Posted: 2007-03-19

GU12 Champions SB Spring Cup

Excitement, nervousness, disappointment and joy could all be used to describe feelings for the Apex Soccer Clubs Girls U12 soccer team this weekend at the Santa Barbara Spring Cup. Just two months ago this team was starting to form and now has 14 great, hardworking, fun excited soccer players, who have come together as a team to win a Championship!

To kick off the Santa Barbara tournament their first game against Glendora resulted in an exciting 2-1 win. The Apex girls had never played as a team before so it was a great win in many ways. Their second game against CVU they were defeated 1-2 which gave them 1 win and 1 loss for their first day of play. With the 1 win and 1 loss record they placed 4th out of 7 teams moving them into the semi-finals on Sunday morning for a rematch against CVU who placed 1st out of the 7 teams.

Determined to not be defeated again; the girls played the semi-finals with a lot of heart and were able to overcome a 1 goal deficit to win the game 2-1 and move them onto the Finals. During the championship game, in the first half the Apex girls shots were stopped many times by the opposing keeper, but they never let down. With 5 minutes to go in the first half the X-Plosives team scored leaving the Apex girls 1-0 down at the half but the Apex girls knew the game was not over. The second half Apex fought back tying the game 1-1. As the half went on Apex pulled away scoring 2 more goals to make the game 3-1 with the X-Plosives scoring once more to make the final score 3-2. In their first tournament as a team the Apex G’94 team showed that they have what it takes to be Champions.

Congratulations to all Apex U12 Girls and their families for all the hard work, preparation and support of the new team. The players include Cameron Cooper, Jaclyn Detwiler, Brigitte Empey, Stephanie Griffith, Marissa Horton, Jordan Kerner, Katelyn Kimball, Julia Mahterian, Brooke Newman, Sydnee Stubbs, Amy Schwartz, Greer Shellow, Nicole Wildermuth, and Alison Wilcox and are coached by Alicia Bueschen. These players are from Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Oak Park, Moorpark, Westlake Village, Newbury Park areas. We look forward to more success in the coming month in preparation for the fall season.

Click Here to go to the G94 team page.