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Stacey Goffena
Head Girls Soccer Coach

Coach Stacey Goffena is a 2000 graduate of Sidney High School, where she played varsity soccer, basketball, and fast pitch. After high school she attended the University of Toledo, where she graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Middle Childhood Education. She completed her master’s degree in Educational Leadership in 2006 from the University of Dayton. She lives in Sidney with her husband Brad, and has been teaching in Sidney City Schools for the past three years. She is currently teaching 7th grade social studies at Sidney Middle School.

This is her first season as head coach after three seasons coaching Junior Varsity for the Yellow Jackets. With several girls returning from last year, the team is looking to be competitive in a tough league. The girls have been actively participating in a summer strength and conditioning program to prepare themselves for the upcoming season.

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2007 Girls Soccer Awards
Molly Schriber: Most Valuable Player, GWOC All League 1st Team, All Dayton Division I, All Dayton North 1st Team. Brittney Koester: Offensive MVP, GWOC All League 1st Team, All Dayton North 2nd Team. Tarah Heath: Offensive MVP, GWOC All League 2nd Team, All Dayton North Honorable Mention. Stephanie Schloss: Defensive MVP, GWOC All League Special Mention, All Dayton North Honorable Mention. Kristen Roby: Defensive MVP. Elizabeth Clark: Defensive MVP, GWOC Scholar Athlete, All Dayton North Honorable Mention. Katie Steenrod: Defensive MVP. Marissa Clark: Coaches Award, GWOC All League 2nd Team. Kelli Neubauer: Sportsmanship Award. Allison Slonaker: Jacket Award. Sara Elliott: Most Improved. Tiffany Barhorst: GWOC Scholar Athlete.

October 15, 2007 - Sectional Semifinal
Sidney 1 Xenia 4
The Lady Jackets ended their season Monday night losing to Xenia 4-1 in tournament action. Xenia was very fast and we just couldn't match their speed. Molly Schriber was able to save 15 from going in, but they were shooting at her all night. We did not take a single shot in the first half. I told the girls that we needed to make runs and put some pressure on their goal keeper. Sidney did find the back of the net at the 22 minute mark in the second half when Tiffany Barhorst passed the ball to Tarah Heath for the goal. The Lady Jackets continued to battle until the very end. I think if we had another half after the game we may have been able to put some more on the board. The girls fought hard to the end and never gave up. I am very proud of their effort tonight and throughout the whole season. It is difficult to come back from starting 0-5,and finish 8-6-3. Our senior group of Elizabeth Clark, Allison Slonaker, Sara Elliott, and Tiffany Barhorst showed great leadership throughout the season, and worked very hard tonight.

October 13, 2007
Sidney 1 Fairborn 0
Sidney has finished their last 11 games with a record of 8-0-3. The score was tied 0-0 at half. We weren't making great touches and the runs were there, but we couldn't hit our teammates. The girls got on the board in the second half when Kelli Neubauer took a corner kick and Brittney Koester was there for the header. The score remained 1-0 the remainder of the game. Fairborn did have a few chances, but Sidney's keeper, Molly Schriber, was able to keep the shutout. Today was Senior Day for our four Seniors, Allison Slonaker, Elizabeth Clark, Sara Elliott, and Tiffany Barhorst. These girls have shown great leadership throughout the season, and will definitely be missed next year. The girls really wanted to win this one for them. The Junior Varsity won 3-0. Goals were scored by Amber Holloway, Kira Lee and Katy Easton.

October 10, 2007
Sidney 1 Troy 1
Troy came into the game with a 10-3-2 record, and were ranked 5th in the Dayton area. The lady jackets needed to win to clinch the tie in the GWOC north division. Troy got the scoring started at the 28 minute mark when their standout Erin Yenney hit a re-direct off the crossbar into the back of the net. We started off a little slow. We have been off for a week, and it showed at the beginning of the game. The lady jackets battled back, dominating the final 15 minutes of the half, and taking 8 shots on goal. We had plenty of opportunities, but we just couldn't get one to fall. Sometimes you have night like those. Sidney did get on the board at the 22 minute mark when Tarah Heath crossed the ball into the box, and Brittney Koester was able to get a shot off. Tarah and Brittney are a very good combination and hard to guard. Troy had them marked and double marked pretty much the whole night. Although Sidney had a chance to win it with 30 seconds left in the game, the keeper was able to make the stop. Molly Schriber had another great game for the lady jackets. She ended with 19 saves, and some were point blank range. I thought the girls gave a great effort tonight. It was a tough atmosphere and only two officials. They have been playing so hard, and still went undefeated in the league, which is something to be very proud of. In our last 10 games our record has been 7-0-3. Sidney has its final game of the season Saturday against Fairborn at home. JV: Sidney 1 Troy 2.

