2019 Soccer Season is Just Around the Corner!

Check out the still-being-finalized 2019 season schedule by clicking on the link below and to the left. Can't wait! Let's go, Hawkeyes!

0-0 (5-3 PKs) OT Post-season Loss vs. Byron Center

Keep your collective heads held high, Lady Hawkeyes! You finished a strong season with an effort you should be proud of! The future is bright for the program, and you all helped contribute in a variety of ways. This coach is VERY appreciative. Go Hawks!

Districts Week!

All right, everyone. It's the main event! Congrats on a good regular season, girls, and the completion of a couple team goals (shutouts, W/L record). Plus, 2nd place in a traditionally tough OK Green Conference ain't too shabby either. :) Well done.

But...we want to be GREAT...and we've got a true challenge(s) ahead of us.

We want to be District champs...and we want to continually stay tight/close as a team through and through (remaining team goals)!

Let's. Do. This.

Here's the tentative schedule for the upcoming week:

**Monday (Memorial Day): required 5-7 PM training on the turf. Wear gray.
**Tuesday: Team Event...bus leaves lower lot @ 2:45 PM and will return 8-830 PM. Meal and cover cost for the Byron Center game = provided for you. More details Memorial Day/Monday!
**Wednesday: 3-5 PM training on the turf...wear gray.
**Thursday: District Semifinal vs. ??? at 7 PM on our turf. More details to come...  If anyone would like to volunteer for a stellar team meal on this day, it would be much appreciated! Just let me know asap!
**Friday (tentative): 3-5 training on the turf...wear gray.
**Saturday(tentative): District Final @ 5 PM on our turf...

Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait.

Finish Hamilton strong, girls!

2-1 Loss vs. Unity Christian

Job well done on a solid regular season, ladies! The postseason is upon us...and it's time to find another gear. Finish strong!

4-0 Win @ Z. East

Thanks for a GREAT birthday present, ladies! Let's keep this thing going...keep reaching for more!

Upcoming Week!

Hawkeyes!

The last regular season week is upon us...and it's a big one for a variety of reasons!

Can we finish second in the OK Green?...
Can we handle an emotional, improved Z. East on their field for their Senior Night?...
Can we knock off unbeaten (in the OK Green) Unity on OUR Senior Night?...
Can we handle the (fun) distractions of Graduation/No School For Seniors/Upcoming Holiday Weekend?...
Can we finish the regular season in a Hamilton strong way?...
Can we do positive things we SAY we want to do on a continual basis?...
Can we continually work on the things that will make us even tighter/close as a team?...
Can we do what champions do on a continual basis?...
Etc.

Big. Week. :)

Here's the tentative schedule for the upcoming week:

**Monday: game at Z. East...meet in my room at 3:30...bus leaves at 4:15...Jen = team meal.
**Tuesday: 3:15-5:15 training on grass practice field...wear gray. Team Dinner at Jess's to follow!
**Wednesday: home vs. Unity (6:45 Varsity start/Senior Night)...meet in my room at 4...Abby = team meal...Allie/Jenna = ball girls.
**Thursday: 3-5 training on the turf...wear gray.
**Friday: 3-5 training on the turf...wear black.
**Monday (Memorial Day): 5-7 PM training on the turf...wear gray.

Note: For our pre-game meeting this Monday, have ideas in mind for 3 puzzle pieces from this past week as well as Dirty Shirt nominees!

Let's go, Hawks!  We. Can. Do. This.

0-0 Tie @ Hudsonville

Solid all-around effort tonight, ladies, against a quality non-conference opponent (with another team goal completed). And now...our last regular season week is upon us. FINISH STRONG!

2-2 Tie vs. Zeeland West

Way to fight until the end tonight, Hawkeyes. But we CAN and WILL do better! Let's keep pushing...

Upcoming Week!

Soccer fam,

Quite the interesting week this past week! Let's keep finding new gears, everyone. Keep reaching for more and more and more...

