Extreme Third at Wilson

July 2004

The Extreme U16 girls ended up 2-2 at the 2004 Wilson Youth Soccer Tournament. The Extreme started out strong with a 3-0 win against the Ken-Ton Sting. The second game against South Chautaugua United was delayed and then shortened due to storms. The game ended in a 1-0 loss, putting the Extreme second in their bracket and setting up an 8:00 AM game against eventual Champions Ken-Ton Bengals. Sunday morning's loss to the Bengals put the Extreme in the consolation game against the Northtown Lady Titans. The Extreme finished strong with a 3-0 win against the Titans and a third place finish overall.

Pictured above: Front Row (L-R) Captains Sarah Zabek, Stacey Mitchell, Niki Brundage
Second row L-R: Samantha Kogut, Caitlin Campbell, Kelly Beckley, Holly Blair, Julie VanMeter, Katie Deirelein.
Third row L-R: coach Campbell, Maureen Moulton, Kaitlin Fahey, Carley Young, Melissa Presite, Kaleigh McKinney, Stacy Jackson, Andrea Zabek, coach Jackson.

Extreme Third at Whitewater Cup

May 2004

Thirteen of the Extreme U16 girls made a strong showing against teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Long Island, NY in the Whitewater Cup Memorial Day weekend. Playing in a U17 division in the late May heat of central Pennsylvania with just two subs the Extreme ended up 1-2 with scores of 3-0, 0-2 and 0-2. The highlight of the weekend however was not the soccer, it was the whitewater rafting trip the day before the tournament. Hey...it's doesn't always have to be just about soccer ;-).
Second row (L-R): coach Campbell, Caitlin Campbell, Megan Pazdur, Carley Young, Sarah Wurz, Samantha Kogut, Sarah Zabek, coach Jackson.

Extreme Second at SportCenter 481 Thanksgiving Shootout

November 2003

The Extreme registered two shut-outs and allowed only three goals in round robin play thanks to their staunch defense and the stellar goal keeping of Stacy Mitchell. The tough defense was supported by goals from several of the Extreme. Going undefeated in the round robin won the Extreme the honor of facing perennial NY West power house Syracuse United Titans in the final. The Extreme put up a tough fight but ended up in that now all-too-familiar second place. However the second place finish was a great result for the Extreme's first indoor tournament after moving up to the U16 Division this fall.

Pictured above: Keepers Samantha Kogut and Stacey Mitchell. Second row L-R: Carley Young, Jen Britt, Holly Blair, Kelly Beckley, Megan Fowlkes, Kaleigh McKinney. Third row L-R: coach Campbell, Sarah Zabek, Sarah Wurz, Stacy Jackson, Caitlin Campbell, Melissa Presite, Nicole Brundage, Andrea Zabek, Samantha Copeland, coach Jackson.

Back in time with the U14 Extreme...

Extreme finish second at Fulton Soccerfest

August 2003

Five games, thirteen goals for, four goals against, what a finish to a successful season! The Extreme played exceptionally well throughout the weekend at Fulton Soccerfest. The final was a hard fought, physical contest with St. Anthony's of Ottawa (a member of the Ottawa-Carlton Soccer League Premier Division). Although the Extreme had many chances to score and allowed few, St. Anthony's converted a corner kick in the first half and a strange goal that appeared to have been cleared off the line late in the second half to win 2-0. Congratulations are due to all the members of the Extreme for a fantastic season.
Pictured above, front row (L-R): Sarah Zabek, Carley Young, Megan Fowlkes, Kelly Beckley, Holly Blair, Samantha Kogut, Melissa Presite, Julie VanMeter. Second row (L-R): Caitlin Campbell, Stacy Jackson, Nicole Brundage, Amanda Flisnik, Samantha Copeland. Back row (L-R): Coach Alan Copeland, Kaleigh McKinney, Andrea Zabek, Coach Steve Campbell, Coach John Jackson. Missing from picture: Samantha Wessing, Karrie Wessing.

Extreme finish second at Camden

July 2003

The Extreme ended up 2-1 at the Camden Summer Sensation 7v7 tournament July 20, 2003. A slow start against eventual tournament winner Oneida resulted in a 4-3 loss. The Extreme then woke up and went on to defeat hosts Camden 5-1 and last years champions Red Creek 5-0.
Pictured above, First Row (L-R): Carley Young, Melissa Presite, Kelly Beckly, Megan Fowlkes, Jen Britt, Samantha Kogut (keeper). Center Row (L-R): Julie VanMeter, Samantha Wessing, Stacy Jackson, Andrea Zabek. Back Row (L-R): Nicole Brundage, Caitlin Campbell, Sarah Zabek, Coach Jackson.