October 3, 2007
Sidney 4 Piqua 0
The Sidney Lady Jackets Soccer Team remains unbeaten in the league by beating Piqua Wednesday night 4-0. The only goal in the first half was scored by Brittney Koester from outside the 18 at the 27 minute mark. Piqua was really packing in the defense to play for the tie. Brittney had a great shot that went right over the keeper's head. At half-time we made adjustments to make better runs to the outside and switch the field. The girls definitely listened because not two minutes into the second half, Brittney Koester connected with Tarah Heath for the second goal of the game. The third goal came from Sara Elliott off of a free kick at the 22 minute mark. The final goal came in the last 15 seconds of the game when Tiffany Barhorst ran down a corner kick and crossed it in front of the goal to Allison Slonaker. The girls played well tonight. They are still coming off the big tie against Butler Monday night, so it took us a little while to get settled into our game. The Lady Jackets now play Troy next Wednesday for a shot at the league title.

October 1, 2007
Sidney 1 Butler 1
It was a battle all night long, and Sidney fought hard. Butler scored at the 5 minute mark off a re-direction from a corner kick. We came out a little flat at the beginning of the game. I think the girls were a little nervous and wasn't used to Butler's speed. Once they settled into the game, it was back and forth all night. Sidney came out ready to go in the second half. They were fighting for every loose ball and came away with a score when Brittney Koester had a nice through ball to Tarah Heath for the goal. Tarah was running all over the place all night trying to get one to go through, finally one did and she took advantage of it. I am so proud of the effort the girls provided tonight. Butler is not an easy place to play since the game is played on a Football field. The field was much more narrower than our normal field, and quite ran down. The officiating was less than par, but they girls overcame the obstacles and played a hard fought battle. I credit the defense for their consistency in every game. They made few mistakes tonight, and Molly played outstanding, having 19 saves. Sidney remains tied with Butler at the top of the GWOC North, with two league games left to play. One of those games is Wednesday against Piqua at home. The JV team lost 4-0.

September 29, 2007
Sidney 3 Celina 1
The Lady Jackets extended their winning streak to six, beating Celina Saturday 3-1. Sidney started the scoring early when Brittney Koester hit a shot from outside the 18 at the 33 minute mark. Sidney continued the pressure when Tarah Heath had a nice cross to Brittney Koester for the second goal just three minutes later. The rest of the half was played back and forth. The second half was much of the same. Sidney got on the board for their third goal at the 27 minute mark when Marissa Clark followed a missed shot, and re-directed it into the goal. Celina was able to get on the board with 5 minutes left in the game. I thought we played well today. We haden't played in 9 days due to rain, so we came out a little rusty and sluggish, but did what we needed to do to get the win. We have had trouble with Celina in the past, and they had only lost one coming into today, so I am happy with the effort my girls gave today. The girls head to Butler Monday night. Both teams are tied for first in the GWOC North Division. JV: Sidney 0 Celina 1.

September 20, 2007
Sidney 1 Wapakoneta 0
Sidney won its 5th straight Thursday night when the lady jackets defeated Wapak in an aggressive battle 1-0. The first goal was scored at the 22 minute mark on a cross from Marissa Clark to Tarah Heath. Even though the jackets dominated most of the game, they were unable to finish on many shots. Wapak was a very aggressive team, and I think that got us out of our game a little bit. I told the girls to just play their game and not be influenced by the other team. I think if we could have scored again, it would have taken some of fight out of Wapak, but we just couldn't get another one to fall. I told the girls not to be disappointed because it is still a win, but we definitely would have liked to have played better. We are nursing a couple injuries, since we have played 5 games in 9 days.

