FALL SOCCER 2008 FIFTH – SIXTH GRADERS

Welcome to Fall Soccer 2008! We are scheduled to start our league on Thursday, September 11 and games will be played at the Sports Complex east of the High School on Thursday’s & Saturday’s. As we head into the season here are some guidelines to follow:

1)  Do not park on the grass by the Soccer Fields. All vehicles must stay in the designated parking lot.

2)  Grades 5-6 will be playing on soccer field #4 and will use this field for the whole season. When you face north, field #4 is the middle north field.

3)  We will meet on Thursday’s and Saturday’s (weather permitting). On Thursday’s we will start with 15 minutes of drills and then hold a shortened 45 min. game. Saturday’s are designated game days for the league. Make sure to follow your schedule closely to see what time you play and what field you play on.

4)  This season there are a total of 22 participants in 5th & 6th grade. Instead of dividing the kids into teams and risking the chance of not having enough kids show up on game days, we have decided to have all of the kids show up at the same time and the coaches will divide the kids up and make different teams every time we meet.

5)  On September 11, all soccer league members will meet from 5:15-6:15 to meet their coaches, fellow teammates, receive team t-shirts, and have a team photo taken. When you get to the soccer fields, look for your coach on field #4 wearing your team colored t-shirt. You can find out who your coach is and your team color by looking at the reverse side of this sheet, it is displayed at the top of your team list. It is required that you wear your team colored shirt every time you attend soccer and wear tennis shoes or cleats (not metal). It also recommended, not required, to wear shin guards.

6)  Practices and games will start on time, refs are instructed to be there 10 minutes early so make sure that you are on time for your games and practices, we will not wait for you to start.

7)  In case of bad weather we will try to call school on Thursday’s and let the kids know before they are dismissed if soccer is cancelled. We will also send out e-mail updates to those of you who provided us their e-mail address. If you would still like to be added to the list, e-mail us at . On both Thursday’s and Saturday’s cancellations will also be announced on the radio (1090 AM or 93.9 FM). The first rain out will be made up this year and any rain outs after the first will be cancelled.

8)  Each team will have their own team pizza party at Pizza Ranch again this year. We are doing things a little differently this season, each kid will receive a free buffet card at the beginning of the season to be used at their scheduled pizza party. If your pizza party gets rained out it will not be rescheduled and the kids will be able to use their free buffet card whenever it works best. Please thank Jerry and his staff at Pizza Ranch for donating the free buffet cards and soda.

Parents: The buffet will be set up if you are interested in joining your sons or daughters team party.

Field #4

Thursday, September 11
Team Pictures / 5:15-6:15 Find your coaches on Field #4 wearing you team colored shirt! Coaches will hand out T-shirts, introduce themselves, conduct a short practice and we will also take team pictures. There will be no games played and practice will be over by 6:15.
Saturday, September 13
10:30 Game
Thursday, September 18
6:15 Game PIZZA PARTY
Saturday, September 20
10:30 Game
Thursday, September 25 / 5:15 Game
Saturday, September 27
10:30 Game
Thursday, October 2 / 5:15 Game
Saturday, October 4
10:30 Game
Thursday, October 9
RAIN DATE / First rain-out games will be played on this date, follow the schedule from the rain out date. Game will be played at 5:15 or 6:15.
Team #1
BLUE
Brad Kamstra (Coach) / Gene Vis (Coach)
Howie Klarenbeek / Alexa Meyer
Makenzie Vlotho / Taylor Hanson
Jesse Sears / Dan Molenaar
Danielle Kooima / Mackenzie Kiel
Alex Van Den Top / Austin Vis
Nate Van Holland / Cassie Vis
Matt Van Holland / Ashley Vanden Bos
Morgan Kooima / Julianne Anderson
Courtney Stiens / Marcus Jones
Emily Van Otterloo / Justin Kamstra
Kaleb Vande Kamp / Nick Van Otterloo