Girls Soccer Prepares for the Season

Makaylie Poulin, Reporter

February 26, 2025

the girls soccer team running up and down the stairs to warm up.

Girls soccer has started preparing for their season. They have tryouts Feb. 24 and are currently doing pre-season workouts.The tryouts will be held at the soccer field at RCHS. Many of the players are working out and attending the pre-season workouts so they are fit for the season.

For senior Madeline Swisher who has been on the team for 5 years , she does extra work outside of pre-season.

“To prepare for the season, I’ve been going to the gym in my free time to lift weights and run on the treadmill. When I’ve been able to, I’ve also been going to the pre-season workouts that the coaches have been running,” said Swisher.

The team last year won 7 of their games, making it to regions for the first time. Girls soccer coach Daniel Wheeler expresses his excitement about going to Regionals.

“The season last year we went to Regionals which was the first time in a very long time for girls soccer here at Rockbridge,” said Wheeler.

There are going to be new things this season. A few new people are joining the team due to seniors leaving last year. There will also be new equipment. There will also be new moves that the team will practice to win their games.

Freshmen Lilly Johnson states what is different about this season.

“Something different this season is new people, the new soccer goals and the RCHS soccer field we will be getting, and getting new merch,” said Johnson.

For sophomore Clare Simon, her favorite part of soccer is to enjoy the experience.

“I’m really excited to meet the new people trying out and to help the program grow,” said Simon.

The girls soccer team is still getting to know each other and are working hard for tryouts. Their first game will be Friday April. 4 2025, the game will start at 7:00 and will be hosted at RCHS. Check the athletics website if you are interested in knowing more!

Lilly Johnson doing a stretch to prepare for practice. (Emily Boling)

the girls soccer team talking about their plans for practice (Emily Boling)

About the Contributors

Makaylie Poulin, Reporter

Makaylie Poulin is a sophomore at Rockbridge High School. This is her first year being a reporter and is excited to make new friends and learn more about the staff at RCHS. Outside school Poulin loves reading books, and taking pictures of nature and sunsets. Poulin loves acting and theater and is in the school’s musical production. She also loves her family and plays many board/card games with them. Poulin has moved around a lot of the United States. Her dad was in the military so she got to see a lot of the world. A club that Poulin is part of is a Project Connection. Poulin loves hanging out with her best friends and laughing at lunch with them.

Emily Boling, Reporter

Emily Boling, a senior at RCHS, is in her first year of journalism with The Prowler staff. With a position as “Reporter”, she’s excited to fill the role and report on real-time issues and events. She believes that it’s important to know what goes on in the world around you, big and small. “There wouldn’t be history if somebody hadn’t recorded the ‘now’.” Already passionate about her personal work, she’s determined to use her creativity and writing abilities to contribute to her role on The Prowler and produce adequate and necessary pieces. Outside of her work in-school, she works a job and enjoys art, singing/choir, animals, tomfoolery with her peers, and photography, as well as school sports. Being in her 5th season on the RCHS girls’ soccer team, as well as having done 2 seasons in club soccer, she loves being part of a team and working with others in order to achieve any and every goal (soccer pun!). Get ready to be so in-the-know that you’d wish you knew less.

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Girls Soccer Prepares for the Season

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