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Mississippi Fire '96 Girls White
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Monday, July 7
2008-09 Mississippi Fire '96 Girls White Roster

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

Tuesday, June 10
Ms. Fire '96 Girls White Take 2nd at State Cup

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!

Tuesday, April 29
FIRE GIRLS BURN-UP MEMPHIS
The girls blew into Memphis this past weekend, faced some great competition and came home with the gold in the SoccerElite Grrrls Spring Championship. The girls faced the Lady Kicks, from Huntsville, Alabama, in their first match Saturday morning. The girls started off slow and were tied at the half 0-0. The second half the girls stepped it up and scored 4 goals to take their opening game, 4-0. Parris Ladner had two goals and Kennedy Rose and Beth Coleman each added a goal of their own. Assists were provided by Beth and Alixa Veal. The second game of the day had the girls matched with SWISA Hurricanes from Indiana. This game again started slow and they had a 0-0 tie at the half way mark. The second half the girls scored 2 goals to finish off bracket play undefeated. Katelyn Watson and Beth scored goals in the game with Beth also adding the assist. The Sunday morning game was a Semi-final match against the Madison Shockers from Madison, Alabama. This was a physical game and again the girls left field at the mid-way point with a 0-0 tie. The second half the girls took the game by scoring 3 goals. Goals were netted by Parris, with 2, and Alixa. Beth added her third assist in three games as well. The defense played outstanding allowing the girls to walk into the final with 9-0 goal differential in three games. The final pitted the girls against the SWISA Hurricanes for the second time this weekend and the third time in less than two months. The girls finally opened the first half of a game with a goal and took a 1-0 lead into the break, on a great shot from Alixa to beat the keeper wide to the far post before being taken out by the keeper. The Hurricanes came out in the second half strong and ready to take the championship home to Indiana. They scored two goals in the opening 8 minutes to jump to a 2-1 lead and pushed back players in hopes of holding the lead. The Fire girls kept up the pressure for the remainder of the half taking numerous shots but failing to hit the back of the net. With less than 10 minutes remaining the girls tied the game with a goal from Beth and a chance for coaches Derick and Brandon to breathe again. The Hurricanes again pushed forward in hopes of regaining the lead. With less than five minutes remaining the Hurricanes took a shot low toward the near post, Katie Pearson was able to dive and stop the shot. She immediately took the ball forward made a quick punt down the middle of the field as Lauren Marler made her run towards the opposing goal. The punt took one bounce in the penalty area were Lauren made her jump and headed the game winner over the keeper into the back of the net. The defense was able to hold on when the Hurricanes put on the pressure and pushed everyone forward in hopes for a tie. The game ended in a thrilling 3-2 victory for the girls! Congratulations to the girls for a great team effort!!! We also want to congratulate the SWISA Hurricanes for a great game and hope to see them again on the pitch. GO FIRE!

Thursday, April 3
'96 Girls Win Fire Spring Classic

The Mississippi Fire '96 Girls won the MS. Fire Spring Classic gold medal. The girls started out on a great pace beating Gulf Coast United 3-1 Saturday morning. Goals were scored by Parris Ladner, Beth Coleman and Alixa Veal. The girls also saw Katelyn Watson taken down in the match and missed the remainder of the tournament because of the injury. The next game in bracket play was against Baton Rouge Soccer Club. This game was extremely physical as a result each team scored a goal on a penalty kick. Parris opened up scoring and the girls had a 1-0 lead at the half. Beth scored for the Fire on her PK attempt. the girls closed the game with a 2-2 tie. The last game in bracket play was on Sunday morning. The girls finished with a 4-1 victory over Mandeville Blue. Parris had 2 goals and Kennedy Rose added a goal. Mandeville then allowed an own goal in the second half. Lauren Marler, Beth and Alixa had assists in the game. The girls were able to win their bracket and took to the pitch in the finals against CSC Rage Blue. The Rage has been a quality opponent all year and the girls have faced them many times this year in semi-final and final games of tournaments. The girls stepped up in the match and were able to take home the gold with a 3-0 victory to close out tournament play. Goals were scored by Parris, Beth and Alixa in this match with an assist for Alixa as well. The defense played solid and , keeper, Katie Pearson was able to get a clean sheet for the final. The girls played outstanding games all weekend with great team play and a positive attitiude throughout. Katelyn was missed on the field and we wish her a speedy recovery and hope to get her back soon. Go Fire!

