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U-18 Corinthians Gold Player, Garrett Gardner, Awarded Rotary Champions Medallion for Men's High School Soccer

May 6,2009 the Rotary Foundation of the Pikes Peak Region honored 440 outstanding scholar/athletes from 38 high schools. From this elite group, 24 students were chosen to receive a Champions Medallion for their respective sports. To read more, click...

For the first time in Woodland Park history, there is an under-10, all-girls, all-Teller County, competitive soccer team. Click here to read more....

NEWS

"Excellence" and "Sportsmanship" are embodied by the term Corinthians, a name adopted by soccer clubs around the world.

Corinthians Soccer Club is moving our office to a larger space on March 1, 2010.

Below is our new address.

Office Address: (until 2/28/2010)           Office Address: (effective 3/1/2010)
4239 N. Nevada Ave. Suite 101       4345 Beverly Street    Suite F
Colorado Springs, CO 80907          Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Corinthians Soccer Club offers soccer in Teller County

Red Hots are first girls U10 all-county soccer team.

by Kate Kettler

For the first time in Woodland Park history, there is an under-10, all-girls, all-Teller County, competitive soccer team.

Known as the Red Hots, they play with the Corinthians Soccer Club in Colorado Springs. The nine girls who make up the team range from ages 8 to 10 and are enthusiastic about their chance to play against the boys.

“We get to be competitive, get energy out and just have fun,” 9-year-old Hanna Chaja said.

“When I played on Parks and Rec, I never got tired. I wanted to have my parents as coaches,” said 9-year-old Maia Pappadakis, whose parents are Woodland Park High School teachers Andy and Sherry Pappadakis.

Both of Maia’s parents have played an active role in bringing more soccer-related activities to Woodland Park. Andy is the Woodland Park High School head varsity soccer coach for both the boys and girls. He also runs the summer soccer camp.

Before the Red Hots, there was no level of soccer above recreational in Woodland Park.

“We have sent individual kids [to Colorado Springs] before,” Andy Pappadakis said. “But this is the first time an all-Woodland Park team is really committed for the long haul.”

In addition to the girls team, a younger boys team is also competing with the Corinthians. To assist the Pappadakises with coaching are two former members of the WPHS girls soccer team.

College student Erin Colton is the head coach of the Red Hots.

“This is more than just wanting competition and better training, this is about building community,” Andy Pappadakis said. “I wanted to step back and let younger coaches step up. Erin was a team captain in high school. She’s [in the] top 10 percent of [all] people.”

Woodland Park High School senior Kinsey Hess also helps to coach the Red Hots, and does so for two reasons. First, she loves soccer, and second, but more importantly, she is giving the girls an opportunity she never had.

“I love winning,” she said. “But up here we are so far from club teams that when we get into the high school level we are not competitive. I wish I would have had this when I was a kid.”

On Oct 10, the Red Hots played in the fifth of their eight scheduled games. Since it is their first year, they have been playing in the developmental league for the Corinthians against co-ed or all-boys teams.

“I have seen those girls get physically plowed by boys that are much bigger than them, but they'll get right back up and keep playing,” said parent Shauna Allison. “They are a force to be reckoned with.”

“They have been doing very well in the boys league,” Andy Pappadakis said. “We are already looking forward to next year.”

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U-18 Corinthians Gold Player, Garrett Gardner, Awarded Rotary Champions Medallion for Men's High School Soccer

Garrett Gardner, who plays for Corinthians Gold U18 Boys team, and who was previously team captain for Corinthians Red, was selected as the Medallion winner for Men's Soccer. All Rotary Champions are selected based on their leadership, service and academic records. Garrett is a senior at Air Academy with a GPA of 4.65. As a junior he was awarded Outstanding Physics and German Student for Air Academy High School. He has been on numerous international ministry trips to impoverished parts of the world including Bosnia, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. One of the most meaningful trips was in Bosnia where he was able to distribute Operation Christmas Child Boxes. When at home, he tutors middle school students and assists with the Special Olympic Soccer program. Much of Garrett's leadership skills were developed on the soccer field. He played for Bruce Byington and Robert Stoeber before this season.

Tommy O'Dea, who also plays for the U-18 Corinthians Gold team, was the Men's Soccer Nominee for Cheyenne Mountain High School.

Congratulations to the U9 Boys Corinthians Wolverines for their First Place Finish at the Prodigy Cup on May 19-20. The Wolverines are coached by Jeff Bettner.

TOURNAMENT SUCCESS

It was a golden weekend for the Corinthians Soccer Club at the annual Pueblo Sunbelt Classic tournament.

The Corinthians, the smallest soccer club in Colorado Springs, entered twelve teams in the Feb. 28-March 1 tournament and five came home champions. Two more earned second-place finishes.

“It was awesome,” said Flavio Mazzetti, Corinthians founder and executive director. “We’re really excited about how well our teams played.

“It says a lot about how we’re coaching these kids, and how we’re developing these kids.”

Mazzetti said his club has focused on building premier-caliber teams and he was proud that of his 15 competitive teams, ranging from U-11 to U-18, a dozen entered and seven earned medals.

In fact, it was an all-Corinthian final in the girls U-14 bracket.

Another bracket dominated by the club was the U-18 boys where the club’s team cruised to gold with four straight shut outs, achieving maximum points each game and winning 6-0 in the championship game.

Perhaps the most exciting tournament run was turned in by the U-15 boys where Coach Michal Neppl directed his Gold team to three straight shutouts before facing the Pride Soccer Club’s Copa team in the finals – a matchup of cross-town Premier 1 rivals.

The Gold took a 1-0 lead late in the second half only to see Copa quickly answer and tie the match, forcing sudden-death overtime. Near the end of the second “golden goal” overtime, the Gold fought off a fierce Copa attack and countered with a breakaway and the winning goal.

Mazzetti said the medal haul gives the club momentum as the teams prepare for the spring season.

“We’re certainly ready to start the season,” he said. “To go down to Pueblo have this kind of success if exciting.”

Here’s the list of Corinthians’ winning teams:

BOYS

U13 Boys Corinthians Gold: Champion at the Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.

U15 Boys Corinthians Gold: Champion at Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.

U17 Boys Corinthians Red: Champion at Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.

U18 Boys Corinthians Gold: Champion at Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.

GIRLS

U10 Girls Corinthians Red: Second Place Finish at Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.

U14 Girls Corinthians Red: Champion at Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.

U14 Girls Corinthians Black: Second Place Finish at Pueblo Sunbelt Tournament.