Brian Hagberg
BRADFORD, Pa. – Ten Warren soccer players, six boys and four girls, are set to showcase their skills during the 6th annual NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase in Bradford on Sunday, July 24.
This year’s showcase will feature four total matches. Boys’ and girls’ Silver and boys’ and girls’ Gold matches will be played at Parkway Field in Bradford. The girls’ Silver match kicks off at noon, followed by the boys’ Silver match at 2:30 p.m. The girls’ Gold match is set for 5 p.m. with the boys’ Gold match at 7:30 p.m.
Nine of the 10 Dragons will play in their respective Gold match.
For the Lady Dragons, Eliza Brook, Georgie Bickling, and Hailey Peterson will play in the Gold match, while Lucy Bigelow will play in the Silver match. Warren girls’ head coach Jeremy Bickling will be coaching the Gold team.
All six Warren boys players, Jack Darling, Parks Ordiway, Mark Lynds, Ethan Best, Will Nebinski, and Roman Sheets, will play in the Gold match. Warren assistant coach Chris Darling will be one of the assistant coaches for the Gold team. St. Marys’ Mike Shaffer is the Gold head coach.
“We have a really nice representation on both the girls and the boys’ teams from Warren,” Chris Darling said.
Jack Darling is playing in the showcase for the third time. Sunday will be Ordiway’s second appearance, while Lynds, Best, Nebinski, and Sheets are all playing for the first time. Sheets will be heading to Gannon University in the fall, while Best, Jack Darling, Lynds, Nebinski, and Ordiway will be seniors for the Dragons this season.
Bigelow will be a sophomore for the Lady Dragons, while Brook and Peterson enter their junior season, and Georgie Bickling will be a senior this season.
Tryouts for the annual showcase, which pits players from Pennsylvania against those from New York, were held in early April, with the rosters announced a short time later.
