Showing posts with label soccer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soccer. Show all posts
Monday, February 17, 2014
Platte Valley Soccer League Accepting Registration
Platte Valley Soccer League is now accepting registration forms for the 2014 Spring Season. Forms are due by March 1, but can be turned in late for a small fee. Forms can be picked up at the Sterling Recreation Center, Hibbets Sporting Goods, and Pro Sports in Sterling. Games start April 5. Please mail the forms to PVSL, PO Box 1624, Sterling, Co, 80751
Monday, July 22, 2013
Platte Valley Soccer Club Accepting Fall 2013 Registration
Platte Valley Soccer Club is now accepting Fall 2013 registration. Registration forms are available at the Sterling Recreation Center, Pro Sports, Hibbet Sports, Sonnenberg Insurance Agency all in Sterling, or at http://www.sterlingsoccerassociation.com/. The fall season will be for Pre-K to 8th grade. Games are played on Saturday mornings starting September 7 and running through October 19. For any questions, or for more information, please call Jamie at 970-520-5848.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Sterling Soccer Association Registration Due March 1
Sterling Soccer Association is now taking registration for the spring season. Forms have been handed out at all the schools, or they can be picked up at the Sterling Recreation Center, Pro Sports in Sterling, at the Sonnenberg Agency in Sterling, or at www.sterlingsoccerassociation.com. Registration is due March 1.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Daniel signs up for soccer at NJC
***NJC Press Release***
Sterling, CO--Michael Daniel, a 5’11” central midfielder from Thornton, CO has signed to play soccer at Northeastern Junior College this fall as the school’s athletic program welcomes in a totally new sport The 2010 Mountain Range High School graduate played the sport for three years in high school and also competed in the Westminster Samba 92 Club. Before this he played in youth competitions, mainly YMCA programs, starting as early as age 10. He looks forward to playing at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) level.
Daniel, a business major, has relatives in the Sterling area and has visited the community on many times attending family reunions. A business major, he looks forward to being part of the new program at Northeastern and the history that will be made this coming year when a totally new sport begins calling NJC home. The college has a long and impressive history in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Region IX for men and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, and men’s baseball, having nationally ranked teams in these sports on a regular basis.
The college brought back men’s golf this last year and will also see a return this fall, in addition to men’s soccer, of the women’s softball program which took a several year hiatus due to budget cuts. The college has seen double digit growth over the past four years and the increase in students means that the addition of new athletic programs is necessary and appropriate. Jeremiah McNutt is the new head coach of the soccer program at NJC. He can be reached by email at jeremiah.mcnutt@njc.edu or call him at 521-6600 or 1-800-626-4637. The new soccer players will arrive on campus on August 8th and begin three a day practices on August 9th.
Daniel is the son of Alicia and Rick Daniel. His father Rick lived in Sterling as a child.
NJC Soccer Coach Jeremiah McNutt (front left) has been busy signing players for the inaugural team coming on campus this fall. He recently signed Michael Daniel (front right) of Thornton. On hand for the signing was (back l to r) Alicia and Rick Daniel who watched as their son inked the NJCAA paperwork. (Courtesy Photo)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Windsor’s Ernst signs to play soccer at NJC
***NJC Press Release***
Kevin Ernst of Windsor has signed to play soccer this coming year at Northeastern Junior College and is excited to be part of the college’s inaugural team. Northeastern will begin competing in soccer in Region IX of the National Junior College Athletic Association this fall. Efforts have been underway to recruit a team for the new sport this entire last year and the roster is now looking pretty solid. The college has a long and successful history with men’s and women’s basketball, men’s baseball, women’s volleyball and women’s softball. While the women’s softball team took a several year hiatus due to budget cuts, it also returns to campus this fall.
