We're KaPow'in It!

This summer was filled with loads of hockey! But we loved every minute!

We started at Wyoming Area, where we had a great time with girls from all around the area. One day it rained, but we made the best of it and went inside and played dodgeball and performed skits. Once the rain cleared, we were back outside only to have it rain on us again! The rest of the week was clear skies though.

Wyoming Area 5-day Camp

We headed to Lake-Lehman for a two-day clinic then to Louisville, Kentucky for a two-day clinic. We got lucky again with the weather and it was absolutely beautiful days to be playing hockey!

Lake Lehman

Then it was onto preparing for our one-day KaPow Elite Kamp and overnight outdoor KaPow Adventure Kamp held at Whitewater Challengers Campground and Crestwood's turf. We believe it's not just all about hockey. It's a balance in life between hockey and other things that bring joy. So at camp, our ideas were a little different from others. We had two short and sharp field hockey sessions at the turf. Then in the evening, we did other light fitness activities and intense fun competitions that bring in concepts of working with others and being an all-around athlete, and having fun doing it! Then we relaxed and ate s'mores, listened to music, and talked around the campfire.

Following the camp was our 3rd-annual Whitewater Field Hockey Festival where 16 teams at the high school level competed in front of 15 college coaches from all over the east coast and midwest. The finals were competitive and fierce. A pizza social followed where all of the players, parents, and coaches of the tournament were invited to King's Pizzeria.

Our middle school division followed on Sunday and unfortunate for them, the first couple of games were a bit wet! But they were troopers and powered through the wind and rain.

Monday was our first KaPow Hockey Klub practice combined with our Twinkling Stars youth program open play. The turnout was fantastic and we were able to meet more of the players in the Klub as well as introduce field hockey to the younger age groups.

All of the preparation was tediuos, but it was completely worth it knowing everyone got a little something from our experiences and coaching.. at least, we hope so!!! Now it's time to get ready for the indoor season.

Congratulations!

At this year's NFCs, we had 6 KaPow Klub members compete and medal at the tournament.

Congratulations ladies! We're so proud of you!

Ashley Sebia - Sem - U16 Kutztown Gold

Dominique Pasqualichio - WVW - U19 Lancaster Bronze

Jess Newak - Crestwood - U16 Kutztown Gold

Kelcie Hromisin - WVW - U16 Kutztown Gold

Kayla Garzio - Hazleton - U16 West Chester Silver

Missy Ramsey - Del Val - U16 Kutztown Gold

KaPow's First Klub Adventure!

Hello!

It has been awhile since our last blog entry, our apologies!   Things are just getting started with our kamps, tournament, and klub.   Lets just say Kayla and I go to bed every night thinking, what do we have to do next!?   With all of our events only a few weeks away, it's crunch time!   

Inbetween all of the craziness we managed to get away for our first fundraising event for the KaPow Indoor Klub!   It seems as though everything is moving so quickly, before you know it we will be playing for the championships at NIT's!   

Although we only had one family in attendance, we had an amazing time, determined to soak each and every raft that seemed to be enjoying the dry clothes just a little bit to much!   By the end of the trip, lets just say we had people jumping off their rafts attacking us, not so sure we made too many friends that day!  

We are excited to see the fundraiser grow, and next year possibly soaking other KaPow families instead of strangers!!  But, we both want to thank everyone that we have gotten the chance to work with so far for their enthusiasm and eagerness to help us along this process.  We are excited to see the progression of the sport we all love, and thrilled that we have found a group of people that feel the same way.  To those that we have not met yet, there are good times to come in the future!  

Till the next time......enjoy this beautiful summer weather!

Lauren