October 2010 - Trout Lake School

. . . . . . .SPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interview with coaches Kasenga and MayaVillage Voice: Do you feel like the team isworking together as well as they could?Amy Kasenga: The team is on the way, we stillneed to be more consistent. We are on a positiveupswing though.Jose Maya: Lots of room for improvement.VV: How can the team improve?AK: We need to capitalize on scoring, finish theplay, put it in the goal. We have to work on ourability to hold on to our men in defense. Keep ourgame up to our level no matter who we are playing,don’t mimic what the other teams are playing like.JM: The team needs to work on fitness, communication,get more experience, and support from theexperienced players.VV: What is the team doing really well?AK: We possess the ball well, pass well, work theball up the field well, and have good possessionof the game. We make sure that everybody isinvolved.JM: Recognizing the lacking areas and agreeingthat we need to work on those areas.VV: Is soccer your favorite sport?AK: Yes, but like other sports too, such asswimming.VV: What position did you play?AK: Goalie. From the ages twelve to thirteen Iplayed on the field until my coach took me to atry-out. At the try-out the coaches asked me totry goalie and I did. I got accepted to a team ineastern Pennsylvania at twelve. I focused on onlygoalkeeping from then on; I even got trained by abunch of professionals in goalkeeping.JM: Played outside-mid because I could easily talkto everybody and could go back on defense whenneeded.VV: When did you start playing soccer?AK: Four years old.JM: Very young, at about five years oldVV: What inspired you to play soccer?AK: My brothers. Also when I was about thirteenand fourteen I went and watched Mia Ham andChristine Lilly play in Pennsylvania.JM: In Mexico, that is what you do. When youwalk outside there are lots of kids playing. Myolder siblings played soccer also; it was a part ofeveryday life.VV: What inspired you to coach soccer?AK: In high school I knew that I loved to play soccerand I was very good at teaching peoplehow to play it, so I just sort of startedcoaching because of it. Coaching soccer inspiredme to teach normal classes at schools.JM: What motivated me to coach was to get toknow the kids outside of school more. There isalso a big number of Hispanic kids playing and Ithought that I could be a good influence on themand help them.to Castle Rock to win the varsity game 8 to 1. The JV team lost their game unfortunately, 6 to 1.On Thursday the 16th we had a home game in White Salmon against Toledo. The JV teamlost their game 7 to 1. In the varsity game White Salmon scored the first goal off a corner kick,which Diana from White Salmon put in the goal. We stayed ahead by one for the whole first half.In the second half Toledo scored a goal against us first and right after that Karina, a forward onour team, went in for a header and got knocked out by the goalie who landed on top of her aftercatching the ball. She was unconscious for about 30 seconds and the ambulance had to come andpick her up from the field. After that our team was determined to win the game. Diana scoredagain in the last four minutes of the game and we won 2 to 1. Then on Tuesday the 21st the soccervarsity team played Seton Catholic and won seven to zero.Seton Catholic has no JV team.Then on Thursday the 23th we played our arch rivalLa Center. The JV team lost their game 8 to 1. The varsityteam lost 6 to 2. On Tuesday the 28th we played Kalamaand the JV team lost 1 to 6. The varsity team won 6 to 1.Then on Thursday we went to Stevenson and the JV teamwon their game 2 to 1! Their first win of the season.The varsity team won 7 to 0.On the next Tuesday we played Ridgefieldagain, starting our season all over again. TheJV team lost 6 to 0. The varsity team losttheir game 3 to 0. On Thursday the varsityteam grabbed some JV players, seeing asKings Way does not have a JV team, andheaded up to play Kings Way. The varsity team playedand won 3 to 2.During this season our teams both JV andvarsity have been trying their hardest and enjoyingthe season even though we have to not won allof our games. Both teams still need to learn somelessons, but for the most part we have learned towork together well.Caitlin Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October, 2010 | 17