UPDATE —LEBEC, CA (Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 at 4 p.m.)—Wednesday, March 4 is the date set for the Falcon Division VI champions to go up against Division V champions for the right to play in the State CIF finals. Will they be able to run and kick their way to another level? Coach Lemburg says the game will be at 7p.m. at either Fowler or McFarland. We’ll post the location here as soon as it is confirmed.
This means that the Frazier Mountain High School team, from a school with under 300 students, will now be playing schools that have enrollments of 800 to over 1,000. But these Falcons love a challenge. Let’s cheer them on. Go Falcons.
UPDATE —LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 at 9:20 p.m.)—Frazier Mountain High Schools’ Lady Falcons soccer team were victorious in a 2-0 game against Fresno Christian this evening. They are now the champions of the Central Section CIF Division VI. Coach Sharon Lemburg said she doesn’t know what happens next. “You have to be selected for State,” Lemburg said, adding that it is not clear when that announcement will be made.
Lady Falcons Win Second Play-off Match, to Head to Championship Game Tuesday
UPDATE —LEBEC, CA (Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 at 7 a.m.)—The Lady Falcons soccer team plays tonight in Fresno for the Central California Section Championship, Division VI. “Either way we are Finalists or Champions in Section,” wrote Coach Sharon Lemburg. She said the game begins at 7 p.m., against Fresno Christian.
UPDATE —LEBEC, CA (Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.)—The Lady Falcons soccer team won their second playoff game 2-2 Saturday in overtime at Riverdale High School. The next game is Tuesday for the championship at 6:30 p.m. [revised to 7 p.m.-editor] against Fresno Christian, Coach Sharon Lemburg said.
UPDATE—Undefeated Dream Team Finally Drops One, In Playoffs UPDATE —LEBEC, CA (Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 at 12:30 p.m.)—The undefeated Frazier Mountain High School Boys Soccer team fought an epic battle with Bakersfield Christian on Friday night. The two teams tied 2-2, went into double overtime, and then finally lost on a penalty kick, according to Assistant Coach Rory Worster. The Falcons took the championship of the High Desert League in an inspiring run for the season. This is their third conquest of the High Desert soccer championship trophy, the first time they have won it two years in a row. The Falcons tied for first place with Bishop in 2014. Both teams were declared winners. This year the Falcons holds the trophy alone.
The Lady Falcons soccer team is playing their second playoff game at 2 p.m. today at Riverdale High School for the semifinals. “If we win, we will play on Tuesday for the Championship at 6:30 p.m. against Fresno Christian,” Coach Sharon Lemburg said.
UPDATE—LEBEC, CA (Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.)–The FMHS Boys Falcon soccer team is playing tonight in the Quarter Finals against Bakersfield Christian at 6:30 p.m. If they win they will play next Tuesday in the semifinals at 6:30.
The girls soccer game was postponed Thursday, reports Coach Sharon Lemburg. It will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Riverdale High School for the semifinals. “If we win we will play on Tuesday for the Championship at 6:30 p.m. against Fresno Christian,” Lemburg said.
FMHS Lady Falcons Win First Playoff Game 3-0
LEBEC, CA (Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 at 9 a.m.)–The Frazier Mountain High School girls soccer team won their match in Arvin 3-0 last night. On Thursday they go to semifinals against Riverdale High School, reports Donna Van Hooser at FMHS.
“Yes! 3-0! Go Falcons!!” VanHooser writes.
The boys team will have a playoff game on Friday. The location will be announced shortly.
LEBEC, CA (Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 at 2:28 p.m.)—Changes again: Girls soccer coach and Frazier Mountain High School Athletic Director Sharon Lemburg said today that there will be no home games for playoffs for either FMHS soccer team.”All soccer playoff games are away,” Lemburg said.
The change came about when the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section invoked a sanction against High Desert League (HDL) teams. The sanction was applied when High Desert League moved from the Southern to the Central California Section. Part of the agreement. Lembur said, “is a three year ban on home games for playoffs” [for HDL teams]. Earlier, she said she thought the ban had been rescinded. That turns out not to be the case.
Lebec, CA (Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 at 7:58 a.m.)–Here’s the update on soccer playoffs from Sharon Lemburg, athletic director for Frazier Mountain High School and coach of the girls’ soccer team:
• Falcon girls play on Tuesday against Arvin at 6:30 p.m. If we win we play on Thursday at home at 6:30. If we win we play next Tuesday away for the Championship.
• Falcon boys play on Friday at home at 6:30 p.m., If they win they play the following Wednesday at home at 6:30 p.m.. And if they win that game they would play away for the Championship.
This is part of the February 20, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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