Sunday, January 6
Spring Tournament Schedule

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

Tuesday, November 20
FIRE WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL FALL SEASON AT GIT
The girls finished the fall campaign with a great performance at the Germantown Invitational Tournament in Memphis. Playing in the 11 v 11 bracket, they faced some great competition. The girls held their own against some of the best teams in the country. The girls started the tournament playing D’Feeters (Texas State Champion). D’Feeters started out quick and strong out shooting the Fire 15-2 in the first half but the girls were able to hold them to a 1-0 lead at half. The second half the Fire was able to step up the defense and matched the D’Feeters 3-3 on shooting and pull to a 1-1 tie at the end of the game. The second game of the day matched the girls against the Lady Rapids (Tennessee State Champions). The girls came out string and took a 1-0 lead and held the lead till late in the second half when the Lady Rapids scored the equalizer and putting the game at another 1-1 tie. The Sunday morning game the girls faced Tony Glavin (Missouri). The Missouri side was aggressive the entire game. The game pitched back and forth in a fairly even match shooting. Tony Glavin was able to get a score on a rebound shoot and take the win 1-0. The girls played a great tournament and never gave up. Playing not only tough competition but playing teams that play eleven aside in all their games. We all want to thank our guest players McKenzie Adams, Payton Colson and Mary Holly Lott for their great support this weekend. This Fall season has been extremely successful with the girls winning gold in two tournaments, silver in one tournament and making the semi-finals in one tournament. They also started of the 2007-2008 league play series with three victories on the Gulf Coast beating MS Fire 96 Blue 4-1, Gulf Coast United 2-0 and Biloxi Xpress 1-0. We are looking forward to continued success in the Spring! GO FIRE!

Wednesday, November 7
FALL FRIENDLIES HELP PREPARE '96 GIRLS

Birmingham Friendlies - Birmingham United, Germantown, Harpeth and MS Fire

This fall season the girls participated in three groups of friendlies with some great out of town/out of state talent. The girls had a great experience both on and off the field. We have been privileged to the hospitality of two out of state organizations (Little Rock Futbol Club and Birmingham United Soccer Association). The girls were also able to host a group of friendly matches at Shiloh Park in Brandon in conjunction with JFC in Jackson as well. The success of these friendly match weekends depends greatly on teams willing to travel and participate in the games as well. The participants have included Ingram Futbol Club/Arkansas; Blitz United Soccer Club/Oklahoma; Little Rock Futbol Club/Arkansas, Birmingham United/Alabama; Germantown Soccer Club/Tennessee; Harpeth Futbol Club/Tennessee; Meridian Youth Soccer/Mississippi; Jackson Futbol Club/Mississippi. We want to thank the host clubs for their hospitality in each of the events this season and want to thank all the Clubs that participated in these events. I believe these games have helped each of our clubs to gain experience on the field and allowing each of the teams in getting to meet more of the youth soccer community in the region. We look forward to building on these experiences in the coming years and continue these relationships to enhance the experiences of our young teams and grow the talent of soccer outside of the tournament environment. I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of each other on the pitch in the coming years!!!

Tuesday, October 23
FIRE '96 WHITE WINS CROSSROADS

This years Crossroads tournament was filled with excitement. The girls welcomed back Lauren Marler who was injured at the Baton Rouge United Cup. Lauren quickly returned to form and helped the team greatly throughout the weekend. The girls started off the weekend with an early morning game against MYSO Electric from Meridian. The girls were sluggish in the opening game allowing MYSO to score first and apply a lot of pressure early. The fire stepped up in the half to take a 2-1 lead into half time. The second half the girls awoke and scored 4 great goals to round out a 6-1 victory. Goals were scored by Lauren, Parris Ladner, and two apiece for Katelyn Watson and Beth Coleman. Assisting in the game was Lauren, Kennedy and Parris added three of her own. The girls were disappointed to learn their second match was canceled as Germantown decided not to make the trip as they were looking to play 11v11. The girls instead had a training session and a pizza party at Freedom Ridge. The team had their third match of the bracket play Sunday morning against Carrollton. The girls played a great game controlling play and dominating possession during the match. The defense was tight the entire game but did give up an own goal in the second half. The girls were able to power in three goals of their own during the match. Goals were scored by Parris and two for Alixa Veal. Assists were added by Katelyn and Lauren. The 3-1 victory gave the Fire a bracket sweep into the Semi's. In the semifinal match the Fire was pitted against CSC Rage. This was the fourth match this year against the Rage. The girls started off quick with a great shot from Lauren on a cross from Parris. The girls held a slim 1-0 lead at the half. The Rage came out strong in the second half and were able to pull ahead with a 2-1 lead. Parris was able to power a strong shot into the far netting from the left side of the field with minutes to go in the match, The game ended in regulation with a 2-2 tie. The semi was then to be decided on a PK shootout. The girls took the match with a 4-3 victory in the shootout. The finals had the girls pitted against JFC Green. The Fire took control early when Alixa scored on a shot from the right side of the goal just making it into the net. Parris added her second hat trick of the year scoring three goals. Alixa added an assist during the game and the Fire took the gold with a 4-0 victory. The defense anchored by Hannah Bailey and led by Keeper Katie Pearson shut down the JFC attack. The excellent play of Lanie Little, Olivia Crabtree, Regan Johnston, Amber Thomas, and Kennedy Rose kept JFC from applying any pressure on their goal. The girls played great all weekend and were able to bring home the victory. We are extremely proud of their accomplishments so far in the Fall campaign and look forward to Germantown Invitational in November. Congratulations girls!!! GO FIRE!!!!!

