We are excited moving up into the world 11 v 11! We are looking forward to another season with a great bunch of girls that have grown tight over the past year. We also want to welcome the newest teammates and are sure they will feel right at home with the team. See you on the pitch soon! GO FIRE!
1. Alixa Veal
2. Amber Thomas
3. Anna Kate Brown
4. Beth Coleman
5. Hannah Bailey
6. Katie Pearson
7. Katelyn Watson
8. Kaysie Winston
9. Kristen Lane
10. Lanie Little
11. Lauren Marler
12. Mary Holly Lott
13. Paris Ladner
14. Payton Colson
15. Regan Johnston
16. Sarah Daniels
17. Stone Jacobs
18. Taylor Maddox
The girls ended there 2007-2008 season with a dramatic ending this past weekend. They played with extreme toughness and should be proud of their accomplishments over the year and the weekend. The girls started off the weekend playing Gulf Coast Blue. The game was physical and demanding with the heat and the competition. The girls came out with a hard fought 2-1 victory. Parris Ladner and Beth Coleman scored goals and Beth added an assist in the effort. The next game of the opening day had the girls battling JFC white. The girls came out aggressive and played tough throughout. The heat played a large part in the game. As the girls showed their fitness training had paid off the past few weeks. The girls dominated the pitch and grabbed a 3-0 victory. Goals were scored by Kennedy Rose and Alixa Veal with 2. The defense played great limiting the JFC attacking opportunities. The last game in bracket play came on Sunday morning with a game against JFC Green. The JFC side has been a fierce opponent for the past 2 years for the girls. The outcomes have gone back and forth and the each team has always played tough against one another. The fire was able to get a goal from Alixa to seal the victory in a tough 1-0 duel. With the girls sweeping their bracket, they were able to move into the championship game against the Hattiesburg strikers. The girls starting off brilliantly taking the momentum and building a 2-0 lead with 5 minutes remaining in the first half. The rain and lightening moved and the game was put on hold. With almost a 45 minute delay the strikers came back in the second half and took the momentum and tied up the game 2-2 at the end of regulation. Goals were scored by Katelyn Watson and Beth Coleman during the regulation period with Parris and Alixa giving assists during the opening sixty minutes. The overtime saw a game pitching back and forth. Parris but a ball in the net and Hattiesburg equalized in the waning seconds of overtime. In order to settle the game a PK shootout was on tap. The girls came up short with the first five shooters for each team tying 3-3 but missed on their first sudden death PK and Hattiesburg making it. The game was extremely close and hard for the girls to swallow, but they were able to hold up their heads and show class in congratulating the victors. This team has been extremely tough all season and showed great ability, endurance and most of all dignity during the season. I am proud of our girls and the way they handled an extremely tough loss. We also want to honor Katie Pearson for her great keeping all weekend and also toughing out a fractured elbow sustained in the opening overtime of the final. Katie finished both halves of overtime and a PK shootout in extreme pain but refused to leave the pitch in an effort to help her team. Congratulations to the Hattiesburg Strikers in their victory and to the FIRE for showing great sportsmanship and holding your heads high!
Magnolia Cup 2/16-17
Vulcan Cup-Birmingham 3/8-9
Fire Tournament 3/29-30 (Girls)
Fire Tournament 4/5-6 (Boys - working)
4th Annual SoccerElite Grrrls Spring Championship-Memphis 4/26-27
Futbol Club of Santa Rosa Memorial Day Classic 5/24-25
State Cup in Clinton 5/30-6/1