Excellent stuff, Kuiper, and highlights just how even most of these teams are in the west.

One detail of note while watching the Willamette v. C-M-S game was the high quality of the Willamette play-by-play. Skeet Starr was the student commentating, and I found their work to be exceptional.

Quote from: d3d3d3 on August 03, 2023, 03:12:27 PM
Union Garnet Chargers?
https://www.union.edu/

It beats Union iPhone Chargers 

And now for the Northwest Massey Rankings:

28   Pac Lutheran
53   Willamette
96   Whitman
128   Puget Sound
163   Whitworth
231   George Fox
242   Pacific OR
260   Linfield

I can't say I am surprised by the order of teams -- the Lutes have been consistently good for a few years now. One exciting feature of this season is how many cross-conference games we will have between Northwest, SCIAC, and SCAC teams due to Trinity hosting a couple of early-season tournaments. It'll be an authentic wild west shootout!

I missed the bit where we discussed why Toulson left Emerson. Looks like they had a good season. What happened?

Quote from: TNAggie on June 28, 2023, 09:42:33 AM
With McKersie named head coach at Emerson, seems like Toulson to Kenyon makes sense ...

https://www.emersonlions.com/general/2022-23/releases/20230626jtgkl3

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Quote from: PaulNewman on June 23, 2023, 11:17:36 AM
No clue...and only beginning to think about....

Dan Toulson

Travis Wall....can't imagine an OWU guy would go to Kenyon but that would be petty,  right? More likely he's got at least a soft promise with OWU or being a Minnesota guy perfectly happy in Northfield.

Would love the other OWU star down in Granville...but he looks set for life.

The irony is that Darren Moore lives in Granville.

Saw J. Sitch in an ESPN commercial last night while watching the NBA draft with footage of her celebrating title with her former team in Roanoke.

Quote from: Kuiper on June 16, 2023, 06:39:44 PM
Thanks @bubbabeans!  Nice to have someone else interested in the SCIAC.  Here are a few more I have been meaning to post:

I'm a teacher that just entered the blessed summer season so I finally have time to dig around social media. Just waiting on Cal Luth, Chapman, La Verne, and Oxy!

Recruiting news from the SCIAC is trickling in via Instagram.

Cal Tech (9 players) https://www.instagram.com/caltechmsoc/
Tanish Rao is a midfielder from Sunnyvale, CA. He helped lead his Bellarmine Prep high school team to the NorCal State Championship this year and played his club soccer for De Anza Force.
Sam Mathews is a goalkeeper from Pepper Pike, OH. Sam played for his University High School Team, and his club soccer for both FC Evolution and White Caps FC.
Bryan Kim is a defender from Los Altos, CA. He led his Mountain View High School team to a CCS championship this winter, and played his club soccer for MVLA's ECNL team.
John Ivanov is a midfielder from Mission Viejo, CA. John captained his Tesoro High School team, and played his club soccer for both Pateadores and West Coast FC.
Aaron Henslovitz is a defender from Livingston, NJ. After playing at the MLS Next level his freshman and sophomore year, Aaron joined STA's ECNL team so that he could also play with the Livingston High School team in his junior and senior years.
Ethan Hamel is a goalkeeper from Portola Valley, CA. He played for MVLA's ECNL team and Woodside High School.
Ethan Feng is a midfielder from San Jose, CA. He played for Sporting Santa Clara's ECNL team and Lynbrook High School.
Alex Crowley is a goalkeeper from Atlanta, GA, who played for Inter Atlanta FC's National League team and Paideia High School.
Riley Coover is a defender from Orinda, CA who plays for Lamorinda Soccer Club's MLS Next team and attended Miramonte high school.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7 players) https://www.instagram.com/stagsmsoccer/
Andrew McSlarrow is a centerback from Sandy, UT who played for Dickinson College (PA).
Christopher Kim is a midfielder from San Diego, CA who played for Albion SC MLS Next.
Miles Demarest is a goalkeeper from Irvington, NY who played for FC Westchester.
James Gomez is a forward from Los Angeles, CA who played for Soccer With a Purpose (SWAP).
Cooper Bollinger-Danielson is a forward from St. Paul, MN and played for the St. Paul Blackhawks.
Alex Sondergaard is a fullback from Paradise Valley, AZ who played for RSL Arizona MSL Next.
Eric Grossman-Glover is a centerback from Seattle, WA who played for Eastside FC.

Pomona Pitzer (7 players) https://www.instagram.com/pomonapitzermsoc/
Guy Fuchs is an attacker from So Cal that played for Strikers FC.
Enzo Dal Bo is an attacker from Nor Cal who played for Lamorinda Soccer Club MLS Next.
Kieran Veloria is an attacker from Arizona who played for Soccer Club Del Sol MLS Next.
Mori Miller is an attacker from Michigan who played for United Football Club.
Aidan MacLennan is an attacker from Oregon who played for Bend Football Club.
Adam Leikin is a defender from Nor Cal who played for Marin Football Club.
Daniel Yoon is an attacker from Nor Cal who played for Placer United Football Club.

Quote from: SimpleCoach on April 29, 2023, 07:40:20 AM
I enjoyed getting the opportunity to talk to Rod Lafaurie, Head Men's Coach at Occidental College.  Always interesting to get the perspective of a coach from the West coast.

Rod Lafaurie, Head Men's Coach at Occidental

Very exciting to see west coast schools getting the SC treatment. And I need to say that the Oxy ID Camp was by far the best experience my player had during the soccer recruitment process -- individualized feedback from coaches, a nice variety of schools represented, and fantastic weather. If things had worked out to where my player had picked Oxy, I would have been very happy. Coach Lafaurie was pure class throughout the whole thing.