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If there is an individual that achieves noteworthy success such as ODP team acceptance, college scholarships or other individual awards....please let us know.

This is your chance to tell us (and the world) all about you!  It sounds a bit self-serving doesn’t it?  That is ok.....we feel we have a great program, great teams and we should all be proud of everyones accomplishments.  It doesn’t matter if you are a Premier team or Classic 3 team.....it doesn’t matter if you are 9 or 19, we want to recognize everyone.

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The NLS Stars u9 Gold Boys team went 3-0 at the Blaine Breakout Tournament including beating a tough Blaine Team 3-1.  The Stars scored 23 goals, and only had 3 goals score against them.  Next the team played at the Maroon Level at the Summer Jamboree and went undefeated 3-0 in Hastings.  The boys played tough defense and beat the teams 3-0, 2-1, and 2-0.  At the final tournament the team played at the Maroon Level again at the Schwan’s USA Weekend Cup and went undefeated at 4-0. The boys played some really tough opponents winning 1-0, 6-0, 2-1, and 2-0 on a hot weekend in July.
The NLS Stars went undefeated in the regular season 9-0-1, tying only Blaine 0-0 early in the season. They came back and beat Blaine at home 7-0.  The boys scored a total of 67 goals, and were only scored on 2 times.  Congratulations to all of the boys for going 19-0-1 in all of their games.  They scored a total of 108 goals overall, and only gave up 7 goals in 20 games.

Coach:  Chris Emery
Assistant Coach:  Rob Heath

Congratulations to the U12 C2 boys.  We finished the season 12-0 as league winners and beat a very strong Blaine team 4-2 in the league playoffs.   The championship game was played on one of the hottest days on record and it was very tough to stay focused when the weather is that nasty.  Blaine came out strong and caught us off-guard with an early goal.  That was a real wake up call.  From then on it was go time.  Zach Wiegman and Gabe Gilbertson both scored in the first half of play to end the half with a 2-1 lead.  Blaine scored the tying goal within 5 minutes of the start of the second half.  The game went back and forth in the second half and then Blake Doyea sped up the wing, cut back and drilled the game winning shot from 20 yards out in the upper corner.  With less than 5 minutes to play Zach Weigman scored on a sensational header off a beautiful corner kick from Erik Elvig to finish the game.   What a great team accomplishment these young men have achieved.  Again, and honor and privilege to coach these young men.  From Mark Hager, Allen Berg and myself….well done team.
 
In order of appearance on the team photo.
 
First row:  Zach Weigman, Chase Anderson, Erik Elvig, Gabe Gilbertson, Miguel Martinez
Second row:  Connor Hudoba, Blake Doyea, Jake Peterson, Branden Berg, Tracy Hager, Jacob McNeff

Coached by:  Michael McNeff, Mark Hager, Al Berg

What a great accomplishment for the u-10 Girls Maroon Striker! This is their first year as a maroon team. I personally would like to thank them for a difficult, well fought, intense, and successful season. These girls went undefeated in league play with 44 goals for and only 7 against. Including tournaments they scored 77 goals. All of the girl’s playing levels have improved DRAMATICALLY since their season tryouts, and they had a ton of fun. Great season girls and good luck at u-11!

Coach - Josh Boss

A great job by the Cyclone girls, scoring an impressive 21 goals and allowing 2 goals going undefeated.  Again great job ladies!!!

Coach - Jason George

This was a great run by a really talented NLS team.  We were matched in intensity and ability throughout the tournament and it was an absolute thrill to be there with this team.  Our first game against Sioux City Select ended in a 3-1 loss and afterwards the opposing coach congratulated us and said we out played his team but was thankful to have held on to the victory.  We then came back for our midnight game under the lights and beat a very strong Waverly team.  Our last game was against the host team, Cedar Valley Select, and we ended up winning that game 4-3.  All three teams in our pool had the same record but we had the best ’goals against’ average amongst the teams and we advanced to the championship game.
 
In the championship game we pressured really hard and finished the half with a 1-0 lead on a goal by Tracy Hager.  The second half the Euro FC team came out firing and after 15 minutes of play had taken a 2-1 lead and looked strong.  We rallied for another goal to tie the game with 8 minutes left to play when Erik Elvig crossed the ball and Miguel Martinez headed in the cross off the post to even up the game.  Both teams missed opportunities to win as time winded down.
 
The game went immediately to a penalty shoot-out with the winner taking home the championship.  Jake Peterson, our goalie, made two phenomenial diving saves and then took the last and final ’fifth shot’ to win the tournament for the team.  A great team win and an unbelievable tournament run for our guys.  A huge thanks to the parents and kids who made the trip to Waterloo, IA.  A weekend that will be remembered for many years to come.
 
Chase Anderson, Erik Elvig, Jacob McNeff, Connor Hudoba, Gabe Gilbertson, Jake Peterson, Zach Weigman, Miguel Martinez, Branden Berg, Tracy Hager, Blake Doyea and Donny Guimont.

Coached by:  Michael McNeff, Mark Hager, Al Berg

The u-10 maroon Strikers had a fantastic weekend at the Head of Lakes tournament in Duluth.  Their first game against Gitchi Gummi resulted in an 11-0 victory.  The second against East Side Select resulted in another 11-0 victory.

Dynamite won all three of their games at the 2011 MYSA Summer Jamboree.  Congratulations to Karlie, Kai, Kelsey, Kylie, Taylor, Anna, Emilee, Ella, Addison, and Paige.  Great job ladies!!!!

Coach - Josh Christoff, Kelly Tews