West Jessamine advances to State Final Four

West Jessamine girls soccer made an incredible run in the post season to advance to the Kentucky State Final Four. Along the way they took District 27 title by beating Lexington Christian, 4-0 and Lexington Catholic, 1-0. Next up was 14th Regional play in Berea where they beat Madison Central, 3-1 and Lexington Catholic, 1-0. By winning the Region, West was able to host the Section 4 tournament. In Sectional Sweet 16 West beat Letcher County Central, 8-1. #6 Boyle County Rebels were next in the Elite 8. This game was epic as both teams played to a 0-0 tie in regulation. It was in the 2nd overtime that Freshman Sarah Wiggins hit the game winner sending her team on to the Final Four!
At the State Semi-Finals West Jessamine ran into the eventual State Champ, Notre Dame. Although WJ had the game close (2-1) late in the second half. Notre Dame proved to be too much and scored 2 more goals in the final 13 minutes to win, 4-1.
Tremendous year by the girls! West finished the season with a record of 19-7-2. Most wins in school history and advanced further than any other team from Jessamine County (boys or girls) since soccer was started in 1986.

West Jessamine girls soccer, Fall 2011

CKSC finishes 2nd in Kentucky State Cup 2011

Lightning beat LFC on Saturday, 6/4 in PK's to advance to Sunday's State Championship game where they lost to Mockingbird (Louisville), 2-0

CKSC girls in Memphis, TN

Lightning went 2-2 in Memphis, TN. This picture was taken at about 6:30am on Sunday morning before their game against CSA '93 Lobos.
The majority of the scoring came from Lucinda Combs with Becca King and Elizabeth Mason adding goals.

Arin Gilliland in Spain with U-20 US National Team

Arin Gilliland has been named in the 18-player roster for the U20 US National Team that will travel to Spain for the Ten Nations Tournament.  Gilliland graduated from West Jessamine high school in December and is currently at the University of Kentucky. Gilliland has been a mainstay in the US National Team Program.
The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team under the direction of head coach April Heinrichs will travel to La Manga, Spain, from Feb. 28-March 9 for three games at the Ten Nations Tournament. The USA will face Sweden (March 4), England (March 6) and Norway (March 8). There is no winner in the tournament as each team will play three friendly matches. Also participating in the tournament are Scotland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Denmark and Italy. There will be five games on each of the three match days. The 18-players chosen for the trip were all born in 1992 and 1993.

U.S. U-20 WNT Roster by Position:GOALKEEPERS (2): Abby Smith (Dallas Texans; Dallas, Texas), Emily Oliver (Stanford; Flossmoor, Ill.)
DEFENDERS (6): Michelle Cruz (Portland; Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Abby Dahlkemper (MVLA Avalanche; Menlo Park, Calif.), Arin Gilliland (Ohio Elite; Wilmore, Ky.), Julie Johnston (Santa Clara; Mesa, Ariz.), Kassey Kallman (Florida State; Woodbury, Minn.), Mollie Pathman (Duke; Durham, N.C.)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Morgan Brian (Ponte Verde Storm; St. Simons Island, Ga.), Lindsay Elston (Washington; Sammamish, Wash.), Sarah Killon (Fort Wayne Fever; Fort Wayne, Ind.), Mandy Laddish (Notre Dame; Lee’s Summit, Mo.), Samantha Mewis (Scorpions SC; Hanson, Miss.), Alex Doll (Bethesda SC; Bethesda, Md.)
FORWARDS (4): Kelly Cobb (Cook Inlet Velocity; Chugiak, Alaska), Lindsay Horan (Colorado Rush; Golden, Colo.), Taylor Smith (Solar Red 94’s; Fort Worth, Texas), Katie Stengel (Wake Forest; Melbourne, Fla.)

CKSC practice at Tarter Gym outside of Danville

 

Coach Collier gives the girls some instruction before an inter-squad scrimmage.

CKSC girls getting some footwork in at practice.

Arin Gilliland accepts the key to the city and has soccer park renamed in her honor

Arin Gilliland from West Jessamine HS, current Ms Kentucky Soccer, US U-20 National team player and Kentucky Wildcat was honored Monday, 2/7/11 at Wilmore City Hall. She was given the key to the city and had the local soccer park renamed "Arin Gilliland Soccer Complex".