Extreme finish in third at Wilson

July 2003

The Extreme finished in third place with a 2-1-1 record at the Wilson Youth Soccer tournament in Wilson, NY July 12 and 13. It was a hard lesson in how unforgiving tournament play can be as the Extreme had only one loss during the weekend but that was enough to keep them out of the championship game. Starting out on a cold windy Saturday morning with a 1-1 draw against Niagara made the second game against Chili a must-win situation. Chili opened up with two goals in the first three minutes of the game then the Extreme settled in and out played Chili for the next 57 minutes, out scoring them 2-1. Unfortunately that wasn't enough to over come the two quick goals as the game ended in a 3-2 loss. Sunday morning brought better weather and better results as the Extreme handled the Wilson Lakers 11-0 putting themselves in the consolation game. The Extreme scored first and never looked back cruising to a 3-1 win for a solid third place finish..
Pictured above, Front Row (L-R): Samantha Copeland, Holly Blair, Melissa Presite, Kelly Beckly, Megan Fowlkes, Amanda Flisnik, Sarah Zabek, Samantha Kogut (Keeper). Second row (L-R): Andrea Zabek, Nicole Brundage, Carley Young, Caitlin Campbell, Stacy Jackson, Kaleigh McKinney, Julie VanMeter, Kristin Lemaire. Back row (L-R): Coach Campbell, Coach Jackson, Coach Copeland.

Extreme Finish 9-1

April 2003

The Extreme finished up the second indoor session at SportCenter 481 with a record of 9-1. This impressive record left them tied for second place behind undefeated Oneida. Since the Extreme and Oneida never had the opportunity to play each other, we can only guess what might have happened :-).

Winter Training

January 2003

Eight members of the Extreme will be participating in a clinic with Tony Epifani of the Syracuse Soccer Academy. Tony is a former All American and US Men's National Under 17 Team member. The clinic will concentrate on ball handling skills and is modeled after the training regime of the Tauichhi Academy in Santa Cruz, Boliva

Extreme Finishes in Second Place

January 2003

The Extreme finished up their first indoor session at SportCenter 481 in second place. The girls expected to play in the U13 division but were moved up to the U14 division when there were too few teams signed up at U13. Playing in the U14 "Black" division the Extreme only had trouble with one opponent, the eventual first place finishers from the Juventus Soccer Club. Two of the three games against Juventus were one goal games but the Extreme never found the right combination to crack the Juventus defense. All three games against Juventus were tough, well played games and it would appear to be a good-natured rivalry in the making..

To celebrate the occasion we had some cake.

Don't tell Kaleigh you can't have your cake and wear it too!

Coach J. just couldn't let the girls get by without a lesson, so there was a little engineering competition (team building exercise). The Extreme split up into two teams and each tried to build the highest tower from a bag of assorted junk. Here are the results. RIT and Clarkson take notice, these girls can do more than just play soccer!

The Extreme Spend Some Time With the Philadelphia Charge

October 2002

WUSA Philadelphia Charge. Our clinic was presented by defender Erica Iverson, keeper Melissa Moore and one the the Charge's newest members forward Tracy Spinelli.

There was even a little one on one keeper training with Melissa..

The Extreme got a special treat when Philly midfielder, Olympic gold medallist and U.S. Women's National Team member Lorrie Fair stopped by. In additional to putting the Extreme through the paces of some pro level drills Lorrie, Erica, Melissa and Tracy spent some time talking with the girls on what it's like to be at the top of the Woman's game.

The Extreme travelled back to Oneonta the next day to enjoy the Hall of Fame game between the Charge and the Boston Breakers. The game ended up 2-1 Boston when Christine Lilly scored the game winner in the 87th minute. The Boston win took a little of the edge off the day, but all in all the girls agreed it was a great weekend and the Charge have twelve new fans!

Pictured above: Back row L-R Coach Jackson, Stacy Jackson, Kristin Lemaire, Caitlin Campbell, Samantha Wessing, Lorrie Fair, Juile VanMeter, Brenna Ricci, Stephanie Strzepek, Carley Young, Melissa Moore.

Front Row L-R Tracy Spinelli, Karrie Wessing, Carri Brooks, Samantha Kogut, Katie Wall, Erica Iverson.