Blackhills FC

Tryouts are complete.  If you are interested in additional tryout opportunities please contact James Charette, 360-943-8233.

No Goalkeeper Training March 1 - 11.

Boys U10, U11, U12, Girls U10, U11 & U12

March 15, 22 and 31: 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Boys U12, U13, U14, Girls U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 & U18

March 15, 22 and 31:  5:30 - 6:30 PM

Location:  Blackhills Community Soccer Complex

Pre-Tryout Registration for the following age groups will begin April 1st.

It became a two-crest race but in the end Blackhills FC edged Washington Premier FC  42-35% to claim the mantle of "Best Youth Soccer Club Crest" in the state of Washington. 

SoccerPro.com has donated $250. worth of training gear for first place.  Thank you SoccerPro!
 

Story here: 
http://www.examiner.com/x-413-Seattle-Soccer-Examiner~y2010m3d11-After-over-4300-votes-Blackhills-FC-is-Best-Club-Crest-in-Washington

A special Thank You! to Werner Ide for designing our crest.

Boys U16 Head Coach: Isaiah Herrera

Boys U17 Head Coach:  Kurt Gress

Boys U18 Head Coach:  James Charette

Thank you to all the players and coaches that participated in the Under the Lights program. 

We had 127 players participate in the program this year!

Prince plays on the Blackhills FC Boys U16 Team and was selected to the Boys 94' ODP Region IV All Tournament Team. 

Prince played for Washington Youth Soccer SoundersFC / ODP at the Region IV ODP Championships in Phoenix, Arizona, January 16 - 19, 2010.

Blackhills FC has playing opportunities for Girls U10, U13, U16, U17 and Boys U14.

Contact James Charette at 360-943-8233 or wembleysoccer@comcast.net

Congratulations to the GU-11 Herrera team. They were champions at the GRFC Winter Classic tournament this weekend up at Starfire.  The Girls won the final match beating GRFC 4-0.

Congratulations to the Boys 96' Team and Head Coach James Charette for winning the Boys 96' Region IV ODP Championships, January 19, in Phoenix Arizona.

Congratulations to Prince Gunderson, BFC Boys U16, for playing with the B94's and making it to the finals vs Cal-South.

Congradulations to the following Blackhills FC players who are in the Washington Youth Soccer ODP / Sounders Pools:

1993 Boys Taylor Caluwe

1994 Boys *Prince Gundersen

1996 Boys Jamison Corbin

1997 Boys RJ Noll, Christopher Sutton, and Andrew Moreland

*ODP Team competing in the Region IV Championships in Phoenix January 15-19th.

Congratulations to the following Blackhills FC players for being selected to the All-State Girls Soccer Team:

Ashley Villm:  3A Second Team

Lexy Fancher:  2A First Team

Miakah Nix: 2A Second Team

Becca Lane: 1A First Team

Ali Ohashi: 1A First Team

Honorable Mention: Bre Hale and Sammi Thompson

Dear friends at DYSA, Blackhills Football Club, Olympia United, Tumwater Soccer Club and all Community Youth Soccer Families:

All of us at Community Youth Services want to thank you sincerely for your generous donation of bags full of coats and blankets. They filled  our closet and will help keep teens and young adults warm this winter.

It’s wonderful to see young people willing to give back to the community in which they live, to make an effort to think of others less fortunate than they are. We’re pleased that you chose CYS as the recipient of your clothing drive.

We’re committed to providing a continuum of services that help turn around the lives of at-risk  young people. Thank you again and have a wonderful holiday season.

Barbara Wakefield
Resource Development Associate
Community Youth Services
711 State Avenue NE
Olympia, WA 98506
p 360-943-0780 Ext. 156

bwakefield@communityyouthservices.org

www.communityyouthservices.org 

Just wanted to express our gratitude for the soccer gear donations for children in the Layla House, Kidane Mihret and Sele Enat orphanages in Ethiopia.

This year considerable media attention has been given to widespread cases of swine flu.  Novel H1N1 flu, popularly known as swine flu, is a respiratory infection caused by an influenza virus first recognized in spring 2009. The new virus, which is officially called swine influenza A (H1N1), contains genetic material from human, swine and avian flu viruses. Unlike typical swine flu, H1N1 flu spreads quickly and easily. In June 2009, when the infection's spread had been verified worldwide, the World Health Organization declared H1N1 flu a global pandemic.

Most cases of flu, including human swine flu, need no treatment other than symptom relief. If you have a chronic respiratory disease, your doctor may prescribe additional medication to decrease inflammation, open your airways and help clear lung secretions.

Sensible precautions:

Follow these Blackhills FC Alumni as they play Collegiate Soccer this fall.

Congratulations to Justin Meyer!  First Team All WCC Soccer Team and the NSCAA Men's Division III All-West Region Second Team

Meyer was second for team lead in total points with 17, scoring six goals and adding five assists. He had four game-winning goals this fall, including the only goal in Whitworth's 1-0 victory at Whitman. Meyer concluded his first season at Whitworth after transferring from George Fox University.

Kelsey Fuik, Marina Austin and Ciara Peterson playing for Western Oregon University. Pictured with David Cross coach St. Martins University and Blackhills FC.

When In Doubt, Sit Them Out

When Zackery Lystedt collapsed on the football field in October of 2006, players and parents feared it could be the end. Instead, it was only the beginning of a three-year journey towards a landmark piece of legislation that will keep players safer, and healthier, than ever before. Learn the dramatic story behind the Zackery Lystedt Law. Full Story »

Seattle Sounders FC and Washington Youth Soccer have partnered to enhance and expand the youth soccer development system in Washington State.  The partnership between Seattle Sounders FC and Washington Youth Soccer on youth development programs will create a system that provides additional levels and avenues to elite play.

The new system will unite the very best avenues to high level soccer through a Regional Training Center (RTC) model that will bring the top players in the state together once a week to train under elite coaches.  The RTC system, launching in September 2009, will include 5 locations across the state and will incorporate the top youth clubs in Washington State and upper age group Academy teams. The RTC program is designed to identity the very best players in Washington state across all leagues, affiliations and geographic locations.  Therefore, the identification process will be open and comprehensive with the only criteria for invitation being based on player ability.

For more information visit wsysa.com

Congratulations to the coaches and players of Blackhills FC for being selected to join the Player Development League (PDL). The PDL is a select group of 20 Washington soccer clubs that consistently demonstrate the ability to develop the highest caliber teams and players, and maintain a commitment to appropriate developmental philosophies for youth.

Blackhills FC is the only soccer club between Vancouver and Tacoma that competes in this elite league.

Our players and coaches have a passion for soccer and a goal to play at the highest possible level. Blackhills FC has demonstrated the necessary success on the pitch and within its organization and in the community to merit this prestigious classification.