With one game left in the season, Coach Krus' U11 division 1 Boys team has clinched the OASL Championship! With a 3 point lead in the standings, and a 6-5 aggregate score over second place Chagrin Falls, the boys have assured themselves of the division title!

Congratulations to the U14 Boys team and their coach Robbie Helfgott which has just completed a 7-0-1 undefeated season in the West Side AASL B Division and took the title by 8 points, with 28 goals scored and 1 goal conceded for the season!.

This year's team went 27-4-1 in league play, scoring 102 more goals than our competition.

The Big U14 Showdown with Midview on May 11th had to be postponed due to field conditions. It appears that the game will be a winner-take-all affair for the championship if both teams earn max points next Sunday. We'll announce when it is scheduled, we'd love to have a crowd at Canterbury to cheer on our U14s to the AASL Championship!

The full weeks report, after the jump...

The U9s went to Nordonia and came back with a 7-5 win.

Tshepo's U11d1b team beat Kenston at home 5-2. Jeremy's Hat Trick (3 goals) led the team, Tladi's brace (2 goals) completed the scoring.

The U10 team played a rough, physical Twinsburg team to a 1-1 tie.

Krus' U11d1 team went into Chagrin Falls and beat a previously undefeated Chagrin Falls team 3-1.

The U12 team played to a 3-3 tie at Kenston's new football stadium.

The U13 team lost to Twinsburg 4-0.

And the U14 team dominated Fairview Park 6-0

Coach Krus' team, managed by the coaching team of Callanan and Alcorn, played a tough and disciplined game against a talented Shaker Hts team in U11d1A, and won at Shaker 5-1. All the goals were scored in the first half, and included a header off a ball bouncing in the box, a cross that deflected off a defender and in, and a screaming upper 90's shot to the far post by Charlie E. Thomas collected a hat trick in the game.

Kyle Gisser's U12s beat Twinsburg 2-1 by playing a determined defense on a week when the offense just wasn't clicking. The team simply refused to lose and it showed in their play.

Robbie Helfgott's U14 conceded their first goal of the AASL league season in a 4-1 win over North Royalton. The boys are now the only undefeated team in the AASL U14 Division B, and sit atop the standings at 3-0-1. They play 5-loss Fairview Park next Sunday, and then a showdown with 3-1-0 Midview in the game that may determine the championship next Tuesday night May 11th at Canterbury at 6:30.

The U9s beat Kenston on Sunday 3-2.

A rough week for the U13s resulted in a midweek loss against Chagrin Falls in a squeaker 3-2, then a 5-1 loss against Mentor on Sunday.

Tshepo's U11d1b boys lost to SEL 7-3, while the undermanned U10s lost to Mentor 2-0.

The U11 division 1 boys team, with substitute coaches and guest players from the other U11 team, played Chagrin Falls in Chagrin on Wednesday evening. An extremely tough and well-played game ended at 1-1 after the Heights team dominated play for most of the game. The game featured a late, unstoppable goal by Chagrin Falls and 2 penalty kicks, one stopped by goalkeeper Andrew and one, with no time left in the game, pushed just wide to the left to preserve the tie.

Everyone stepped up on this game and played their hearts out. Jordan scored his second ESK goal on a breakaway in the first half, slotting the ball shortside after outrunning the defense.

Thanks to Jack, Jeremy, Evan and Nick (from the U10 team!) who came to provide substitutes. Also, welcome back to Charlie E., returning from a broken arm!

Despite going 12-3 in their last 15 games, the U12 Boys earned their first clean-sheet in that period, defeating Mayfield 3-0. Will Meyer and Corey Griffith combined in goal for the shut-out. Griffith, James Sophia and Drew Seifert all netted goals in a game played mostly on Mayfield's side of the pitch.

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After enjoying a sucessful Fall campaign finishing in the top 3 in their league going 6-2, only losses coming to Twinsburg (1st) and Solon (2nd), the U13 boys continue their winning ways as they go indoors.

On April 29, the U8 boys team under the leadership of Bill Prendergast nearly upset the Mentor team, losing 5-4 in the last few minutes. A second-half goal-scoring run sparked by some great passing by Ryan and his line partners BJ and Jonathan took a 3-1 deficit and turned it into a 4-4 tie in the space of less than 5 minutes of play.

A great effort by a team against a very strong opponent. This team is looking for great things in the future!