Here's the tentative schedule for this upcoming week:

**Monday: 3:15-5:15 training...wear black...grass practice field.

**Tuesday: 3-5 training...wear gray...stay tuned.

**Wednesday: home vs. Zeeland West (turf...normal schedule)...meet in my room by 3 PM...Corbyn = meal...Olivia/Tanna = ball girls.

**Thursday: 3-5 training...wear gray.

**Friday: GRADE CHECK...game @ Hudsonville (5 PM Varsity start/JV 6:45)...meet in my room immediately after school...Grace = meal. Choir girls are immediately dismissed after the game. All other girls may ride home with an adult after the JV game. See me for sign-out or parents can let me know ahead of time!)

Note for Monday: Ladies, please have in mind your thoughts on Dirty Shirt nominees as well as the three puzzle pieces we had on the line this past week.

Let's. Finish. Strong(er)!

1-1 Tie @ Holland Christian

Solid second half effort, ladies, and proud of you for managing to get a result at a traditionally tough place to play. Good to GREAT.

4-0 Win vs. Holland Christian

Job well done, ladies. Really proud of the overall effort. BUT...but...Friday is just around the corner...and HC will be extra motivated. Let's keep rising up!

2-0 Loss @ Byron Center

Hey, it's a humbling loss for a number of reasons. And we move forward, get better, re-up, and remain focused on our team goals, etc. On to HC! Finish the week Hamilton strong.

Upcoming Week!

BIG week for us coming up, Hawkeyes, for a variety of reasons. Let's go!

Here's the tentative schedule:

**Monday: game @ Byron Center...meet in my room at 3:15...bus leaves at 4...Leah = team meal. Girls NOT required to ride the bus home but must sign out and ride home with an adult!
**Tuesday: 3:15-5:15 training on grass practice field...wear gray.
**Wednesday: home game vs. Holland Christian...meet in my room by 3...Sydnie P./Sydney R. = ball girls...Justine = meal.
**Thursday: 3:15-5:15 training (on turf)....wear gray. ATTEND VARSITY BASEBALL GAME TOGETHER AFTER?!
**Friday: game @ Holland Christian...meet in my room at 4 PM...bus leaves at 4:45...Allie = team meal.

Always on the mind, ladies: one word challenge, team goals, effort/dirty shirt, team chemistry/culture, effective communication, handling distractions, taking care of your minds/bodies, demanding more from ourselves and reaching HIGHER, etc.!

Go Hawks!

3-2 Win vs. Hastings

Let's get better heading into a really big week for us, Hawkeyes!

3-0 Win @ Holland

Clean. Tidy. Professional. Well done for the most part tonight, ladies. Bottle it all up and repeat (plus 10) tomorrow vs. Hastings! Good to great...

3-1 Loss @ Unity

Girls, keep those heads held high! We will see Unity again...and we'll be an improved team at that point.

Keep the faith, stay confident, and on to the next one (Holland)!

Upcoming Week!

Let's keep this thing rollin', Hawkeyes! :)

Here's the tentative schedule for this upcoming week:

**Monday: game @ Unity...dress up in school...meet in my room by 3 PM...team meal = Laura...bus leaves at 3:45 PM. SENIORS = YOUR LAST DAY OF TAKING CARE OF SOCCER ITEMS GETTING ON THE BUS.
**Tuesday: 3-5 PM training...wear gray...TEAM DINNER AT TEAM ALEXIS!
**Wednesday: game @ Holland...meet immediately in my room after school (2:45?)...team meal = Rylin...bus leaves at 4...VARSITY PLAYS FIRST AT 5 PM!
**Thursday: home game vs. Hastings...meet in my room by 3 PM...Jenna = team meal...Leah/Justine = ball girls.
**Friday: 3-4:30 training with 7th/8th grade teams! Wear official black training shirt from this season.
**Saturday: PROM--MAKE GOOD CHOICES...AND I WANT PICTURES! :)

Here we go again, Hawks. We certainly will find out more about ourselves this coming week. I simply cannot wait. Pumped!

Go Hawks!

