Ontario vs St. Pete's article

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20110913/HSSPORTS/109130301/Warriors-get-back-winning-against-St-Peter-s

Mapleton vs. Waynedale

The Mounties hosted the Golden Bears Saturday morning and came out STRONG.  Although Waynedale got on the board first, Mapleton quickly answered by scoring two goals-- one by freshman Shelbi Gregg and the other by freshman Shelby Stokes.  The defense remained strong, shutting down the attack.

Next game:  Thursday, Crestview @ HOME, 6:00 start :)

Mounties and Huskies Play to Draw

The Mounties earned their first tie of the season last night against noted rival, Northwestern.  While the team continues to work on their intensity from the first whistle, the ladies improved as the game progressed winning 50/50 balls, getting the ball out wide, improving passes and making some nice runs on goal.  Keep it up ladies!!  :)

Here is a link to photos taken by the Ashland Times Gazette:

http://www.times-gazette.com/news/photo_viewer_popup/3255

 


Here is the story as reported by the Ashland Times Gazette:

T-G Staff Reports
NANKIN -- The Northwestern High School girls soccer team started its season with a tie Thursday against Mapleton, 1-1.
Mapleton (1-0-1), which knocked NHS out of the postseason last fall, got on the scoreboard first with a goal by freshman Shelby Stokes with 5:01 left in the first half. Less than two minutes later, the Huskies equalized with a goal from freshman Rachael Mahr.
Both teams were tied in total shots (3-3), corner kicks (5-5) and number of saves by goalies Hannah Krause (Mapleton) and Kayla Smith (Northwestern), who had two apiece.

2011 Opening Gave vs Loudonville

mThe Mounties traveled to Loudonville for their first official game of the season.  The team returned home to ring the victory bell after a 9-2 VICTORY!!

Here is the story:
http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article_no_comments/5086161

Soccer Season Preview-- Ashland Times Gazette

The TG put out their annual soccer preview today.  

Here's what it had to day about the MOUNTIES!!

Mapleton

Mounties hope offseason work pays off

For the last year, Niki Taylor and her Mountie soccer players have been preparing for this season -- in the weight room and on the pitch.

"This is the first time the girls have basically conditioned, fitness and weight lifting, nearly year-round," Taylor said. "The girls are fit, strong and able to compete at a high level for all 80 minutes of the game."

Mapleton started a soccer program three years ago when the six seniors on this year's team were freshmen. Two of those include top returning scorers Hayley Krause (six goals, first-team all-area performer) and Sarah Cepero (five).

"These girls started the program and grew with the program," Taylor said. "We have seen improvement every year. The girls worked hard to develop this program and while it will be sad to see them go at the end of the season, I am so excited to see them play this season."

This is the Mounties first year in a conference, joining the United Independent Soccer Conference along with local squads Crestview and Loudonville.

"The conference looks tough but we are just ready to get out on the field and play. We have a tough schedule and we are taking it one game at a time," she said.

The Mounties hope the success in defense from last season will carry over this year while they continue to work on their offense. However, they will have to fill the key void left by graduated first-team all-area and all-district goalie Sam Esterline, who totaled 172 saves, eight shutouts and had an area-best 0.78 goals-against average in 2010.

"We had lots of shutouts, we defend very well," she said. "(But) we did not score a lot of goals overall, so we need to work on finishing."

The Mounties only have 14 girls on the field this season but Taylor said she believes her team still has the depth to win games.

"Our numbers are low so we are only 14 girls strong," she said. "But we are 14 strong-girls strong. Every member of the team is a quality player and can compete at a varsity level. We are very fit and have been working very hard on capitalizing on set plays."

n 2010: 9-8-1

n Returning letter winners: 10

n Key losses: Sam Esterline and Dreama Browning (due to injury)

nProjected forwards: Taylor Stalnaker (fr.); Shelbi Gregg (fr.);

nProjected midfielders: Taylor Krause (so.); Allison Frymier (jr.); Aubrey Edwards (sr.); Hayley Krause (sr.); Shelby Jordan (sr.); Sarah Cepero (sr.)

nProjected defenders: Jerrica Smith (so.); Taylor Dillard (sr.); Shelby Stokes (fr.); Sydney Wilder (so.); Kortney Haines (sr.);

nProjected goalie: Hannah Krause (fr.)

Check out what the TG had to say about other area teams, including some of our opponents on this year's schedule-- Northwestern, Loudonville, and Crestview
http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article_no_comments/5083298

Mansfield Senior Scrimmages Results

Here are the results from today's scrimmages.  The teams played 40 minutes sessions.  We were missing one girl due to illness, therefore totaling 13 girls (that's two subs).

Again-- thank GOODNESS (and Nikki Krause) that the girls are FIT!!!! 


Mapleton 7   Crestview 0

Mapleton 2   Mans. Senior 0

Mapleton 3   St. Pete's 0

I am whipped!!  I can't imagine how you girls must feel.  Rest up and enjoy your day off Monday :)

Core and Quads 8/10

AGENDA

Run-Squats-Core

Track: total 1600
Athletes run one lap forward, one lap backward, one lap forward, and one lap backward for a total of four times around the track- two forward, two backward

Lift: SquatsPartner up with someone who lifts similarly to you.  This is a light lift; you should not be lifting your max.  Choose a weight that is moderately challenging, then add weight each round.

FIVE reps for FIVE rounds- increasing weight


Agility Ladder3 rounds of 5

Workout: CORE
In this working athletes need a partner of similar athletic ability and a medicine ball 10# or 12#  They will be working together to complete the totals shown below.  After each set, athletes will run the stairs and approx 100m carrying the med ball over their heads.  When they return, the opposite partners will run with med ball over their heads.


1. 50 med ball situps-run
2.  20 med ball push ups- run
3.  40 med ball tosses-run
4.  40 med ball wipers-run
5.  50 med ball pass/squats with partner-run


Some of the pieces were taken from this video: