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Kelly Yates
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Gateway Field Hockey
2406 Forest Leaf Pkwy. St. Louis, MO 63011

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Following are pictures from the Gateway Field Hockey teams which played in the 2008 USFHA Disney Classic in Orlando, FL. Gateway had six (6) teams participate at Disney: two (2) in each division (U-19; U-16; and U-14).

Gateway Field Hockey's U-19 RED team won it's pool at the recent USFHA Disney Classic, and finished 5th among 48 teams in the U-19 Divison.

GATEWAY FIELD HOCKEY'S U-19 RED TEAM

(front) Morgan Hammer - goalie (Fox Chapel / Pittsburgh)
(2nd row - left to right) Emily Brcic (Lafayette HS); Nina Walters (Lafayette HS); Bridgette Shamleffer (St. Joseph); Allyson Berklacy (Holland Hall / Tulsa); Martha O'Connell (John Burroughs);
Tara Zika (Ursuline).
(back row - left to right) Coach Margo McMahon; Christie O'Hara (John Burroughs); Morgan Clark (Whitfield / Ohio State University); Ashley Espy (Country Day / Ft. Worth); Cate Levis (MICDS); Caroline Stephens (MICDS); Coach Kate O'Connell.

Gateway's U-19 WHITE Team

(front - left to right): Julie Whitney (Cor Jesu); Natalie Dobbin (Ladue); Christine
Hibler (Lafayette); (2nd row) Erin Dye (Cor Jesu); Lauren Oberle (Cor Jesu);
Chelsey Medlock (Lafayette); Maddie Conklin (Lafayette); Katrin Renner (John
Burroughs); (3rd row): Molly Leonard (Cor Jesu); Brit Donaldson (Lafayette);
Danielle Fuchs (Marquette); Coach Michelle Simpson;
(Not Pictured): Kelsey Wilson (Kirkwood) & Coach Kate O'Connell

Gateway's U-14 RED Team
(front / left to right): Courtney Emert; Carolina Lee (VA); Chandler Helms (OK); Maya Shiff (OK); Emily Gibson; Emma Compton; Ashley Gatlin (Edwardsville). (back): Coach Julie Connor; Taylor Tusinski; Gabrielle Calandrino; Kate Barber; Annelise Lulow; Annie Beath; Maddie Hicks; NOT PICTURED - Alec Lage (not available due to illness).

Gateway U-14 WHITE Team

[left to right] (sitting): Linday Dames; Caitline Howley; Ellie Dobrowski (TX);
(kneeling): Cooper Hudspeth; Caroline Wright; Sydney Tomaso; Megan Hutchinson (CO)
(standing): Anya Gersoff (CO); Raine Parker; Ashley Freeman; Courtney Brooks; Sarah
Bippen; Catherine Freeman; Ali Hennessey; Coach Devon Marshall.

Gateway's U-16 WHITE Team

(front / left to right): Dana Magruder (Ladue); Amanda Reiss (Marquette); Shannon Regan (Marquette); Christine Albertelli (Marquette); Shannon Knobloch (Lafayette); Demi Wideman (Villa); Carson Mathis (Okla City); Cat Rinaldi (Crestview). (second): Grace Renner (John Burroughs); Abbey Helle (Marquette)r; Sherene Iskander (Tulsa); Emma Steele (Tulsa); Marisa Hendel (Marquette); Margaux Dames (Villa); Molly Flood (Villa); Coach Kelly Giles. (back): Megan Howley (Ascension); Nicole Frazier (Okla. City); Elizabeth Soffer (John Burroughs); Coach Devon Marshall.

Gateway's U-16 RED Team

(front / left to right): Jordan Majka (IL); Audrey McCandless (Visitation); Allison Weisenfels (MICDS); Kelly Moran (IL); Katie Greaves (Hixson); Katherine Cook (IL); Lindsay Carr (Lafayette). (back row): Coach Leah Jones; Emily Valli (John Burroughs); Grace Fisher
(St. Joseph); Rachel Fuchs (Ursuline); Carter Newton (MICDS); Hayley Wright (MQP);
Tori Lage (Sacred Heart); Hannah Eades (Nipher-Kirkwood); Kylee Emert (MICDS);
Abbey Angevine (Lafayette); Ellen Kaster (Pembroke / KC)

Gateway teams had a great time at the 2008 Disney Classic - lots of smiling faces

Time for fun at Sea World and at Disney World

Cindy Brcic, Dawn Walters, Cheryl Lawless, Gateway director / owner Kelly Yates,
Coach Julie Connor, and Coach Devon Marshall

Played at Disney's Wide World of Gateway has strong teams / players
Sports - Orlando, Florida U-19 Morgan Clark (Ohio State signee)

Making friends - Gateway has players from St. Louis and other parts of the country.
Gateway also selects players who have impressed staff members at various camp sites.
Pictured: Carolina Lee (Fredericksburg, VA) with St. Louis' Annelise Lulow & Kate Barber.

         Allyson Berklacy - Holland Hall / Tulsa         Ashley Espy - Country Day / Ft. Worth

Gateway players taking a break between games outside the All-Star Cafe

U-14's Kate Barber U-14's Carolina Lee

Annelise Lulow scores a game winner off an assist from Carolina Lee

Classy Gateway gear; making new friends; team bonding; more smiling faces.
GO GATEWAY!

U-14 parents from St. Louis who made the trip with Gateway

U-14's Emily Gibson U-14's Maddie Hicks

Coach Connor giving halftime instructions with the Disney Wide World of Sports Baseball
Stadium in the background. It's the spring training home for the Atlanta Braves.

YAWN - team warmups at 6:30 a.m. to be ready for a 7 start Annelise making a run

Emily Gibson battling a Wisconsin player

(left to right): Maddie Hicks, Coach Julie Connor; Emma Compton;
Carolina Lee; and Annelise Lulow

Courtney Emert / U-14 Kate Barber & Annelise Lulow

Courtney Emert sending a pass upfield towards her teammates

Chandler Hems; Ashley Gatlin; and Gabrielle Calandrino playing a defensive corner

Sportsmanship: Gateway squad lining up to shake hands with an opponent

Gateway playing defense Gateway on the attack

Smiles and "way-to-go" after a tough victory

Lafayette HS U-19 players: Brit Donaldson, Chelsey Medlock, & Christine Hibler

Coach Kate O'Connell with Cor Jesu / Gateway girls: Molly Leonard;
Erin Dye; Julie Whitney and Lauren Oberle

U-19 RED circling up to defend against a free hit

Molly, Bridgette, and Morgan getting ready to intercept a ball

Cate Levis breaks away on the right wing Allyson Berklacy - making pass to a teammate

Nina Walters making a move on the goal and ready for a shot

Good job Nina: Walters being congratulated by her teammates while carrying
the ball out after scoring for Gateway in a win

Emily Brcic - Lafayette junior Cate Levis (MICDS) blows by opponent

Cate Levis & Nina Walters moving up field Lafayette junior Nina Walters

Whitfield HS star and Ohio State signee Morgan Clark, who has been a part of
Gateway Field Hockey since the 4th grade and MICDS' Cate Levis getting set on defense

Gateway's director - Kelly Yates with Lafayette's Christine Hibler and
coaches Julie Connor and Devon Marshall

Chow Time (left to right): Carolina Lee (U-14); Michelle Simpson (U-16 coach and
an All-American at Albany); Kate O'Connell (U-19 coach, daughter, and senior
starter at Indiana University); Margot McMahon (U-19 coach, Iowa star / grad, and
former coach at Whitfield HS); Kelly Yates and Joe Yates

A FAMILY AFFAIR: Kelly Yates with granddaughter Carolina Lee, who made her
debut with Gateway at the Disney Classic, Joe Yates, and daughter Kate O'Connell,
who is graduating from Indiana after playing 4 years (2 as a starter) for the Hoosiers
and graduating as the school's 3rd all-time scorer. Kate has worked Gateway Camps
and leagues and will become more involved with the Club Teams if she returns to
St. Louis after graduating in May. Kate's sister, Meg, a sophomore and two year starter
at Indiana couldn't attend this year's Classic due to a hectic class schedule, but she
also assists with the camps and leagues during the summer and over school breaks.

Jenna Compton and Kate Ruddy each receive $500 Gateway Scholarships for college.
-->> click here to read about their awards