Wednesday, October 17
FIRE SWEEPS INTO BATON ROUGE AND RETURNS WITH SILVER

The girls came up just short in the championship after a long weekend. The Fire started the weekend on Saturday morning with a game against JFC 96White. The girls played tough the entire game. Katie Pearson played tough in the goal only giving up an own goal. The fire goals were scored by Katelyn Watson, Parris Ladner, Kennedy Rose, Alixa Veal and a PK goal by Beth Coleman. Lauren Marler went down in the game and missed the remainder of the tournament. We are hoping for a speedy recovery and want to see her on the pitch soon. The game ended in a 5-1 victory. The next game had the girls playing MSC (Mandeville) Blue. This game the girls really took control of play and moved the ball well. Goals were scored by Parris, Alixa and three from Katelyn. The girls had an early morning game Sunday. They played CSC Rage from Lafayette. The girls toughed out the early morning and a tough team to a 3-1 victory. Goals were scored by Katelyn and Alixa. The fire was also the recipient of an own goal by CSC. The girls swept the bracket and looked forward to the semifinals. The game was against Carrollton Green. The girls had to push themselves deep for this game. The girls were able to pull out a 3-1 victory and look forward to the finals. Parris scored all three goals in the game. The finals had the girls facing CSC Rage for the second time of the day. The girls came out slow and seemed to have been drained in the earlier matches of the day. The Rage jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half. Katelyn was able to answer one goal in the second but that was all the girls could push for in the game. They lost the final 2-1 but should hold their head high after a long tough weekend that had the girls pushing there endurance. Great weekend girls! Looking forward to Crossroads this week!

Thursday, September 20
'96 GIRLS DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY, THEN DOMINATE THE COMPETITION AT CAJUN CLASSIC!
The girls kicked off a great weekend of soccer Saturday morning facing Gulf Coast United 96 White. The girls took control early and dominated play throughout. Parris Ladner performed a hat trick in the game getting three goals, Alixa Veal added a goal and Kennedy Rose added a PK goal in the game as well. The girls finished their perfect game with a 5-0 victory. The afternoon game was played against Lakeview Lightening from Louisianna. The girls shared the scoring honors around this game. Goals were scored by Katelyn Watson, Lauren Marler, and Parris all with one goal apiece. Kennedy Rose and Beth Coleman each added two goals in the game as well. The girls left the field with another dominating victory, 7-0. After dominating the pitch all day the girls decided to show off their moves on the dance floor. The team and parents were able to relax and enjoy the evening with dinner and dancing at Mulate's. The morning game matched the girls against CSC Rage. The rage are the reigning Louisiana State Champions. It was a great game with great movement by the girls. Scoring came from Parris and Beth. The girls finished the game 2-0 and prepared for the finals. The finals had the girls playing the Baton Rouge Black. Baton Rouge were the finalist in this past years Louisiana state championships and last years Cajun Classic Champions. The girls pull together a tight defense and kept them out of the goal for the fourth straight game. Goals were scored by Katelyn, Parris and Beth. The girls took the Gold medal with a 3-0 finish. The defense played solid all weekend keeping the opposition out of the net in every game. Katie Pearson was able to get a shut out for the entire weekend in goal. Katie's shutout was due in large part because of the defensive play of Lanie Little, Olivia Crabtree, Regan Johntston, Hannah Bailey, Amber Thomas and the entire team. GO FIRE! Congratulations Girls!

