Rochester Pride - RSC Lightning '96

The Clinton Clean-Up campaign was launched on a beautiful November day in 2001. Now in its third year, the clean-up day has expanded to thirteen events across the watershed which ranges from Lapeer & St. Clair Counties down to Detroit and from as far west as Springfield & White Lake Townships all the way to where Clinton River empties into Lake St. Clair. This year Thunder’90 volunteered to spend their Saturday at the Paint Creek Clean-Up at Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve to police & pick up trash & litter all throughout the nature preserve and all along the Paint Creek Trailway up to Teinken Road. The great part about it is beyond the value & benefits to the community for the excellent efforts of the team, the day was just plain fun! More information on future events and the overall Conservancy efforts can be found at www.crwc.org. Pictured: (back row) Beth McBride, Alyssa Zarski, Kierston Dill, Christina Tipner, Olivia Kramer, Lisa Zelenak, Kelly Noren, Christine Winkler, Hillory Finet, (front) Merideth James, Hanna Botkin GREAT JOB GIRLS!!! The river thanks you, the birds & animals thank you, and your town thanks you!

Great job everybody! Thank you Karen Finet & Sandy James getting everybody organized. Thank you Steve Switzer for lunch. Thank you Dan & Marie Cook for the great signs. And you girls and other helpers for all your hard work - because of you, the town is beautiful with sparkly shiny cars everywhere! This was a really fun day. Click here for more pics. See you tonight at practice.

front (l-r); another camper, DC (light blue shirt), Hillary, Kelly, Lisa, Olivia, Christina, & others. Emily is in middle of the back row just to the left of the girl with the black t-shirt. Great job this week girls. I think we're off to a good start for the season and I'm very much looking forward to the beginning of team training sessions. We have 3 training session before our first scrimmage match a week from Sunday. Lets keep up the hard work.

We're looking forward to another exciting and rewarding year! Listed below are some of the events already set on the calendar for the autumn. SATURDAY MORNING KICKAROUNDS: Every Saturday 11:00 to whenever (usually an hour or so) Adams High School upper fields. You asked for them, so I'm happy to oblige. We started this a year or 2 ago in the off season and it looks like you like the idea. The idea was that since there were enough of you that wanted to get some kind of play in during the summer when there is nothing else really going on, that we just pick a time and place and do it. These aren't practices. They’re basically just pickup games totally focused on just playing and having fun – not coaching. For players (and any friends you’d like to invite) who want a chance to get out and play. TEAM CAMP: Aug 4-8: 1:00-4:00pm daily, Adams High School TEAM CAR WASH Sunday, Aug 10, 11:00-2:00 at the Shell Gas Station on the northeast corner of Adams & University. PRE-SEASON SCRIMMAGE vs. THUNDER'89: Sun, 17 Aug, 2:00 at Adams High School PRE-SEASON SCRIMMAGE vs. LAPEER BANDITS: Fri, 22 Aug, 6:30 at Lapeer East H.S., 933 S Saginaw St, Lapeer, MI. (click here for map), PRE-SEASON SCRIMMAGE vs. SAN MARINO: Wed, 27 Aug, 6:30; at Firefighters Park #2, north off Square Lake Rd. between Crooks & Coolidge. ROMEO PEACHFEST TOURNAMENT: August 29, 30, 31, Romeo MI PAINT CREEK CLEAN-UP: Sat, 13 September, 8:00-3:00. Details to follow. GLOBAL TOURNAMENT: September 19, 20, 21, Oakland University OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S SOCCER: Sunday, Oct 5, 2:00, Oakland University. Your OU Golden Grizzlies vs. the Univ. of Cincinnati Bearcats. PRACTICE SCHEDULE, as it currently stands is also posted. Please keep in mind, things may change depending on weather and other circumstances. We have drawn a funny schedule with very few matches in September. Be prepeared for some Friday or Saturday training sessions and another few scrimmages to be added to our schedule during September so that we can stay sharp.