Rocket girls soccer ready to get started

“I think we have a good chance (at some wins) this year as long as we play from beginning to end and not have that middle where we fall apart,” Titusville girls soccer coach Kim Wheeling said.

​Our Scrimmage Monday went well.

Wheeling’s team was pushed into a new regional schedule last year with some heavy hitters and it resulted, in the wins and losses as not a great season.
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“We played the upper echelon of the Erie county schools last year and we held our own. It was a different season last year. I knew we were going to have some struggles. But this year we have the same situation, but we know more and we can go after it.”

But Wheeling saw good things and thinks this season with some more experience and some talented freshman coming up that will get some quality playing time, that they should fare much better.
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Wheeling has a half dozen seniors with multiple years of experience. “And we have some young kids coming in a good skill sets that will add nicely to these experienced players. It’s nice to have this group of seniors being the mentors they are.”

In their part of the region she thinks they have as good a shot as any of the teams of winning.

​“How much are going to want to get the region this year, that is going to be our push. We have good solid players returning from last year. And we have a couple freshman who are going to see a lot of playing time. They worked hard over the summer”

Stamina was a factor last year, but they are working toward building that up this year with 23 players pushing each other. “They all get along too, which is a bonus.”

Cristian Popescu is Wheeling’s new assistant coach replacing long time assistant Uriah Sampson who stepped down after his daughter graduated last year.

She’s happy to play these tough teams even out of the region. 

The Region 5 teams they’ll be vying for first place are Conneaut, Corry and North East. 
Their season kicks off Saturday at noon against Grove City at Carter Field.