Ernst, a 2010 graduate of Windsor High School, will be a sophomore at NJC this fall. He attended the college his freshman year and was very active in student life, serving as a resident assistant in one of the college’s six residence halls. Having played soccer since the age of six, he watched with interest as the college hired a new soccer coach to champion the program. It didn’t take him long to decide he wanted to be part of the new team. “I’m pretty excited about this new program and being a part of a new team,” Ernst said. He participated in a try-out day on campus in May and met a number of other players that will be coming to Sterling to play soccer. “It will be fun to see what kind of damage we can do next year,” he said, grinning.
An ag business major, Ernst is a well-rounded young person. He loves soccer, but also has served as the vice president and reporter of the Colorado Junior Beef Association since 2009 and has been a member of the National Junior Hereford Association. He is actively involved in his family’s cattle business, Ernst Herefords. “I originally planned to go to CSU and then I didn’t get some of the registration process done as soon as I should have and so I decided to come to NJC instead,” Ernst admits. “NJC has been a great experience and now that I am going to play some soccer, it’s even better.” Right after he signed to play soccer for NJC, he left campus with his parents and sister to go on east of Sterling to deliver a Hereford bull the family had sold. He said that he still has his eye on CSU next year, unless he’d have an opportunity to go somewhere else and play soccer for the remainder of his collegiate career.
Admitting that he doesn’t like to run without a purpose, Ernst has proven himself a contender on the field. At Windsor High School he was named the Most Improved Player his sophomore year then went on to be named the Defensive Player of the Year his senior year. He played club soccer for three years with Loveland Club United and has played in both indoor and outdoor leagues. He has experience playing the positions of striker, mid-field left back and goalie. He identifies Coach Weiser at Windsor High School as being a huge inspiration to him. “He always pushed me as far as I could go and I always appreciated that although I may not have acted like it at the time,” he says, with a laugh.
Ernst is the son of Marshall and Barbara Ernst of Windsor.
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Kevin Ernst of Windsor had lots of support on the day he signed to play soccer at NJC. Pictured here left to right are: Barbara Ernst, NJC Soccer Coach Jeremiah McNutt, Katheryn Ernst, Kevin Ernst, Marshall Ernst and Morgan Williams. The sophomore is excited to be part of a new sports program at the college. (Courtesy Photo)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
NJC Signs First Ever Soccer Player
***NJC Press Release***
Hinkley’s Christian Stout makes history for college’s newest sports program
This Tuesday was a big day for Northeastern Junior College. Big because it will go down in collegiate history as being the date that the school’s new soccer program signed its first player. Christian Stout, a senior soccer stand out at Hinkley High School in Aurora, inked a letter of intent in the lobby of the Bank of Colorado Event Center on campus as onlookers watched.
Stout, who has the grades to go Division I, was originally talking to Oregon State about playing there, but the coach there encouraged him to look at Northeastern’s new program and consider spending two years here before moving on to the West Coast. Stout attended a Discovery Day on campus in February, but returned to Sterling this week to make his decision final.
Admittedly, this Hinkley Thunderbird says he knew nothing about Northeastern prior to his first visit here. After spending time with NJC’s new soccer coach Jeremiah McNutt, this midfield specialist now has a sense of excitement about being the first soccer player to sign here. “It’s pretty cool,” he said, adding “And a lot of responsibility.” He didn’t quite realize that his signing would mark a historical moment for the college, which passionately embraces and documents its history. Photos were taken and notes jotted down for future reference. Stout admits he finds the idea of coming to such a rural area a bit daunting, but is up for the experience. He hasn’t decided on a major yet, so finds doing a two plus two program attractive. “I’ll come here for two years and hopefully figure out what I want to major in while I help build a soccer program at NJC.” In his player profile, he said he was leaning toward a future in engineering or mathematics.
Northeastern announced last year that it would begin a soccer program, recruiting players and having a game schedule in place by this coming Fall Semester 2011. The college hired McNutt, a soccer coach with nearly 10 years of collegiate competition experience at Owens Community College in Toledo, OH to champion the program. The NJC Plainsmen will begin competing this fall in Region IX of the National Junior College Athletic Association, playing teams in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. McNutt has spent recent months networking with various high school and college programs and scouting regional high school tournaments to find prospective players. He has a number of recruits planning to come on board between now and July.
