X Fall Sports 2012 - Watertown Daily Times

PAGE 8 • Northern New York Newspapers August, 2012
NAC Girls Soccer Teams Look To Replenish Offenses
Northern Athletic Conference Girls Soccer teams will be looking to replace
many of last year’s top goal-scorers preparing for the 2012 fall campaigns.
CENTRAL DIVISION
Salmon River: A contender in the Class B race every season under coach
Kathy Valancius, first year coach Liz Durfee enters the regular season as a
Central Divison school.
“Facing many teams we will see in the sectionals will only help us.” said
Durfee who believes her team’s strength will be the midfield graduating
several outstanding scorers in Karyss Terrance (14 goals, six assists), Karlie
Cree (8-7), and Anna Kelly (7-3). Abby Kelly returns after scoring 10 goals
last season. Other returnees include: Taylor Francis, Jaiden Mitchell, Taryn
King, Sam Ghostlaw, Emily Trombley, Dee McDonald, Kaienhwinehtha
Ransom, Carleen Soucia, and Tewasherake Barnes.
Newcomers include: Kwio King, Kwas Laffin, Jocelyn Martin, Kelby Mitchell,
Keri Shenendehowa, Melanie Taylor, Vanna Thomas and Becca Leroux.
Massena: Coach Ryan Hayes believes his team has experience with nine
returners and strength and conditioning will be the teams asset.
“The strength of our team will be our defending, conditioning, and ball
control. We are an experienced team. . We are looking to possess the ball
and control the field of play,” said Hayes who must replace: Taylor Romeo
(1st Team NAC, 13 goals), Morgan Albert (1st Team NAC - 12 goals), and Kallie
Barnes (2nd Team NAC).
NAC Central League MVP Dominique Valancius scored 14 goals last
season and she will be joined by fellow returnees Erin Francis (Sr-Def.),
(Marissa Manley (Sr-Def), Courtney Manley (Soph.- GK), Kathleen Kassian
(Sr-Mid.), Carlie Leary (Jr.-Mid.), Courtney Manley (Soph.-GK), Stephanie
Premo (Jr.-Mid.), Natalie Pesold (Sr.-Mid), and Taylor Bero (Jr.-Def.)
Newcomers include: Taylor Bero (Jr-Def), Shannon Casey (Jr.-Mid.), Mia
Germano (Soph.-Fwd.), Serena Hall (Jr.-Fwd.), Audrey Hayes (Jr.-Mid.),
Nicole Morgan (Soph.-Def.), Iastha Porter (Jr.-Mid.), Chelsea Streeter (Jr.
Def.), Hanna Siddon (Jr.-Def.)
WEST DIVISION
Heuvelton: Heuvelton Coach Gus Burns calls his team “A work in progress”
after finishing 14-4 overall 11-1 in a tight race with Hermon-DeKalb
for NAC West honors in 2011.
“Our strength is also our weakness,” said Burns. “We are young with only
two seniors after graduating Sanna Jaquith, Kelli Hebert, Aliza Armstrong,
and Offensive MVP Emilee Ross. But we have some very good talent returning.”
Ross led the Section in goals last season with 21.
Junior forward Alexis Weider returns after scoring seven goals along with
junior middie Logan Tallman (2 goals, 7 assists) and freshman forward Hannah
Thornhill (4-2).
Also returning are seniors Ashlyn Piercey (Mid) and Abbey Basford (Def);
juniors Maddie St. Pierre (Def), Rachel Thornhill (For), Shelby Williams
(Def), Macy Richardson (Def), Ashlyn Foster (goalie-def), Johanna Carmany
(Mid), Renee Breault (Def-Mid) and sophomores Olivia St. Pierre (Def-Mid),
and Kylie Piercey (Def).
Ali Scalone played varsity at Hammond last season and is a solid defender
while newcomers include Kaitlyn Lashomb (Sr. Def), Morgan Keenan (Soph.
For-Goalie), Taylor Dawley (Sop. For), and Alex Steele (7th-Forward).
Lisbon: Scott Richardson begins his third season looking to build on a
10-8 season despite losing four senior starters including Alison Akins, Sarah
Bodwell, Colleen Hammond, and Alison Crowley.
“We’re still very young with seven freshman. I really expect our leadership
to come from Gabby Walker who has played five years. We might struggle
early but we hope to be very competitive at the end of the season.” said
Richardson.
Sophomore Alex Amo (7 goals, 3 assists) and junior Beth Crowley (7 goals,
7 assists) shared the Knights’ goal-scoring lead last season. Emily Dishaw
was also a talented player last season with five goals while Madison Vine
also shows scoring potential. Jackie Sovie, one of the best goalies in the section,
will anchor the defense with fullback Alyshia Murray and Holly Williams.
