Marcus started with the ball. Lisa had a strong start with a good dribble up the line but the ball was lost. A nice header by Jillian who crossed it to Missy, and a hard shot taken by Bethany. It was a foul. Good movement in the middle by Bethany and Taylor. A nice shot from the corner by Taylor, but it was saved by the keeper. A pretty ball was played to Taylor, she shot but a player blocked it with her back. Katy Tobias barely missed her shot. Megan shoots from the 30 yd line, it comes close but rebounds off the goalie. Missy takes a shot and scores. GOALLL!!! Amanda stole the ball right off the bat in the second half. She crossed it to Kelly who played it back to Frances. She took a shot ad scored. GOALLL!!! Ashley had an amazing shot but it hit the corner of the post. A far shot by Taylor went into the corner. GOALLL!!!!! With 25 minutes left in the second half. A beautiful shot by Kelly was taken, didn’t go in the goal. Ashley had a great cross to Missy who fought with the keeper shot, rolled and scored! GOALLL!!! With 30 seconds left. The final score was 4-0.

Marcus Vs. Flower Mound
February 8, 08

The game vs. Flower Mound started out slowly. Taylor Mitchell and Frances Mickel had good movement up the field. She crossed it to Amanda who took a shot, but the wind blew the ball in the opposite. Marcus wasn’t taking too many shots. Madison dribbled up the field and passed the ball to Frances but the ball was quickly intercepted. The first half ended, and the second one began. The half started off fairly quick when Megan dribbled up the sideline with a great through ball to Taylor. Lisa passed up 3 defenders as well as the goalie, and scored in the bottom right corner. GOALLL!!! With about 30 minutes left to go. Haleigh was dribbling up the field, but the ball was intercepted by one of FMHS’s players.  Soon after a throw in Amanda had the ball dribbling all the way up the field with no one around her, until 2 midfielders came out of no where and stole the ball. Flower Mound kept taking shots, but fortunately were not successful. The ending score was 1-0.

Marcus starts off the first half with a good shot by Kelly, which rebounds. Ana was fouled, she took a free kick but the keeper saved it. Amanda nearly scored from a pass by Kelly. Taylor scores off of a cross by Amanda. GOALLL!!! With 17 minutes left in the first half. Lainie has a beautiful cross to Ashley, but Marcus failed to score. A great shot taken by Frances barely goes over the goal. The first half ended with great defense by Courtney, Haleigh, and Christina, keeping Plano limited to only 2 shots on goal. The second half started with Laura who takes it up the middle and is fouled setting up a great free kick. The free kick was taken by Lainie, but barely goes left. Madison was fouled, free kick taken by Amanda. We miss the kick. Yet another free kick was taken by lainie. The ball rebounds off the post and Amanda scores. GOALLL!!! With 11 minutes left in the second half. The game ended with great defense by Courtney. The ending score was 2-0.

The game started out with very little communication. Coppell was very strong, and always the first to the ball. Coppell Had a strong offense and dribbled past the defenders with a hard shot on goal, it was a great attempt by Lauren Koath, but she couldn’t quite get her hands on it. The score was now 1-0 Coppell, with 19:30 left in the first half. Marcus girls seemed to have lost confidence after the goal was scored, but after halftime they got their heads back into the game. A beautiful goal was scored by Frances Mickel who dribbles past 3 defenders and was one on one with the goalie. She kicked it low on the ground in the corner. GOALLLLL!!!! She scored with 28:52 left in the second half. Now that Marcus had their confidence back they took shot after shot. Coppell had a lot of shots as well, but Lauren Koath was playing amazing, blocking shots left and right. Kelly Riley had a beautiful turn and cross to Frances Mickel who shot a little too wide. Coppell was doing a good job at playing ball to feet most every time. A corner kick by Coppell, with a header from a teammate happens to go in the goal. Laura Fitz decides to stop it with her hands since she was already there. Thankfully, she wasn’t ejected from the game because she was behind the goal line when she touched it! The goal counted with only 1:20 left in the game. It was just the beginning of the season, and wasn’t the girl’s best game…but they never gave up!

Sat Jan 5
Scrimmages at Mansfield

Junior Varsity Red Team
Vs. Arlington 3-0
Your Marcus Girls started off their season well with a swift win over Arlington. Marcus scored two minutes in with an attack out of the back from Cristina who connected with Ashley to lay it off to Taylor who placed it in the back of the net for the first Marcus goal of the season. Great plays were later made by Ana who made a sweet move and broke through four defenders, and Amanda who shot J. Taylor continued the attack with a great back-post shot that barely missed. Caitlin connected with Taylor for another attempt. Ana and Ashley had a brilliant give-and-go that was cut short when Ana was slidetackled by Arlington. Defenders Haley, Laura, and Cristina all made great saves and contributed to attacking out of the back. The half ended in Marcus 1 Arlington 0.
Second half brought fresh legs and more goals. The lady Marauders started off early when Jullian connected with Kelly but it was caught up by the defense. Two minutes into the half, Madison played a perfect ball to Taylor who placed it into the back of the net over the keeper’s head. Immediately after the restart, Taylor passed it to Madison who returned the favor and Taylor beat the defenders and snuck it in the net, flipping over the keeper in the process. Later, two plays by Ana and Madison beat the defenders to connect with Ashley but their efforts caught up in the defense. Kelly later shot from the 30 but it was denied. The defense continued to hold strong with defenders Cristina, Courtney, and Katie making great plays and continuing to attack out of the back, with others stepping in to make vital plays. Alisha stopped an Arlington goal scoring opportunity when she stepped in the middle to deny their shot and Jullian took out a player to stop an Arlington offensive drive. Courtney attacked out of the back but it was caught up in the midfield. Madison continued the offensive streak with a shot that went high. The game ended with a save by Chelsea and a score of Marcus 3 Arlington 0.

Vs. Colleyville Heritage 0-1
The second match presented a much more formidable opponent for your Lady Maruaders. Colleyville proved to be an offensive threat right from the start when they had a kick at the ten but Chelsea saved it. The Marcus offense got started when Alisha connected to Katie who passed to Lisa but Colleyville defense cleared. Five minutes in, a Colleyville player dribbled 40 yards to beat our defender and scored. After the restart, Taylor beat a defender in a foot race but the keeper saved. Kelly had a great cross to Lisa she was taken out by the keeper and her shot deflected just wide. Chelsea had two saves against the Colleyville offense. Bethany was taken down in our box but no foul was called. Madison later connected with Taylor but the keeper collected. Defenders Casey, Courtney and Katie fought hard and contributed to the Maruader offense by attacking out of the back. The first half ended with Colleyville 1 Marcus 0. The offense in the second half started out quickly with a long ball from Lanie to Bethany but they weren’t able to convert. Bethany took another vicious tumble and no foul was called. An offensive drive by Colleyville resulted in Missy taking a hard fall, smacking her head on the turf. Madison was taken out by the keeper, and Laura was brutally sandwiched between two Colleyville players and somehow was called for a foul, breaking up their offensive drives. Taylor later had an amazing cross but no one was there to execute. Later, we went with two at the back with Hayley and Laura to create more offensive opportunities, but we were unable to connect a goal with our efforts. Defenders Cristina, Laura and Hayley, and keeper Riley denied the Colleyville offense attacked out of the back. This hard fought game ended in Colleyville 1 Marcus 0.