McNutt is excited to start the team with Stout. “Christian brings foot skills and vision of the field that will help him distribute beautiful balls to his teammates. A play maker like Christian is a great building block to start a new team around. I believe this kind of talent will help attract many more high caliber players to NJC.”
Stout says that making varsity as a sophomore at Hinkley is something he’s been very proud of in his high school playing career.”You can’t be varsity as a freshman, but I’ve played starting varsity center midfield for three years now,” Stout notes. The T-Birds, under the coaching of Kevin Daly, won their league three years in a row, which was Stout’s freshman, sophomore and junior years. The slight built player (5’9” 145 pounds) with brown locks draping across his forehead ever so much fits the soccer player image. He has been competing on the grass since he was 12 with competitive metro travel teams. During his high school years, he has been on a traveling team that went to some of the largest tournaments in the country including those in Las Vegas and California. He was nominated for the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) in 2008 and played on an ODP team for one year. The ODP is a national program used to identify players for the state, regional and national teams. The program is a multi-step process that begins at the state level and continues to regional and national pools and teams.
Stout is solid on the field and in the classroom. He has been an honor roll student at Hinkley and is a participant in International Baccalaureate, being a diploma candidate. Among his extracurricular activities has been serving as a volunteer at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Before coming to NJC this fall, “Messi” as he is nicknamed, will travel to Spain this summer to visit relatives. Stout is the son of Teresa Stout and Kevin Stout of Aurora.
Hinkley’s Christian Stout makes history for college’s newest sports program
This Tuesday was a big day for Northeastern Junior College. Big because it will go down in collegiate history as being the date that the school’s new soccer program signed its first player. Christian Stout, a senior soccer stand out at Hinkley High School in Aurora, inked a letter of intent in the lobby of the Bank of Colorado Event Center on campus as onlookers watched.
Stout, who has the grades to go Division I, was originally talking to Oregon State about playing there, but the coach there encouraged him to look at Northeastern’s new program and consider spending two years here before moving on to the West Coast. Stout attended a Discovery Day on campus in February, but returned to Sterling this week to make his decision final.
Admittedly, this Hinkley Thunderbird says he knew nothing about Northeastern prior to his first visit here. After spending time with NJC’s new soccer coach Jeremiah McNutt, this midfield specialist now has a sense of excitement about being the first soccer player to sign here. “It’s pretty cool,” he said, adding “And a lot of responsibility.” He didn’t quite realize that his signing would mark a historical moment for the college, which passionately embraces and documents its history. Photos were taken and notes jotted down for future reference. Stout admits he finds the idea of coming to such a rural area a bit daunting, but is up for the experience. He hasn’t decided on a major yet, so finds doing a two plus two program attractive. “I’ll come here for two years and hopefully figure out what I want to major in while I help build a soccer program at NJC.” In his player profile, he said he was leaning toward a future in engineering or mathematics.
Northeastern announced last year that it would begin a soccer program, recruiting players and having a game schedule in place by this coming Fall Semester 2011. The college hired McNutt, a soccer coach with nearly 10 years of collegiate competition experience at Owens Community College in Toledo, OH to champion the program. The NJC Plainsmen will begin competing this fall in Region IX of the National Junior College Athletic Association, playing teams in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. McNutt has spent recent months networking with various high school and college programs and scouting regional high school tournaments to find prospective players. He has a number of recruits planning to come on board between now and July.
McNutt is excited to start the team with Stout. “Christian brings foot skills and vision of the field that will help him distribute beautiful balls to his teammates. A play maker like Christian is a great building block to start a new team around. I believe this kind of talent will help attract many more high caliber players to NJC.”
