AV Girls LAX - Varsity

Hi Amador Lacrosse Families,

Congrats to our JV team for winning both their games last week and crushing the JV Playday! Good job to our Varsity team for a great game on Tuesday and for fighting through a tough loss on Friday. Thank you to everyone who supported our teams last week.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Monday 3/5- JV Practice at Amador from 3:30pm-5:30pm, Varsity Practice at Amador from 5:30pm-7:30pm.

Team Pages Training for Parents:
What: This will be a quick training to show parents how to maneuver within Team Pages, use it for communication and post the fun stuff like photos and videos for the team. Feel free to bring laptops, iPads or phones for hands-on trials.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Room I-6

Tuesday 3/6- JV & Varsity Home Game vs. Redwood!
JV Game at 5:30pm, Varsity Game at 7:00pm
JV players should meet at the field no later than 4:15pm
Varsity players should meet in Diana’s Room (P-1) no later than 5:40pm

Wednesday 3/7- JV Practice at Amador from 4:00pm-5:30pm (After mouth guard molding), Varsity Practice at Amador from 5:30pm-7:30pm.

Custom Mouth Guard Molding:
What: Marcel Orthodontics will be making customized mouth guards for our teams this year! We will be taking the molds this week.
JV Time: Immediately after school gets out at 3:01pm. Please walk over to the orthodontist office (around the corner from AV) directly after school. As soon as your are finished you will walk back to Amador for practice.
Varsity Time: 4:30pm
Location: Marcel Orthodontics (1443 Cedarwood Ln, Pleasanton, CA, 94566)

Thursday 3/8- JV Practice at Amador from 3:30pm-5:30pm, Varsity Practice at Amador from 5:30pm-7:30pm.
Pasta Feed to follow practice for both teams! Be on the lookout for an email from our Pasta Feed Coordinators with details.

Friday 3/9- JV & Varsity Home Game vs. Carondelet!
JV Game at 5:30pm, Varsity Game at 7:00pm
JV players should meet at the field no later than 4:15pm
Varsity players should meet in Diana’s Room (P-1) no later than 5:40pm

Saturday 3/10 OR Sunday 3/11- Team Bonding for Varsity, details to follow!

OTHER IMPORTANT UPDATES:

Contact Sheet: I have attached an updated version of our team rosters with new contact info so please use this sheet in the future!

Girls Lacrosse Banquet: Our End of the Year Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 24th. Please save the date now!

Registration Fee: Girls lacrosse currently has the 3rd lowest registration fee of ANY sport at Amador. Right now, we are at 32% and need this number to be at ​90​%. ​This fee is $350.00. Please see below for ways to pay:
Pay online through ​T​eam​ P​ages​ HERE​​​​​
Bring a check to the activities desk​ at school
See Steve or Mannie ​Nimmo ​at any game ​to swipe your credit card ​​​​​
I​f you cannot afford to make this $350.00 Registration Fee payment, please feel free to talk with me about scholarship opportunities through Boosters!

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Please reach out if you have any questions about this week. Thank you and GO DONS!

Chelsea Randel
Amador Valley Girls Lacrosse Head Coach
(925) 209-1093
GO DONS!

Here is the link to the 3/8 Pasta Feed being hosted by Jenny Shiblaq.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084daeac2da4fe3-pasta

Address is:
5510 Calico Lane
7:35-9:00 pm

Welcome to a new season of Amador Valley High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse. After a successful 2017 season where the Dons went 17-5 and reached the NCS quarter finals, a new year with high expectations begins! The roster compromises 13 returning: 4 seniors, 3 juniors, 10 sophomores, and 2 freshmen players. The coaches will be looking for big contributions from each and every player throughout this 19 regular game season. Scoring by committee will need to be emphasized as the top scorer from last season, Sadie Grozier, has moved on to Boulder to continue her lacrosse career. With talent and experience from last year’s squad the scoring gap should be easily filled. Coach Chelsea Randel and Coach Sara Quero return for their second season as the Dons coaching staff. Their positive energy will surely fuel the girls success through the season.

It is rare to play another program with the same mascot. However, the upside is the entire bleacher cheering section is rooting for the Dons! Last year’s Acalanes team proved resilient and forced the Dons to give up a large lead in the first half. This resulted in a tight second quarter before the Dons put it out of reach at the 4 minute mark. This years matchup proved to be eerily familiar.

Amador had a strong opening to the matchup and blitz Acalanes quickly. The first draw and then goal was all Mayo. Murphy spotted our next goal after being fed by Mayo as she cut through the center. Ford attempted to quick pass inside but was fouled and earned a penalty goal. Acalanes then had their first goal by beating the Amador defender to the outside. Then another senior contribution as Riddle snapped in her patented crease roll move. Defensively Amador was doing their best to strangle the midfield transition. Their efforts paid off as Acalanes was forced backwards. A pushing call gave Acalanes a free pass to the center of the field. Bayani saw the signs and bolted for the pass attempt. Like a blur she intercepted the pass and was off to the races. She broke down the sole defender and popped in a high right corner goal. This move definitely pumped up the crowds. Next up was Manos on an inside feed and quick release. 6 goals by 6 different players, I think any coach would be pleased. The intensity of the match started to slowly increase as Acalanes was given a yellow card for a check to the head. In fact at one point there were two players from Acalanes with yellow cards. Unfortunately Amador was unable to capitalize and Acalanes made an incredible effort to narrow the gap off of penalty shots for goals, 6-4. Murphy received a beautiful feed and added a ballerina like twirl for a goal prior to the half. Of note was Amador’s success at the draw which may have been the difference in scoring success. Amador jumped out of the break with multiple penalty shot goals and looked to be putting the game out of reach again. To their credit, Acalanes would not surrender so easily and kept the game within their reach. Shiblaq posted her first goal of the season off a penalty. Sweeney also contributed a goal but more importantly 2 assists for her teammates. Luckily for the Dons, Mayo flexed her scoring prowess in the second half and put up an additional 3 goals. The defense did amp up their efforts and were able to block off multiple attempts by Acalanes. Lemelin had multiple fantastic saves to keep the game out of reach in the latter parts of the second half. The game ended a 12-8 victory against a tenacious adversary who is expected to do well in their own league.

It was a fantastic start to the new season. I think the coaches have found areas where they can definitely apply lessons in order to continue winning! The new varsity players found their groove and were seen making incredibly positive contributions on the pitch. Our next matchup will be against California. Last season the Dons had high expectations for a win in order to grab an EBAL co-championship share. A late lead evaporated and California played a fantastic James Harden maneuver to draw a penalty with 30 seconds left on the clock. That penalty goal put them over the top. Amador looks to avenge that loss this year and take the early inside track for the EBAL league. See you this Friday!

Hi All,

One more team has been added to the Dougherty Valley Varsity Playday this Saturday and the game schedule has been changed. I have attached the new schedule in this email which has our new game times listed.

Our first game is now at 2:30pm so please arrive at 1:30pm.

Thank you!

Chelsea Randel
Amador Valley Girls Lacrosse Head Coach
(925) 209-1093
GO DONS!

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