State College High School Tournament

The State College High School Tournament held August 22nd was a rousing success. Both the JV and Varsity teams from State College, Central Mountain, Montoursville, and Milton took part in the Play Day and graciously allowed Kay and me to give mini-schpiels between games about our work with Soccer Without Borders. Many players and parents made donations and got their very own SWB T’s, and many more bid on our Raffle and Silent Auction items.



Up for grabs that day? An SWB T-Shirt signed by Brandi Chastain herself, a framed poster signed by the Bay Area WPS FC Gold Pride team, an SWB T-Shirt signed by former Penn Stater-turned-pro Tiffany Weimer, and an Ali Krieger Washington Freedom shirt signed by members of the team. These items fetched a pretty penny with signatures from Briana Scurry, Abby Wambach, Cat Whitehill, Tiffeny Milbrett, and M.A.C. Hermann Trophy winner Christine Sinclair…not to mention John Hancocks from former Penn State Women’s Soccer stars Allie Long, Erin McLeod, and Joanna Lohman. At the end of the day, we were able to raise nearly $900 for Soccer Without Borders’ project in Granada.



Special thank you to the Washington Freedom and FC Gold Pride Women’s Professional teams for putting their star power toward a good cause with the autographed gear. In particular, Ali Krieger, Tiffany Weimer, Joanna Lohman, Christie Welsh, and Brandi Chastain. Additionally, we’d like to extend a huge thank you to Kevin Morooney for his work organizing the event and putting us on the schedule. Also thank you to members of the The Booster Club for the State College Area High School Lady Little Lions Soccer team for helping put the tournament together, manning the much needed concession stand, and helping us lug those darn tables. Kay, didn’t we used to be D1 athletes? What happened?

Last but not least, thank you to the girls for willingly plopping yourselves down on the concrete to hear about our cause and for being so enthusiastic about supporting in any way you could. You’re the ones really helping make this happen.



Ooh, before we forget, congrats to Joy Gill for trumping the extremely-tough Randy Woolridge in the Silent Auction’s most exciting bidding war of the day. Congrats to the other Raffle and Silent Auction winners – Eve Beaury, Meg Ritchie, and Carol Zeiss – as well.

Keep checking back for reports on the great fundraising events in the works across the region. Have 5 friends and want to get involved? Check this out.