Stout says that making varsity as a sophomore at Hinkley is something he’s been very proud of in his high school playing career.”You can’t be varsity as a freshman, but I’ve played starting varsity center midfield for three years now,” Stout notes. The T-Birds, under the coaching of Kevin Daly, won their league three years in a row, which was Stout’s freshman, sophomore and junior years. The slight built player (5’9” 145 pounds) with brown locks draping across his forehead ever so much fits the soccer player image. He has been competing on the grass since he was 12 with competitive metro travel teams. During his high school years, he has been on a traveling team that went to some of the largest tournaments in the country including those in Las Vegas and California. He was nominated for the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) in 2008 and played on an ODP team for one year. The ODP is a national program used to identify players for the state, regional and national teams. The program is a multi-step process that begins at the state level and continues to regional and national pools and teams.
Stout is solid on the field and in the classroom. He has been an honor roll student at Hinkley and is a participant in International Baccalaureate, being a diploma candidate. Among his extracurricular activities has been serving as a volunteer at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Before coming to NJC this fall, “Messi” as he is nicknamed, will travel to Spain this summer to visit relatives. Stout is the son of Teresa Stout and Kevin Stout of Aurora.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Women’s softball coming back to NJC
NJC Press Release
Recruitment underway to build new team starting Fall 2011
By Barbara Baker
Economic times are tough, but with a little help from its friends, Northeastern is pleased to announce that it is bringing women’s fast pitch softball back as a varsity sport starting next fall. Men’s soccer is also going to debut at the same time. Women’s softball will have its first official season again in National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX competition in the spring of 2012. The last time NJC had women’s softball was in 2003.
“Softball has potential to bring in students and help build enrollment, much like baseball does,” says Dr. Lance Bolton, president of the college. “We have a new dorm coming up that can help us accommodate these student athletes. We’ve had many requests to bring this sport back and now we’ve been blessed with a gift that is going to help make it happen.”
Bolton is referring to a softball scholarship fund which has been gifted to the college by Brett and Tina McEndaffer and their two daughters, Brit and Blair.
“It takes scholarship money to recruit players and the McEndaffers have generously stepped up to help make the return of a softball program possible,” Bolton notes. Brit and Blair were both exceptional softball players for Sterling High School and both would have loved to have played at NJC had the program been available. The twins went to Western Nebraska Community College to play and then continued on at Chadron State College to finish out their collegiate playing careers.
Coaching the returning softball program will be Brock Baseggio, an NJC alumni who is currently the manager of the NJC Book Store. Like many of the NJC employees, he will wear multiple hats starting next fall as he runs the women’s softball program in addition to his current duties. Baseggio, a self-proclaimed lover of anything involving a small ball and a bat, is a graduate of Sterling High School. He played baseball at NJC for two years and had hoped to go on to a four year university to play, but shoulder and elbow surgeries brought his college playing career to a halt. He does still play some competitive men’s slow pitch softball on an area team that travels throughout Colorado and has plans to compete in Las Vegas and New York tournaments next year. Baseggio has coached some baseball in the past and feels very competent at his ability to coach fast pitch softball. “It’s the same sport for the most part,” he notes, adding “next year Brit McEndaffer has agreed to come on board as a volunteer-assistant and I know that she really knows the game so she will be a huge help.”
Baseggio, who worked for two years in the admissions office as a recruiter, is in a great spot to begin his recruitment for softball. “I was a road warrior for NJC for two years, out talking to students and counselors and coaches all over the state,” he says. “In many of the schools out there, the high school counselor might also be a coach of one or more sports, that’s just how it works. They wear multiple hats, too. I have made many contacts at schools all over Colorado and so I will be able to call back now and get connected with coaches and players.”
Baseggio says he plans to get 24 letters of intent signed going into the fall semester of 2011 and will probably end up with 25-30 players on an active roster.