2-0 Win vs. Fennville

A shutout win is a shutout win, ladies. BUT we need to get a lot better. And we WILL if we continue to stay positive and work. On to Unity this coming Monday! Hamilton strong!

3-1 Win vs. Z. East

Good job of taking care of business tonight on our home field, ladies. With yet another game tomorrow, always remember the following: good enough isn't. Go Hawkeyes!

2-1 Win @ Z. West

GREAT step in the right direction, Hawkeyes. Loved most things about tonight. Time for Z. East at our place Wednesday! Stay strong. :)

Upcoming Week!

Soccer fam,

I'm excited to get back to work after an interesting week last week what with the weather, cancellations, etc.  Let's keep working!

Here's the tentative schedule for the upcoming week:

**Monday: game @ Z. West...team meal/meeting in my room at 3:30...Tanna = meal...bus leaves at 4:15...wear black. Have ideas for "team puzzle" and "Dirty Shirt" award votes from this past week for in my classroom.
**Tuesday: 3:15-5:15 training...wear gray.  DISTRICT DRAW TODAY (who we'll play first round of Districts is revealed)
**Wednesday: home game vs. Z. East...meet in my room at 3...Sydnie P. = meal...Jen/Abby= ball girls...wear black.
**Thursday: home game vs. Fennville...meet in my room at 3... Sydney R. = meal...Grace/Corbyn = ball girls...wear gray.
**Friday: 3-5 training...wear black.  GRADE CHECK (I'll check on current grades for each of your classes).

Notes: The cancelled HC game from this past week is rescheduled for Friday, May 11 @ HC.

Let's go, Hamilton Soccer!

2-1 Loss vs. Allegan

Ladies, we're in a bit of a lull within this past week or so, and it's up to ALL of us to get out of it. Zeeland West and a three-game week on the horizon. We can do this! Hamilton tough.

Upcoming Week!

(Winter??!!) Greetings, everyone! Hope everyone is surviving and thriving this weekend somehow?!

Checking in with the tentative schedule for another exciting week of being together as a soccer fam:

**Monday: game @ Holland Christian (varsity game time = 7:15 PM)...DRESS UP in school...meet in my room at 4 PM...bus leaves at 4:45 PM...Allie = team meal in my room...wear black.

**Tuesday: 3:15-5:15 PM training...wear gray...Varsity Baseball game immediately to follow????

**Wednesday: 3-5 PM training...wear black. Parent/Teacher Conferences immediately to follow for staff.

**Thursday: 3:15-5:15 PM training...wear gray.  Hope Men's Soccer vs. Cornerstone at 7 PM if anyone's interested??

**Friday: home game vs. Allegan...meet in my classroom at 3 PM...Olivia = team meal...Laura/Rylin = ball girls...wear black. Good luck, Collage Concert girls! Anyone attending as support perhaps?!

I'm really liking the foundation of this season thus far, girls--for a variety of reasons on and off the field. We've got plenty of work to do, but I think this team can be very good...perhaps great. Think "team goals". Think "effort". Think "one word focus". Keep workin'. 

2-1 Loss @ T.K.

Tonight kind of brought us back down to earth a bit, Hawkeyes: a solid team on its home turf put in a good effort for the deserving win. Flush it. Learn from it. Beat HC Monday!

1-0 Win vs. Byron Center

A win is a win is a win...as they say.

Pretty sloppy game overall, and we WILL get better!

Job well done on battling tough for a win in the end, Hawkeyes!

1-0 Win vs. Holland

Overall job well done last night, ladies. Things are only going to get more difficult this week though as two tough opponents are next on our slate! Keep fightin' and doing the right things on and off the field!

And We're Back!

Time to get this thing revved up again, Lady Hawkeyes!

First, check out the newly updated "successful season/team goals" ideas you all came up with recently by scrolling down and looking to the left. Let's keep these as priorities each and every day! You also have one word that you have pledged to live up to each and every day, on and off the field. Important, meaningful stuff!

