Welcome to the online home of WC Eagles Field Hockey
We are a competitive field hockey club located in Spring City, PA. Director of Coaching Jun Kentwell is a former Chinese National Team Player and Coach and current International Umpire. Our focus is on total player development for players ages 8 to 18. We offer private individual and small group coaching in addition to our Club Program. Rates for private coaching are:
Individual: $70/hr
2 Players: $45 each/hr
3 or 4 Players: $35 each/hr
WC Eagles players selected for USA Junior National Camp and Junior Olympics
Eight W C Eagles have been selected to participate in the 2011 USA National Junior Camp from the 12th to 15th July at Old Dominion University:
Izzie Delario, AnnaBeth Donovan, Montana Fleming, Katie Gerzabek, Jessica McCarthy, Bethany Mink, Jessica Unger, and Anna Zarkoski.
USA Field Hockey has selected ten W C Eagles players to play in the 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Games in New Orleans, LA, from the 2nd to 6th August.
The W C Eagles players selected are:
Izzie Delario, AnnaBeth Donovan, Montana Fleming, Laura Hurft, Katie Kelly, Megan Kelly, Erin Matson, Lizzie Sack, Sophia Tornetta, and Jessica Unger.
You have all worked very hard and deserve these outstanding opportunities.
Congratulations to each of you
WC EAGLES INDOOR SEASON TRYOUTS
Try Outs for the W C Eagles Indoor Season Training Program and W C Eagles Teams for 2011/12 will be held at The Training Center on Sunday 14th August. There will be a second try out date of the 25th August for players who are unable to come on the 14th August.
The try outs are open to all current players and new players who are interested in training with and playing for W C Eagles.
The Indoor Season Training Program starts on the 1st November and runs through to the National Indoor Tournament in mid-March. Players train one evening a week from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at The Training Center under the guidance of Jun Kentwell, Director of Coaching, and play in tournaments, including National Indoor Qualifying Tournaments, during the indoor season.
Try Out Times on the 14th August are
Under 14 12:00 to 1:30 PM
Under 16 1:30 to 3:30 PM
Under 19 3:30 to 5:30 PM
The second try out on the 25th of August will be from 6:00 to 9:30 PM
Registration is $50
Register Online or
Register by Mail using this Form
WC EAGLES SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE NATIONAL FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to our 24 W C Eagles players and the 7 alternates who were selected from the Regional Futures Tournaments for the National Futures Championship in Virginia Beach at the end of June.
UNDER 14
Brittany Dickinson, Erin Matson, Sophia Tornetta, and Claire Webb - alternate Nicole Catalino (all PA)
UNDER 16
Rebecca Brocious, Annabeth Donovan, Jessica Grose, Lauren Jacobsen, Kate Kelly, Megan Kelly, Lizzie Sack, Jessica Unger (all PA), Izzie Delario (DE/MD) and Montana Fleming (NJ) - alternates Emily Faught, Becca Zamojcin (all PA) and Reina Kern (NJ)
UNDER19
Sam Carlino, Kate Ferrara, Chandler Giese, Bethany Mink, Samantha Neuber, Carloine Troncelliti (all PA) Jessica Barfield (NC) and Sarah Clark, Nikki Miller and Kelly Ann Quinn (NJ) - alternates Kendall Weedling, Ainslie Rhoads (all PA) and Joelle Prettyman (DE/MD)
Good luck to all of you.
WC EAGLES SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE 2011 JUNIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Six WC Eagles have been selected to play in the 2011 Junior Women's National Championships in Virginia Beach.
Kate Ferrara, Lindsay McArdle, Jessica McCarthy and Anna Zarkoski will play for New Jersey, Caroline Troncelliti for the South and Julie Hodge for Mid-Atlantic.
Congratulations and Good Luck to all of you.
GOLD FOR KATIE GERZABEK IN THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Katie Gerzabek played in all six games for New Jersey as her team went on to win the Women's National Championships which was held at American University last week. By all accounts Katie, the only high school player on the Championship team, had an outstanding tournament.
WC EAGLES SELECTED TO USA NATIONAL INDOOR TEAMS
Twelve W C Eagles players have been selected to the USA Under 19 Indoor Team that will be training in preparation for the 2013 Pan American Junior Indoor Cup. The 12 players selected are:
Annabeth Donovan, Emily Faught, Katie Ferrara, Nikki Freeman, Maddie Joyce, Katie Kelly, Erin Matson, Bethany Mink, Samantha Neuber, Ainslie Rhoads, Jessica Unger, and Becca Zamojcin.