What kind of players will he be recruiting? “ Well, NJC’s approach has always been that we look for student-athletes, not athlete-students,” he said. “I will follow that philosophy as I want players who want to excel in the classroom as well as on the field.” Baseggio said he is already working his high school contacts hard to make sure he is getting the word out that softball is returning to NJC. The college had the option of restarting the program as a club sport, but Baseggio decided not to do that, but to go right into varsity play instead. “I’ve been doing some scouting out and around at some of the high school games and we have some great players right here in this area. I will be working to recruit some of them and of course I know there will be interest from other players from other areas once they know we have brought the sport back.”
Anyone wanting more information about softball, or who would like to be on Baseggio’s recruitment radar screen, should call him at (970) 521-6623 or 1-800-626-4637.
Recruitment underway to build new team starting Fall 2011
By Barbara Baker
Economic times are tough, but with a little help from its friends, Northeastern is pleased to announce that it is bringing women’s fast pitch softball back as a varsity sport starting next fall. Men’s soccer is also going to debut at the same time. Women’s softball will have its first official season again in National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX competition in the spring of 2012. The last time NJC had women’s softball was in 2003.
“Softball has potential to bring in students and help build enrollment, much like baseball does,” says Dr. Lance Bolton, president of the college. “We have a new dorm coming up that can help us accommodate these student athletes. We’ve had many requests to bring this sport back and now we’ve been blessed with a gift that is going to help make it happen.”
Bolton is referring to a softball scholarship fund which has been gifted to the college by Brett and Tina McEndaffer and their two daughters, Brit and Blair.
“It takes scholarship money to recruit players and the McEndaffers have generously stepped up to help make the return of a softball program possible,” Bolton notes. Brit and Blair were both exceptional softball players for Sterling High School and both would have loved to have played at NJC had the program been available. The twins went to Western Nebraska Community College to play and then continued on at Chadron State College to finish out their collegiate playing careers.
Coaching the returning softball program will be Brock Baseggio, an NJC alumni who is currently the manager of the NJC Book Store. Like many of the NJC employees, he will wear multiple hats starting next fall as he runs the women’s softball program in addition to his current duties. Baseggio, a self-proclaimed lover of anything involving a small ball and a bat, is a graduate of Sterling High School. He played baseball at NJC for two years and had hoped to go on to a four year university to play, but shoulder and elbow surgeries brought his college playing career to a halt. He does still play some competitive men’s slow pitch softball on an area team that travels throughout Colorado and has plans to compete in Las Vegas and New York tournaments next year. Baseggio has coached some baseball in the past and feels very competent at his ability to coach fast pitch softball. “It’s the same sport for the most part,” he notes, adding “next year Brit McEndaffer has agreed to come on board as a volunteer-assistant and I know that she really knows the game so she will be a huge help.”
Baseggio, who worked for two years in the admissions office as a recruiter, is in a great spot to begin his recruitment for softball. “I was a road warrior for NJC for two years, out talking to students and counselors and coaches all over the state,” he says. “In many of the schools out there, the high school counselor might also be a coach of one or more sports, that’s just how it works. They wear multiple hats, too. I have made many contacts at schools all over Colorado and so I will be able to call back now and get connected with coaches and players.”
Baseggio says he plans to get 24 letters of intent signed going into the fall semester of 2011 and will probably end up with 25-30 players on an active roster.
What kind of players will he be recruiting? “ Well, NJC’s approach has always been that we look for student-athletes, not athlete-students,” he said. “I will follow that philosophy as I want players who want to excel in the classroom as well as on the field.” Baseggio said he is already working his high school contacts hard to make sure he is getting the word out that softball is returning to NJC. The college had the option of restarting the program as a club sport, but Baseggio decided not to do that, but to go right into varsity play instead. “I’ve been doing some scouting out and around at some of the high school games and we have some great players right here in this area. I will be working to recruit some of them and of course I know there will be interest from other players from other areas once they know we have brought the sport back.”
Anyone wanting more information about softball, or who would like to be on Baseggio’s recruitment radar screen, should call him at (970) 521-6623 or 1-800-626-4637.
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