Monday, August 27, 2012

Rebels come out on top in Friendly

This past Saturday, the Hill College Rebels, traveled to Abilene for a scheduled friendly with the McMurry Warhawks. The friendly started off well with both teams maintaining even possession until freshmen midfielder Gabriel "NASA" Vera gets in front of McMurry's goalkeeper knocking in the opening goal in the 5th minute from Dario Joya's cross.The Warhawks capitalized on a free kick, beating freshmen keeper, Raul Segovia 20min later. The match remained in a draw for the rest of regulation and into overtime which still could not produce a winner. Both coaches decided to go into a shootout. Rebels win 6-5.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

First round of scrimmages

On Thursday both teams were in action for the first time against new opposition. The girls played Brookhaven Community College and the boys played FC Premier '95. Everyone on both teams got to see some action in the games and contributed to a very successful day; both teams went down early and fought all the way back to tying and winning the game.

The boys travel today to McMurray in Abilene to see how we measure against a very improved D2 team with a lot of former NJCAA National Champions from Cloud County Community College. The girls next scrimmage is on Tuesday versus SAGU in Waxahachie.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Watching Some Premiership


Watching some English Premiership today; Chelsea versus Reading in the Student Center. This afternoon we had a relaxing day with a jog and stretch to keep our legs loose and our minds focused for tomorrow. Both teams have their first scrimmages tomorrow; the girls kickoff at 3PM versus Brookhaven Community College and the men follow at 5:30PM versus FC Premier.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Kids' perspective

Dan "Danimal" Fibbins (Australian Player) says the following: "Bieng an international student I've gotten used to the Texas heat, so when it rained I was fuming. Adding to the frustration of the wet conditions the team was schedule to play a 11v11 intersquad scrimmage; which we were all looking forward to. The weather meant we couldn't play on the practice pitch, so we decided on the next best thing ... indoor 3v3 tournament."

Kelly "Kwow" Van Heule (Hurst,TX) says the following: "Doing a 3v3 tournament in the gym was a lot of fun.! Everyone seemed to enjoy it even if it was billion degrees in there. Hearing the names of all the teams was pretty funny and matching outfits with my teammates was fun to do as well. Even though my did not win the tournament, I know we won in our hearts!!!"

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Putting in the Work...


Training camp for the Hill Soccer Rebels has been underway for a days and both squads are coming into their own. The teams took some time adjusting to the sweltering Texas heat from dawn until about dusk with their boots laced and ready to go. With the early morning wake up calls the future Rebels got stuck in and formed a close knit group who are chomping at the bit for some competition other than themselves creating fun games against one other for bragging rights. In turn, the teams have created chemistry amongst their teammates and the program.

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