Throwback Thursday

Throwing it back to 1980 something! Big hair and skinny bods....those Cleary girls were smokin'!

The Lasts Episode #3- Anna's Last Goals

This is Anna's last goal, ever, for her club team.  Thanks Troy for capturing it!  By the way...that is Brylee's mom Jamie yelling!  I am going to miss that too!  Click the link below to see her awesome last goal.  It was a doozy!


Anna's last goal with Banat

This is Anna's last goal with her high school team.  She tied it up at the last minute of double overtime during state to send the team to PKs.  They ended up losing but what a great way to end your HS career!

Anna's last goal as a Lady Eagle

The Lasts Episode #2- Banat Family

Nothing can beat our Banat Family!  I have come to love these people that we have spent so much time with over the past 6 years.  It is going to be hard to say goodbye to these girls and their families!  I am so thankful that my daughter had a chance to grow up and play with such an amazing group of girls.  I am also thankful for their families who have stepped in to help when needed and treated my girls like their own.  Thank you to our coaches, Jon and Alan, for teaching our girls so many things and for supporting and helping them become not only great athletes but great people as well.

They girls played their last club game together a few weeks ago.  It was bitter sweet but we will always be thankful for the memories!

 The girls after their final game.  They won but it wasn't about the score.  It was about enjoying each other!  Next year they will be spread across the country but they will always know....

3 Colors, 1 Heart, BANAT 96!

The girls before the game!  These 3 have played both club and high school together for a long time!  They are more like sisters than just teammates.  They are really going to miss each other next year!

Senior Pictures

Stacy Lee Cleary
Franklin High School
Class of 1990

Anna Lee Goebel
Sandra Day O'Connor High School
Class of 2014

The Lasts Episode 1: Anna's Last Day of High School

There are a lot of lasts happening right now.  Not sure I like this.
Today is Anna's last day of high school!  Really hasn't sunk in yet!  Where did the time go?

Because it is the last day of school, it is also senior prank day.  The seniors parked crazy in the parking lot.  I saw this picture on twitter.  I texted Anna to ask her if she parked her car crooked.  She said yes but then she fixed it because she is a chicken!  Sometimes being a chicken works to her advantage because apparently the school was having the cars towed!  Now that is an expensive senior prank.

I got this text message from Anna a few minutes ago.

"So there's 28 tow trucks, someone ran over someone else with a golf cart, a fight and weed on campus....And it's only 9:30!

HAPPY LAST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL!

NAU- Go Jacks!

As many of you know....Anna received a scholarship to play soccer at Northern Arizona University. NAU is a division 1 school in the Big Sky Conference.  The school is located in Flagstaff, AZ which is a straight shot down the interstate about 2 hours from our house. The other day the school posted bios of all the incoming freshman with comments from head coach Andre Luciano.  Here is Anna's bio!

Anna Goebel – Forward – Sandra Day O’Connor – Phoenix, Ariz.

Bio: Four-year letter winner and starter at Sandra Day O’Connor… One-year captain for coach Mike Varella… Scored 74 goals during her high school career… Scored 28 goals with eight assists during her senior year… Division I All-State First Team in 2014… Division I All-State Honorable Mention from 2011-13… Two-Time Offensive Player of the Year… All-Time leading scorer at Sandra Day O’Connor… First player to play at a Division I school from her high school… Horizon Tournament Champion in 2014… Six-year starter for Banat 96 for coaches Alan Watson and Jon Ruzan… 54 goals and 29 assists from 2012-14.

Head coach Andre Luciano: “Anna is one of the most underrated players that has come out of the state of Arizona. She is extremely talented player who is one of the most tactical players we have ever recruited. Anna is going to have a fantastic career here at Northern Arizona.”