September 17, 2007
Sidney 3 Northmont 1
The Sidney Lady Jackets beat Northmont Monday night 3-1 to record its first win ever against the team since Girls Soccer began at the school. This also marks our fourth win in a row. We started off the game with Brittney Koester stealing the ball and taking it down for a shot in the first 5 seconds. It hit off the crossbar, but I think that definitely caught Northmont by surprise. Sidney kept battling, and finally got the first goal at 27:12 off an assist from Tarah Heath to Marissa Clark. Northmont scored with 11:43 left in the first half off of a corner kick. The ball bounced around the 18, and we were unable to clear it. Sidney started off the half playing back and forth until the 22:45 mark when Tarah Heath had an outstanding cross in front of the goal to Brittney Koester who had a perfect head ball in the upper 90 of the goal. The final goal came on a breakaway by Brittney Koester at the 17:00 minute mark. I cannot commend our defense enough. My starting back four of Katie Steenrod, Kristen Roby, Elizabeth Clark, and Stephanie Schloss did an outstanding job. They did what I asked of them, and did not make mistakes. Molly Schriber was back in the goal for us tonight and did a great job recording 15 saves. I am so very proud of my team and their effort in tonight’s game. They all played their hearts out, and deserved to beat this team. Sidney is still undefeated in the GWOC north division. JV: Sidney 1 Northmont 4. Goal being scored by Kira Lee.

September 15, 2007
Sidney 1 Greenville 5
The Sidney Lady Jackets made it three in a row Satuday beating Greenville 5-1. Sidneys first goal came at 27:33 on an assist from Tarah Heath to Brittney Koester. The score at half was just 1-0. The girls dominated the half, and we had a lot of opportunities, but we just couldn't capitalize. The girls came out in the second half and scored quickly when Tiffany Barhorst assisted Marissa Clark who had a head ball into the net for the goal. Allison Slonaker then had a through ball to Brittney Koester who scored on a break-away. Sara Elliott then assisted Tarah Heath for the fourth goal. The final goal of the game came on an assist from Brittney Koester to Allison Slonaker. I feel this was definitely our best game of the season. The girls were making great runs and distributing the ball well. When you have 5 goals with 5 assists, you know the girls are using their teammates, and making great passes. It's nice to see them play so well together.

September 12, 2007
Sidney 8 Trotwood Madison 0
The Sidney Lady Jackets made it two in a row Wednesday night defeating Trotwood 8-0. The game was offensively dominated by the Jackets scoring 6 goals in the first half. Sidney scored its first goal just 1 minute into the game on a cross from Sara Elliott that both Tarah Heath and Marissa Clark hit in. Brittney Koester scored the second goal off of a rebounded shot just 2 minutes later. Marissa Clark then had an assist to Tarah Heath for the thrid goal at the 29 minute mark. At the 23rd minute Tarah Heath assisted Brittney Koester for the fourth goal of the half. Sara Elliott had the fifth goal at 21:32 on an assist from Elizabeth Clark. The final goal of the half came at the 14 minute mark on an assist from Tiffany Barhorst to Amber Holloway. The second half was much of the same, but the girls had a chance to switch up positions and play new spots. Our first goal in the second half came on an assist by Aubrey Gaylor to Hilary Davis. The final goal in the game was scored by Tara Beard with 12 minutes left to play. I thought the girls played very well, and did a much better job of taking good shots and finishing. Trotwood wasn't at the same skill level as us, but we did a good job of not dropping our level of play, and working on good passing a shooting. Trotwood was our first northern conference game, so it is nice to start off with a victory.

September 10, 2007
Sidney 5 North 0
Lady Jackets beat Springfield North 5-0 Monday night. The first goal came at 22:38 when Sara Elliott stole a ball from a Springfield North player and took it in for the goal. Sara also had the second goal at 12:20 on an assist from Marissa Clark. The score at half was only 2-0, but should have been much more than that. We had trouble finishing all night. The girls were taking good shots, we just couldn't get any to go for us. Sidney started the second half off with a goal when Marissa Clark followed a diflection from the keeper and scored at the 27 minute mark. Soon after, Brittney Koester had a great pass to Tarah Heath for the fourth goal. Molly Schriber scored our last goal at 17:23. Molly is normally our goal keeper, but is just coming back from a knee injury, so she played a few minutes in the field and was able to produce. The girls played a very solid game, dominating the whole time. Finishing was the only problem of the night, taking 41 shots and only connecting on 5 of them.

September 8, 2007
Sidney 2 Tecumseh 3
The Girls Varsity Team lost on Saturday to Tecumseh 3-2. Sidney scored in the first two minutes of the game on a pass from Marissa Clark to Sara Elliott. Tecumseh then scored two before the end of the half. In the second half at the 29:43 mark, Brittney Koester had an assist to Tarah Heath to tie the game. Tecumseh scored late in the second half on a free kick to take the lead 3-2. I thought our defense played well, we just had a few mental breakdowns, and they cost us. We are still looking for our first win, but the girls are still putting forth a great effort, eventually, we will get there. The varsity team heads to Springfield North Monday night. JV: Sidney 2 Tecumseh 3.

