Not the outcome we were hoping for but congrats to The Cru on a great season...we were on the defense most of the night with corner kick after corner kick, and set piece after set piece. Notre Dame came to play and made some great shots. Good luck to the Pandas at State and bring home a championship for NKY!

Class !!

St Henry will be right back next year. No doubt

Impressive tournament for NDA. Dominant in 2 of 3 regional games and have been playing well since the Lexington tournament. Will be shocked if the winner of Lex Cath/NDA is not playing SHA in the state final. The sweet 16 match should be a semifinal game.

 

Congrats to St. H on the nice post season run.

How about the Crusader fan section? Love the excitement and support they show for their teams.

 

Congrats to NDA on the win. Good luck the rest of the way.

Class !!

St Henry will be right back next year. No doubt

 

Is St. Henry a young team because I believe they graduate 10 seniors?

St. Henry will return 8 of their 11 regular starters next year including their Keeper Cori Riegler(Junior), and their two leading scorers Stephanie Grome(Sophomore) and Mackenzie Kent(Freshman) as well as defensive standout Erin Cheek(Sophomore). The cru had only given up 11 goals for the entire year prior to Regional Championship game. Should be a solid team returning for The Cru.

Edited October 23, 20178 yr by thecru

St. Henry will return 8 of their 11 regular starters next year including their Keeper Cori Riegler(Junior), and their two leading scorers Stephanie Grome(Sophomore) and Mackenzie Kent(Freshman) as well as defensive standout Erin Cheek(Sophomore). The cru had only given up 12 goals for the entire year prior to Regional Championship game. Should be a solid team returning for The Cru.

 

I would say that pretty solid and should be a contender next season for sure.

Sounds as if not many seniors got playing time.

How many in a row is this for Notre Dame? 6?

I think I heard 7th straight via the NDA twitter feed

7 per their pictures on Facebook.

I think I heard 7th straight via the NDA twitter feed

 

 

That doesn't seem to be good for the region. Need schools to get better.

That doesn't seem to be good for the region. Need schools to get better.

 

And how do you propose that happens? Do you really think that there is "coaching" that takes place at the high school level? At least to the point of a kid improving individually?

Having played in the 9th a few years back, we’ll maybe more than a few years back, and aside from the talent, coaches at NDA have always been prepared and adjust their game plans very well. They have been and IMO are the reason for the continued success.

Those other schools simply need 30 9th graders every year like NDA. Problem solved.

 

Every other school is lucky to have 10, which drops to about 6 or 7 by Sr. year. It makes a difference when H.S. soccer is a battle of attrition. 25 games in 10 weeks is a ton. Club teams play 30-35 games from November to the end of May.