Congratulations to SpringHigh U-19 player Jake Lumby who has committed to play soccer this Fall for William Jewell in Liberty, MO.  Great job Jake!

Congrats to Adam Legg on his committment to play soccer at Hendrix University in Conway, Arkansas!

Coach Bilbao has been watching the weather, and has decided to cancel tonight’s practices.  We try to use a standard of around 40 degrees to be outside.  Tonight at training time, it is forecasted to be 32-34 degrees, and a wintry mix.  Hopefully this will be the last of the snow and sleet, and we [...]

Coach Bilbao is having a girls’ high school camp this week, which will require us to change our practice times for the U-17 and U-19 teams.  Those two teams will practice with Coach Bilbao outdoors tomorrow, at Harrison Field, from 6:00-7:30.
The U-16 team will practice with Coach Swan indoors at the regular time, 8:30-10:00.

Practice tomorrow for all three teams will be held outside, at Harrison Stadium.
U-17 and U-19 teams:  4:30-6:00
U-16 team:  6:00-7:30

Please check the hotline for the changes to tomorrow’s practice schedule.  The U-19 team will be off, and the U-17 and U-16 teams will practice together with Coach Swan from 4:00 – 5:20 on the larger Coke Field.

Congratulations to the following five (5) SpringHigh players for being selected to either First or Second All-Ozarks Soccer teams:  Lane Chapman; Robbie Curtis; Adam Legg; Justin Rogers; and Kyler Temple.  You can read about it at: http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/SPORTS01/801300414/1002/SPORTS.  Way to represent!

Except for the cold game-time weather, the U-19 team had a wonderful weekend at the Showcase of the South in Little Rock this past weekend.
First, the team played very well, especially during the second half of each game, to go 1-1-1 against three high-quality teams from Indiana and Arkansas (state champion and runner-up for past [...]

Be sure to check the hotline for the change to today’s practice.  Coach Bilbao has cancelled practice for the U-17 team, so he can have a smaller final practice with the U-19 team in preparation for this weekend’s Showcase of the South.

The U-17 and U-19 teams will practice OUTSIDE tomorrow, 4:00-5:30p.m., at Harrison Stadium next to Drury.  For directions, see Drury’s website (www.drury.edu).
The U-16 practice will remain indoors at Lake Country, from 8:30-10:00p.m.