Here goes with this coming week's tentative schedule:

**Monday: 3-5:15 training on the turf field...wear black...required Team Dinner @ Robinson's after! Yes, we need to start at 3 PM in order to have a quick chat, warm up, and re-test for the 1-mile on the track...and then get a bunch of important work in. Wear flats to begin with obviously. We trust that you've stayed in shape and have improved since the first day of tryouts!
**Tuesday: home game vs. Holland (turf field...6:45 PM Varsity start)...what to wear in school = TBD...meet in my room by 3:45 PM for team meal/meeting...Team Kragt (I believe?) = meal...Sierra/Alexis = first half JV ball girls...wear gray.
**Wednesday: 3:15-5:15 training on the game grass field...wear black.
**Thursday: home game vs. Byron Center (grass)...what to wear in school = TBD...Shelby/Maddie = ball girls...Syd E. = meal...meet in my room by 3 PM...wear gray.
**Friday: game @ T.K....what to wear in school = TBD...bus leaves at 3:30 PM...team meal (Morgan) on the bus...wear black...GIRLS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RIDE THE BUS HOME!

Big week for a variety of reasons, girls! Let's (continue to) do this! :)

2-0 Win @ Jenison

That's a solid start to the regular season, ladies. Job well done. And we have much more work to do!

As mentioned in the post-game huddle, it's the EFFORT plays that will make the difference for us this season--just like in this game.

We've got a long way to go but liking the progress thus far!

Pre-Spring Break Week!

Here goes with our pre-Spring Break week tentative schedule:

**Monday: game @ Jenison (varsity = 5:45 start)..."dress up" in school (and try to combine with all-school "Flannel Day" like I'm planning?!)...bus leaves at 2:45 PM...team meal ON THE BUS. Black team shirt, warm-ups, black uniforms, etc.

Map to Jenison soccer complex:

http://www.jpsonline.org/downloads/_acct_/00/00/14/39/campus_map.pdf

Tuesday: 3:15 - 5:15 PM practice (TEAM PICS some time around beginning of practice in our black uniforms?? or white??)...wear gray.
Wednesday: 3:15 - 5:15 PM practice...wear black.
Thursday: 3:15 - 5 :15 PM practice...wear gray.
Friday: NO PRACTICE

Spring Break: NO REQUIRED PRACTICE. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS OVER BREAK!

Note: Congrats to our first "Dirty Shirt Award" winners from this past week as elected by their teammates due to EFFORT-related examples -- Harley Dykema, Sydney Eustice, and Leah Johnston.

Also, feel free to check out the  "recaps" link (as well as other links down there) below and to the left with game-by-game highlights as we've now started the season.

Let's go Hawks! :)

Weekly Schedule #1!

Welcome aboard, all! Great to have ya. :)

See below for the tentative schedule for the upcoming, hugely important week:

**Monday: 3:15-5:15 practice on turf field (wear gray training shirt)

**Tuesday: 3:15-5:15 practice on turf field (wear black). OPTIONAL PARENT MEETING in my HS classroom (rm. 111) at 6 PM. If you cannot make it, it's ok as we'll go over some of the stuff in this email!

**Wednesday: 3 PM senior-led practice on turf field (wear gray) with team poster photos to follow at 5 PM. More details soon!

**Thursday: 2:45 PM Team Pics.  3-5 PM Varsity volunteer/service project outing immediately thereafter (wear black) More details to come!

**Friday: preseason scrimmage vs. Hopkins (varsity only) on our turf field. Game time approx. 3:45?? Will shoot be done around 5:15! Girls will meet on turf field fully dressed by 3 PM (wear gray).

**Saturday: preseason outdoor tournament @ GVSU. 9 AM - 10:15 AM vs. Black River. 3:40 PM - 4:55 PM vs. East Lansing. Will forward you all again the details of that day! Stay tuned. (wear black)

**Next Monday: first official game of the season @ Jenison! More details later...

Note: Feel free to check out the links below and to the left regarding game-by-game recaps, varsity roster, etc.!