Varsity Boys Lose in Sudden Death

In a home game at Pittman Park, the Varsity boys soccer team battled Broome in a very physical game. Colby scored 2 goals in the first half. In the second half Broome scored 2. After two 5-minutes overtimes, the score was still tied 2 -2. In a shootout, each team made 3 out of 5 goal kicks. In Sudden Death, the Broome player scored a goal. The GCA player got up, and the Broome goalie was able to stop the kick giving Broome the win.

JV Boys Soccer Team Wins Against Chapman

Following the girls soccer game, the GCA JV Boys Soccer Team faced Chapman at 6:30pm on Tuesday, March 25th. The Chapman JV team is made up of 9th and 10th graders from Chapman and 7th and 8th graders from Mabry Jr. High. They play their soccer games in the football stadium at Mabry which was formally used by Chapman before they got their new building.

In the first half Andrew scored 3 goals and Jamison scored 1 for a half-time score of GCA 4 - Chapman 0. In the second half, goals were scored by Blake and Vincent. Chapman also scored 1 for a final score of GCA 6 - Chapman 1.

Girls Win against Chapman

The girls soccer team won on Tuesday, March 25th against Chapman in Inman. In the first half, Rosie took the corner kick and Anna headed it in beautifully. Chapman got a penalty kick to tie it 1 - 1. In the 2nd half, Bekah scored a goal for GCA for a final score of GCA 2 - Chapman 1.

Boys win in Anderson

The Varsity Boys Soccer Team won with a score of 5 - 1. Colby scored 4 goals with assists from Andrew and David scored 1 goal - all in the first half. Westside scored 1 in the second half for final score of GCA 5 - Westside 1.

After the game most of the team went out to eat together at Fuddruckers.

Girls Win against Oakwood

The Girls Soccer Team won against Oakwood Christian on Thursday, March 20th in Anderson. Rosie scored early in the first half. The second goal was scored by Elissa with an assist by Bekah. Ella scored the third goal with an assist from her sister Raelyn. In the second half goals were scored by Kelsey and Anna. Oakwood scored near the end of the game for a final score of GCA 5 - Oakwood 1.

Result of Girls Soccer Game on 3/18/08

Playing against a backdrop of Bradford Pear trees in bloom, the GCA Girls Soccer Team lost in a close game to Westgate Christian in Spartanburg on Tuesday, March 18th. At the half the score was GCA 1 - Westgate 0 with Elissa scoring the goal for GCA. Westgate came back and scored two more in the 2nd half for a final score of GCA 1 - Westgate 2. Ashley did a great job as goalie for the entire game blocking at least 10 shots on goal (There were so many I lost count.)

Varsity Boys Win against Carolina on 3/17

In the first game of the season, the GCA boys soccer team won with a score of 3 - 0 against Carolina High. Vincent scored early in the game. The other goals were scored by David and Colby.

The King & I

Last night I went to see The King & I performed at the Greer Children's Theater because several of the girls on the GCA soccer team were members of the cast or in the orchestra. Congratulations for a job well done to Meredith, Tessa, Raelyn, Ella, April and Rosie. Other girls from the soccer team that were in the audience included Ashley, Bekah, Rosalyn, and Sally. Everyone in The King & I did such a fantastic job and I enjoyed the performance immensely.

Girls 1st Soccer Game of the Season

After two games that were canceled because of rain, the girl played their first soccer game of the 2008 season on Thursday, March 13th against Mitchell Road Christian Academy. MRCA scored after about a minute after the game started and scored 3 more in the first half. They scored one for in the second half for a final score of GCA 0 MRCA 5.

Games canceled on March 7th

For the 2nd time this week, soccer games have been canceled due to rain. The boys' games against Southside Christian has been rescheduled for Monday, April 21 at 5:30 and 7:00pm. The girls game will be rescheduled at at future date.

Games canceled on March 4th

The Varsity Boys and JV Girls soccer games scheduled for March 4th were canceled due to rain. The girls game was rescheduled for 3/13. The boys game was rescheduled for 4/14.

Results of JV Boys first soccer game

The JV Boys soccer team lost 0 - 3 against Wade Hampton JV Boys in the first game of the season on Monday, March 3, 2008.

Boys JV Soccer Scrimmage

The Boys JV soccer team lost 1 - 2 against Southside Christian on Thursday, 2/28/08.

Girls Soccer Scrimmage

The girls soccer team lost 0 - 2 in a scrimmage against Southside Christian on 2/28/08