Banner Year for Medford Girls Soccer Team

The following was submitted by girls head soccer coach Rachel Perry:

The Medford High girls varsity soccer team had another banner year. Winning the Greater Boston League title for the third year in a row and making it to the quarterfinal round of the state tournament.

The team's final record was 13-5-1 scoring 59 goals and only 14 goals against.

First team all-starrs included: GBL MVP Olivia Timmins, Katherine Timmins, Olivia Allison, Alessia LaRocca &  Jackie Pellecchia. Second team all-stars: Emily Welch, Regine Jacques & Korey O'Rourke.

I am honored to have coached these girls this season, they gave everything they had and continue to improve each year!  I am really looking forward to another great year in 2012.

The Medford High School soccer program has grown so much over the past
three years.  We have three teams in the program with 53 girls playing.
I am so proud of all we have accomplished this season, but success
isn?t only measured in wins and losses & league championships.  But in
being confident young women who have character and values in the
classroom, on the field and in life.  Part of the girls soccer program
includes participating in community service projects.  This year our
players worked the Medford Kiwanis jail day, the Granara Skerry
pancreatic cancer walk/run, and the fit for life run.

Being a part of an athletic team teaches us to work hard in whatever
we do,  to always give our best effort, and to never give up.  As
coaches we preach that our players are student-athletes and class work
must come first.  Each player is also required to complete progress
reports during the season.  Not only have the girls in the soccer
program been successful on the field, but also in the classroom.  30
girls in the program were named to the honor roll for the first quarter:

Alison deRosas
Adrienne Porrazzo
Olivia Allison
Nicole Avella
Reyna Gontaruk
Regine Jacques
Cassidy LeBert
Julia Mitrano
Fatuma Mohamed
Charlotte Morse
Korey O?Rourke Crowley
Susan Smith
Lauren Walsh
Jamie deRosas
Rebecca DiTucci
Hannah Gallup
Amanda Goguen
Cassandra Greene
Kelly Harvey
Patricia Healion
Sophie Karon
Giulia LaRocca
Bailey Lee
Samantha Lopilato
Hailey Massa
Michaela Mitrano
Jacqueline Pellecchia
Casey Smith
Olivia Timmins
Emily Welch