(For those parents and coaches welcoming a new generation of teenagers, the Youth Soccer Insider republishes this article, which first appeared in May 2011.) By Dev K.Mishra, M.D. I’m sure anyone who’s raised an adolescent or teenager can attest to the idea that teenagers don’t get as much sleep as they need. For the adolescent […]
high school girls
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] A pair of seniors, Brinkley Culpepper, a striker at Franklin (N.C.) High School, and David Wildmen, a midfielder at Blythewood (N.C.) High School ), were named the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Culpepper scored five goals in herlast two games, the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Brevard High School and all […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA High School Girls Spring Poll
[RANKINGS] Hough of Cornelius, N.C., is No. 1 in the first NSCAA High School Girls Spring Poll. The defending North Carolina 4A champions are 6-0-0 toextend their North Carolina record winning streak to 31 games. Courtney Carroll leads the Huskies with seven goals and six assists. For the top 20 rankings… RANKING TEAM W-L-T 1 Hough […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Anna Estep, a junior forward from the Cannon School (Concord, N.C.) and Brandon Hill, a freshman forward from Heathwood Hall Episcopal School (Columbia, S.C.), have been selected as the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Estep, who has verbally committed to play for the University of Pennsylvania, scored nine goals and registered four […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Player of the Week Awards
[AWARDS] Virginia Tech-bound Bria Dixon, a senior forward at Cary (N.C.) High School, and Tyler Brazell, a junior midfielder at Brookland-Cayce (S.C.) High School, have been selected as the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Dixon, asenior forward, was crucial in Cary’s last three victories with a goal in a 2-0 victory over Fuquay-Varina, […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Evelyn Findlay, a freshman forward from Grand Terrace (Calif.) High School, and Haiden Lane, the 2012 NSCAA Texas High School Player of the Year from Brenham (Texas) High School were named the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Findlay led her team to its first playoff victory in school history with a goal […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Delaney Sheehan, who scored her 201st varsity goal in Mandeville’s playoff win against Baton Rouge HighSchool in Louisiana regional play, and Keith Murphy, a sophomore goalkeeper at Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif., have been selected as theNSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week. Sheehan, a senior midfielder, finished the season with 56 goals […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
NSCAA High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Taylor Eller, who helped Melbourne High School win a Florida state championship, and Chris Nichols, a senior goalkeeper from Vista Ridge High School (Cedar Park, Texas), were named the NSCAA High School Players of the Week. Eller, a junior midfielder, scoreda goal in the shootout and contributed an assist on Melbourne’s lone goal in […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Player punished for U.S. duty
[HIGH SCHOOL] Tegan McGrady, a sophomore at Santa Teresa in San Jose, Calif., has been suspended by the Central Coast Section for playing twogames at a U-17 U.S. national team camp. Darren Sabedra of the San Jose Mercury News reports that the sanction stemmed from the gamesnot having been approved by the California Interscholastic Federation. […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Lennon leads Brophy to Arizona title
[HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS] Virginia-bound Riggs Lennon scored his 59th goal of the season to lead Brophy Prep to a 2-0win over Desert Vista in the Arizona Interscholastic Association Division I boys final. Lennon, who trained at Aston Villa of the English Premier League after his junior season, topped his 2011-12total of 51 goals. He finished […]