The North Branch Area High School's girls soccer program is for beginner & highly competitive female student-athletes in grades 7-12. It is an all encompassing program that goes beyond soccer developing academic, social leaders and exceptional young adults.
Serve our student-athletes by creating a positive environment aiming for excellence & commitment in academics, soccer, social responsibility & leadership.
Provide a positive culture of FUN and program wholeness.
Develop our student-athletes abilities in all 4 pillars of soccer (technical, tactical, physical & psychosocial).
Create a highly competitive program to focus on our standard of play as a result of our culture & player development.
JVII/C-Squad
Entry level to soccer as a student-athlete.
Focus is on fun & basic soccer principles.
Players are able to get accustomed to the entire school program.
Players are able to learn various positions.
Development is the primary focus in lieu of winning.
Junior Varsity
The most competitive level of play immediately under varsity.
Includes all student-athletes grades 7-12 who are not permanently on varsity.
May also contain middle school players who have the physical ability to compete at the high school level.
Players will continually be monitored for ability to play at the varsity level.
Commit to full integration into the program's culture.
Focus is on developing our standard of play and level of competitiveness needed for varsity level of play.
Varsity
The most competitive team & level of play within the program.
Comprised of those top players identified through the tryout process regardless of grade, but typically is 9-12.
Have the ability to make a full commitment to the program & varsity team.
Individuals who best represent the program culture.
Goals are to compete at the highest level possible throughout the season in conference and post season play.
Winning is one of our goals, but we understand that it is a by-product of our program's culture and standard of play. It is our culture and standard of play that defines us.