Tuesday, September 4
Fire Makes Semi's in Atlanta Cup

The girls had a great weekend of play in Atlanta. They came across some great competition and were able to hold their own. The weekend opened Saturday with Bracket play against the Lady Cannons from Georgia. The game was a battle throughout. With goals from Parris Ladner and and Beth Coleman, they were able to prevail 2-0. The afternoon game was against the Pheonix 96 Red from Gwinnett County in Georgia. This was another close game. The teams were well matched and made for an exciting afternoon. Alixa Veal was able to send one across the line to give the girls a 1-0 victory to round out the day. The Sunday matches began with a game against Birmingham United North Blue. This was another close match with Birmingham sending in the first and last goals of the match. Alixa was able to punch in two goals and keep the girls undefeated in bracket play. The Sunday afternoon match was a semi-final game that pitted the girls against eventual champion Harpeth Futbol Club from Tennessee. The match was 0-0 after regulation. The Harpeth side was able to sneak in a goal in the first overtime on a direct kick close to the 18. The fire was unable to match and went down in overtime 1-0. The girls played hard all weekend and gave their best against some great competition from across the Southeast. We are proud of the team and the great display of soccer the girls were able to provide over the weekend. GO FIRE!

Wednesday, August 22
Fire Kicks Off in Little Rock

The Fire began their Fall 2007 season this past weekend with a group of friendlies in Little Rock. The girls competed with the host club Little Rock Futbol Club, Ingram (AR) Comets and Blitz (OK) United. The games were played on the beautiful fields of Burns Park in North Little Rock. All games were 11 v 11 and the girls adapted very well to the 11 v 11 game. The first game pitted the girls against Blitz United 96 girls. The Fire controlled the action of the game from the begining and out shot the Blitz 12-5. The girls were unlucky on many shots but were able to post a 1-0 victory. The evening game was against the host club's 96 girls Blue. The girls showed great movement and control throughout the game. The fire took a 4-0 win in a hot but very exciting game. The Sunday morning game had the girls playing the host club's 95 girls Blue team. The fire showed great team work and form as the held the 13's to a scoreless first half. The girls fell short in the end losing 2-0 but eveyone was impressed with the quality of play against the older more experienced team. The final game of the weekend gave the girls an opportunity to play the Ingram Comets. The girls moved the ball extremely well keeping the pressure on the offensive most of the game and were able to pack up with another victory for the weekend, finishing 5-0. Great weekend girls! We all would like to thank our talented guest players for the weekend! Kristen Lane, Emily McGowan and Payton Colson from our sister team Fire Blue!

Wednesday, May 30
Accomplishments 2006-2007

CAJUN CLASSIC - LAFAYETTE, LA.
CHAMPIONS

GULF COAST FALL CLASSIC - GULFPORT, MS.
FINALIST

UNITED CUP - BATON ROUGE, LA.
FINALIST

CROSSROADS OF THE SOUTH - JACKSON, MS.
FINALIST

MAGNOLIA CUP - CLINTON, MS
FINALIST

BLUES CITY BLOW-OUT (11v11) - MEMPHIS, TN
SEMI-FINALIST

MISSISSIPPI FIRE SPRING CLASSIC - BRANDON, MS

EMERALD COAST CUP - DESTIN, FL
CHAMPIONS

MOBILE SPRING CLASSIC - MOBILE, AL
CHAMPIONS

MISSISSIPPI STATE CUP - TUPELO, MS
!!!!!CHAMPIONS!!!!!

Monday, May 28
MISSISSIPPI STATE CHAMPIONS!!! GO FIRE!!!

This exciting weekend started off with a game against JFC White. The girls started off slow and battled to a 2-1 halftime lead. The girls awoke in the second half to finish off the game with a 5-1 victory. The next round robin game pitted the girls against club rival ’96 Blue. The girls started off quick and put in two goals before the Blue’s sent one. The girls added one more goal late in the second half to seal the victory and post a 3-1 victory. The last round robin game saw the girls battle with the other U-11 club rival ’96 Red. The girls finished up the game with a 3-0 victory.
The girls swept bracket play to reach the finals with a perfect record. The finals found the girls facing JFC Green. These two teams had played a total of 6 times previous to this meeting. JFC has posted a 4-2-0 record against the Fire coming into this game. The game started off on a quick pace with the ball being sent back and forth the length of the field. The Fire was able to power a goal in early. The girls tightened up the defense and were able to hold off JFC with a 1-0 victory. Congratulations Fire! This was a great team effort and demonstrated how much the girls have really grown over the past year.

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