This year’s team also includes: Katie Barney, Mercedes Bigelow, Maeve
Bowdish, Shelby Dishaw, Sierra Erwin, Aniessa Fields, Sam Gladle, Courtney
Green, Rileigh Mee, Hanna Richardson, Katie Sovie, and Holly Williams.
Hermon-DeKalb: Graduation took the Demons top three scorers from
last years 15-4 club: Franchesca Trombley (19 goals, six assists), Courtney
White (15-5), and Jocelyn Moulton (13-8) and top defenders Brianna Sayer
and Thanisha Scales.
“We’re going to have a small team this year. We lost a lot of seniors,” said
Coach Jan Merchant.
Kasey O’Donnell is the top scorer back with seven goals and seven assists.
Other players include Margo Barney, Rhys Bryant, Kelsey Cleveland, Courtney
Harrington, Chelsey MacKay, Rebecca Matthews, Taylor Morrill, Abbey
Mott, Sadie Smith, Morgan Stott, Brooke Woodrow and Paige Whitton.
Morristown: Coach Danielle Folino will guide a young Rockets
squad into her second NAC West campaign with just 14 players.
“We are small in numbers but they’ve worked hard,” said Folino. Playing
for the Rockets this season are: Logan Green (8th Grade Def), Hailey Whitmarsh
(8th Forw), Eilssa Baldwin (9th HB), Victoria Mitchell (9th Line), Taylor
Piercey (9th Line), Liz Troiano (9th Def), Jessica Geddes (Soph. Line),
Makaela Roberts (Soph. Def), Samantha Green (Soph. Def), Erica Baldwin
(Jr. Def), Makenzie Barse (Jr. Def), Karissa Bertrand (Jr. Goalie-Def), Erica
Fishe (Sr. Def), and Caitlyn Jock (Sr. Line-Def).
Clifton-Fine: Coach Bob Lachut begins his final tour of the NAC West in
his 32nd year at the helm of the Eagles. The Eagles finished 3-11 last season
and return All Northern Alexis Pomerville at striker. Other returners include:
Brianna Dolan (Sr. Mid), Lindsay Johnson (Sr. goalie), Zoe Kimmes
(Sr. For), Alanna Silsby (Jr. Def), Emma Hitchman (Jr. Def), Erica Daniels
(Soph. For), and Delaney Kerr (Soph. Def). Newcomers include: Mallory
Folsom (Sr. Mid), Alicia Cole (Jr. For-Mid), Taylor Durham (Soph. Mid), Bianca
Terry (Soph. Def), Rachel Eibert (Fr. For), Dallas Crane (Fr. For), and
Megan Stiles (Fr. For).
EAST DIVISION
Colton-Pierrepont: The Colts have a solid core of returning players for
Coach Craig Bogart whose team finished 6-12 last year but with just two seniors
the team will be very young.
Kathryn Miller, Abbie Johnson, Autumn Clark (4 goals), Kylie McKinley
(two goals), Andrea Aldous (four goals), Morgan Doyle, Sara Guiney,
Sabrina Johnson, Rachael Vaccaro, and Haylee Hennessy (three goals) all
return as the Colts will look the replace Tara Hennessy, Brianna Beaulieu,
and Hunter Farr. Newcomers include: Cortney Miller, Makayla Reed, Kelsi
Gilbert, Alexis VanBrocklin, Kendra Gilbert, Eve Whalen, Madison Gregg,
Hannah Hogle and Maia Knight .
Madrid-Waddington: Coach Gary Tischler will finish his outstanding
soccer coaching career with the girls program after guiding the boys to a
pair of state final fours. He takes over a program which finished 10-8 last
season and must replace Courtney Ashley, Stephanie Carkner, Sierra Fox,
Megan Gabri, Shelby Gausby (2 goals, three assists), Taylor Marcellus (5-4),
Brittany Pierce (15-7), Lauren Sharpe and Sara Taber.
Returning are Miykayla Blair, Emily Doegler, Sierra Dumas, Shelby Kendall,
Taylor Lenny (5-4), Katie Marcellus, Cassandra McKnight, Desirea
Pryce, Katie Tiernan, Andrea Wyman, and Zoey Zagrobelny. Bridget Beldock
can’t play this fall due to an injury.
Newcomers include: Alison Fobare, Tessa Knight, Jess LeMay, Kaileigh
Fields, Kaila Hargrave, and Hanna Hill.
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