September 4, 2007
Sidney 3 Fairmont 3
The Lady Jackets tied a tough Fairmont team 3-3 last night. The game was definitely a team effort by the girls. Marissa Clark had the first goal of the game with 10:36 left in the first half. She scored on a cross from Jessica Griffis. The score was 1-0 at half time. The girls came out in the second half a little flat, but battled through and scored the second goal at 29:48. Kelli Neubauer had a free kick that Marissa Clark won from the keeper and passed it back out to Kelli for a 20 yard goal. I thought Marissa really stepped up her level of play tonight. The girls went through a tough patch giving up 3 goals to Fairmont in only 6 minutes toward the end of the second half. The girls really battled back, and ended up scoring the last goal on a pentalty kick by Sara Elliott at 10:23. I am very proud of the girls and their effort last night. We haven't started off the season the way we would like, but the girls are really pulling together and battling back. Tara Beard had a good game in the goal recording 12 saves. Molly Schriber also played a few minutes in the second half, she is trying to recover from a knee injury earlier this season. The lady jackets travel to Tecumseh on Saturday. JV: Sidney 2 Fairmont 2. The JV Girls Team also tied Fairmont 2-2, with goals coming from Amber Holloway and Samantha Young.

September 1, 2007
Sidney 1 Graham 5
The only goal came from Brittney Koester with 23 minutes left in the first half. We had difficulty playing on the narrow field, and couldn't catch any breaks. We play Fairmont at home Tuesday night. JV: Sidney 4 Graham 0.

August 29, 2007
Sidney 1 Xenia 3
The Varsity Girl's Soccer Team headed back to Xenia for the second night in a row to make up the varsity game that was called due to lightening Wednesday night. The girls started off the game very flat footed and were not being aggressive going after the ball. The game was very physical with little calls being made. The girls had a tough time adjusting in the first half. Xenia scored in the 34th minute on a backside cross. We were not marking up properly, and she was in great position. Xenia scored again with 14 minutes left to play in the first half. The second half started out about the same way the first half did. Xenia converted for their third goal with 27 minutes remaining in the half. At about the 25 minute marker the girls really started to play well. We were being more physical and attempting to win 50/50 balls. Our runs were timed much better, and our passes to the outside were throwing their defense off. Our goal came on an assist from Allison Slonaker to Tarah Heath with 12 minutes left in game. We dominated the remainer of the game, but it was a little too late to dig out of the whole we put ourselves in earlier. Tara Beard replaced our starting goalie, Molly Schriber, who sprained her MCL last game. She did a very good job in the goal tonight, having 15 saves, and some of them being point blank shots. I definitley wish we could bottle the way we played the last 25 minutes of that game and turn it into 80 minutes. We head to Graham on Saturday, and are back at home Tuesday against Fairmont.

August 27, 2007
Sidney 1 Miamisburg 3
Miamisburg scored first with 34 minutes left in the first half off of a corner kick. Sidney had many attempts, and finally connected with Tarah Heath scoring at the 15:00 mark. We dominated the remainder of the half and had more attempts on goal, we just couldn't finish. The second half was back and forth until Miamisburg had a break away with 9 minutes left. Our keeper, Molly Schriber came out to contest the shot, and went down hard. She had to end up leaving the game to get x-rays. Hopefully everything will be ok, because she is irreplacable. After she left Brittney Koester stepped in and did a good job. She accepted the responsiblity and had some nice saves. Miamisburg did get their final goal with 4 minutes left in the half. It was a nice shot from 20 yards out. The girls battled so hard all game, and the score does not do justice to how the girls played. Even after Molly went down, they got right back at it and tried to put one in. We had several chances, but just didn't connect. My defensive four of Stephanie Schloss, Kristen Roby, Elizabeth Clark, and Katie Steenrod played a great game. We had very few defensive break downs, and they really lead us tonight.

August 22, 2007
Sidney 1 Wayne 4
The girls played a tough game Monday night against Wayne; in very warm temperatures. It was an agressive battle, and Molly Schriber, goalkeeper, had an outstanding game, saving 37 shots. Sara Elliott scored the only goal on a penelty kick. Tarah Heath had a great game, challenging every ball, and had a few good shots on goal. The girls battled until the finish and really showed true dedication. We will analyze the films and go back to work.