ashley, Kate, and Allie H. For our community service project, we decided to focus on the Valley Humane Society. We all got together and made blankets for the animals. In order to pay for the blanket material, we sold mistletoe door to door. We also asked family, friends, and neighbors for donations for the Valley Humane Society. We collected many bags filled with cat toys, dog toys, food, kitty litter, and cleaning supplies. We also collected cash donations. The last thing we did was to deliver the blankets and donated items. We even got to play with the animals in the shelter. The people at the Valley Humane Society were very grateful for all of the hard work we did. We were proud of our accomplishment and glad we could help a worthy organization.

 

Ashley Cole

u12p3During the holiday season many animals that do not have a home are forgotten.  My leadership team chose to help the Valley Humane Society to make the holidays better for animals that do not have a home.  We worked as a team to figure out what we were going to do to help and then how to do it.  We used different ways of communicating to work on the project.  In addition to helping the animals, I learned many lessons.
My leadership team had a meeting to decide what we were going to do for a project.  Everybody had a chance to give ideas for the project and we made the decision as a group.  Once we decided on what to do, we talked about it via email, text messages and meetings.
During one of the meetings we decided we would make blankets and get donations of things that the Valley Humane Society needed.  The Valley Humane Society gave us a list of things they needed.  We put this list on paper bags and gave them to our family and friends.  We also sold mistletoe to raise money to pay for the cloth to make blankets for the animals.  We had another meeting after a game and made the blankets.
When the project was done we had gotten a lot of donations for the Valley Humane Society and made a lot of blankets.  I learned many lessons doing this project.  I learned how to work as part of a group and listen to ideas that other people have.  I also learned how to share my ideas with other people.  Finally, I learned how to get a project and idea done on time while still doing other things I had to do.

Kate Hottinger

Completing our community service project for the RAGE leadership program was a unique experience.   Our group had five people. During the leadership classes we decided together to do our community project to benefit animals in need.  There were several different places to donate and we decided to select the Valley Humane Animal Shelter because it was a smaller facility and one of the parents knew the director of the center.  During the last two sessions of the leadership program, we started to work on what we could do for the project.   We started the planning for our project during these sessions.  We all had good ideas and we worked well in class.   It was nice to know what we were working on before we left the leadership classes because part of our planning was already done.

            As a group, we decided to make fleece blankets for the animals, we weren’t sure how many or what size.  We also knew that we wanted to collecu12p4t pet supplies and donations for the animals.  We all met after one of our soccer games and cut and tied pet blankets.   We were able to get more fleece donated from the shelter so we made more blankets on our own time.  In total, we made 49 blankets.   They were different sizes and prints.  Some were very little for baby kittens and a few were larger for medium sized dogs.  To cover the cost, we sold mistletoe door to door.  One of the parents had a friend who donated bushes/branches of mistletoe to our group.  We pulled them out, cut them into little bundles and tied red ribbons on the tops of each small branch.  We raised almost $70 to pay for the fleece and other supplies.  

            We also went to Trader Joe’s and asked to have them donate brown paper bags.   We attached a flyer of the shelter’s wish list on each bag and we passed them out to family and friends to fill.  We also asked for cash donations.  I collected a $100 from cash donations and several bags of supplies.  We all met at the shelter to drop off our donations, they were very grateful.  It was amazing to see how generous people were when it came to donating and helping out the animals and our project.  The shelter allowed us to visit all the animals and we spent a lot of time with the dogs and cats in need.

            Community project work is hard because it takes time and planning.  Not all of the work is fun even though you are with your friends.  At times making the blankets was tiring because of the time it took to make the blankets.  It was also hard to schedule a meeting time that worked with all of our schedules.   In the end, when I saw the actual animals in the shelter, it made me realize that all the hard work and time was worth the effort.  I think the project helped me become a better leader because at times it can be challenging to have the same goal and to stay on task just like on the soccer field.   You also have to stand up when someone isn’t doing the right thing and leading the team in the wrong direction, just like when we don’t listen to how our coach wants us to approach a game situation.   I also learned how there are different ways to be a leader from the class, a leader isn’t someone that speaks the loudest but it can be someone who leads by doing the right thing quietly.  I also liked the feeling I had when I left the shelter, I felt that we made a difference.

Kylie Racer

I had a lot of fun doing this leadership project and it taught me a lot.  We chose this project because we all love animals and we don’t like to see them homeless and not getting a lot of attention.  We continued planning our project after the classes by getting together and talking and meeting.  We planned that we were going to make kitty and puppy blankets, and donate food, toys, medicine, litter and much more. 
Yes, we were successful! We collected over 40 big bags of stuff for cats and dogs.  Also, we made more than 40 blankets.
I learned that not everything revolves around me, and to help others.  I am healthy and I have a home; not all animals and people are healthy and have homes so I’m very happy I had the experience to help.  My favorite part of this project was to see all the animals and giving them attention.  Also my favorite part was basically the whole project!  The hardest part was probably collecting everything and telling everyone what this was for and what we were doing.  I’m so happy to have gotten this opportunity to do what I did and I hope I will do it again some day and maybe next I will adopt a little homeless animal.  Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to help and to get closer to my 2nd sisters (my soccer team!)  I LOVE LEADERSHIP.

 

Posted: 1/7/13

The George Mark Children’s House

2013-01-07T21:39:19-08:00January 7th, 2013|

We are five members of the U12 Orange RAGE soccer team. Our names are Leila Shafi, Abby Fried, Kasey Cring, Sarah Mirr, and Maggie McPeek. For our leadership project,  we fundraised for a non-profit organization called the George Mark’s Children’s House. This is a house that serves children that are terminally ill and their families so they can live in a homey atmosphere that provides medical care, while still having fun in a place that is fun loving, yet supportive in a medical manner.

We raised money by starting a bake sale at the Pleasanton farmer’s market, and asking for donations, while advertising this foundation. We also sold baked goods to the people that donated. So far we have raised about $666.00. We plan to keep on raising money for this house until we reach our goal of $1,500.00 or more. According to the foundation, our contribution will help them fulfill their mission for the children and families that they serve.

We worked together by having meetings and get-togethers to make the supplies needed for our two bake sales. We all baked, advertised, and fundraised together. Our inspiration to raise money for this foundation was to help terminally ill children that were just like our friend Zachary who has been to this home. This project helped us realize how fortunate and lucky we are. Zackary’s story touched our hearts and that’s why we wished to help and donate to this foundation.

 

Posted: 1/7/13

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