Six W C Eagles players have been selected to the USA National Women's Indoor Team in preparation for the 2012 Pan Am Women's Indoor Cup - Kelsey Byrne, Carolyn Cabrey, Deanna DiCroce, Katie Gerzabek, Mia Rosati, and Emily Valeo.
Congratulations to all of you
Jun
EIGHT WC EAGLES TEAMS CROWNED 2011 NIT CHAMPIONS
Two long National Indoor Tournament weekends culminated in W C Eagles becoming Champions in 8 Pools for the second consecutive year and were the only club to win more than two Pools!! Our U16 Diamonds, playing with poise, speed, strong defense, and clinical finishing, repeated as National Under 16 Indoor Champions - with eight of the nine players returning to win their 2nd Under 16 National title!
GOLD AND SILVER AT DISNEY: WC EAGLES U16 CROWNED DISNEY CHAMPIONS FOR THE 3RD TIME IN 5 YEARS!
Our three WC Eagles teams faired very well at the Disney showcase tournament, all moving through the elimination process to qualify for the top tier of the competition, with the U16 team coming home as undefeated 2011 Disney U16 Champions, the U19 Blue with the Under 19 silver medals, and U19 Gold reaching the Under 19 quarter finals in the field of 80 teams from throughout the USA and Canada.
Congratulations to Our WC Eagles Players Who Have Been Selected for the USA National Junior Training Camp and to Compete in the Junior Olympics
USA UNDER 21 NATIONAL JUNIOR CAMP
Katie Briglia, Deanna DiCroce, Katie Gerzabek, and Julie Hodge,
USA UNDER 16 NATIONAL JUNIOR CAMP
Kate Ferrara, Jessica McCarthy, Heather Morris, and Kendall Weedling
JUNIOR OLYMPICS
Jessica Barfield, Rebecca Brosious, Kate Ferrara, Montana Fleming, Chandler Giese, Jessica McCarthy, Emily McCauley, Heather Morris, Joelle Prettyman, Moira Putsch, and Kendall Weedling.
This is a great credit to your hard work and dedication.
Congratulations and good luck to each of you - I know you will all play well!
Jun
2010 National Futures Championship and Women's National Championship Selections
Congratulations to the following W C Eagles players who will be competing at the 2010 National Futures Championships in Virginia Beach:
Under 14: Reina Kern (NJ), Moira Putsch (PA), and Sophia Tornetta (PA)
Under 16: Jessica Barfield (South), Rebecca Brosious (PA), Kate Ferrara (PA), Chandler Giese (PA), Montana Flemming (NJ), Emily McCauley (PA), Jessica McCarthy (PA), Heather Morris (PA), Joelle Prettyman (DE), Kendal Weedling (PA) and Erin Lindsey-Matire (Coach PA)
Under 19: Sam Carlino (PA), Katie Gerzabek (PA), Rachel Leskowicz (PA), Lindsay McArdle (PA), Kasey Prettyman (DE), Caroline Troncelliti (PA) and Jun Kentwell (Coach PA)
And also to the following W C Eagles Players who have been selected from the USA High Performance Training Sites and will be competing in the USA Women's National Championships in Virginia Beach:
Junior Women's National Championships: Katie Briglia (NJ), Tori Lindsey (PA),Lindsay McArdle (NJ), Julie Hodge (Mid Atlantic), Marla Petriello (Mid-Atlantic), and Jessica Barfield (Alternate South)
Women's National Championships: Deanna DiCroce (PA), Katie Gerzabek (NJ) and Kim Romansky (South)
NATIONAL INDOOR
CHAMPIONS!
In all, eight WC Eagles teams came away Pool Champions at the National Indoor Tournament in Virginia Beach. Our U19 White team repeated as U19 National Champions after winning the coveted "A" Pool. Heather Morris was the tournament's leading scorer with 25 goals and her WC Eagles U16 Blue team was the highest scoring team with 45 goals in 7 games.
Gerzabek Chosen for US National U17 Squad
Congratulations to our junior Katie Gerzabek who has been chosen to play for the USA Under 17 team in the 2010 Pan American Youth Championships to be played in Montevideo, Uruguay from the 13th - 20th March, 2010.
Congratulations Taryn on Your NCAA Championship!
WC Eagles Alum Taryn Gjurich, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, is a member of the UNC team which won the NCAA Division 1 National Collegiate Championship with their 3 -2 victory over the University of Maryland. Taryn scored in the semi final to put the Tar Heels 2 -1 up and on their way to beat the University of Virginia.
Taryn was a part of our very successful WC Eagles U19 team, winning National Hockey Festival, Disney, and National Indoor Tournament "A" Pool titles in her junior and senior years with W C Eagles.
Jun had the honor of umpiring both the UNC vs UVA semi-final on Friday and the NCAA Final.