Congrats: Top 15

This morning, four senior Newport Harbor Field Hockey players were among the thirty student athletes from Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar High Schools honored for their athletic and academic achievements, as well as community involvement, at the 50th Annual Athletic Awards Breakfast. Special guest speaker, John Vallely, a Corona del Mar High School Alum, Former Houston Rocket and UCLA Basketball 1970 Championship Team Captain, gave an inspirational message and shared about his experiences with basketball coach John Wooden. Thank you to the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce for hosting such a special event to recognize the student athletes.

Congratulations to Stephanie Storch, Madeline Storch, Natalie Swift, and Mary Yeager for this exciting honor.

You can find a full list of the thirty student athletes in the sports section of today’s edition of the Daily Pilot.

Thank You!

A big thank you goes out to Booster President Jeff Chandler (and anyone else who may have helped) for setting up the field hockey goals. The girls were very excited to use them today.


Another special thank you to Newport Harbor Field Hockey Alum and the 2010-2011 JV Coach, Sasha Grumman, for coming to visit at practice today!

Summer Camp Info

Summer Camp is coming! Just some information and a few reminders:

JUNIOR HIGH SUMMER CAMP
Junior High Camp Registration is still open. JH Camp will consist of 7th and 8th graders of fall ’11. Incoming freshman will be in the High School Summer Camp. Be sure to get registration sent in asap as we only have 40 spots. Registration close will be announced at www.newportharborfieldhockey.com.

HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP
Reminder that the Athletics_Clearance_Packet will be due on the first day of summer camp, as well as the Newport Harbor Field Hockey Summer Camp 2011 Registration Form and Contribution.

If you have any questions please email us at newportharborfieldhockey@gmail.com.

Update on Sasha

Newport Harbor Field Hockey Alum and 2010-2011 JV Coach, Sasha Grumman, sent us an update on how she is doing in culinary school. Thanks Sash!

Sasha spent time in New York City earlier this year: “NYC is fun/exhausting…as you can imagine. School is going well. Pretty long days: 9:30 – 3:30 in the kitchen every day and then Italian language class for 2 hours almost every day. An example of a full course that we will do in a day is a salad with pancetta dressing and a poached egg, then potato gnocchi with a sage sauce, and then a roasted rack of lamb and artichokes. Everything is timed and they watch your every move, but it’s fun! Love the adrenaline rush. Italian is also going super well. Knowing Spanish has helped a lot. Overall, I am super happy with the experience and have been learning a lot. We’ve been able  to work with a wide range of ingredients; everything from octopus and cuttlefish to rabbits and quails. We’ve also broken down ducks and filleted all kinds of fish. While it’s fun here, I do miss you all and it’s always so great to hear from the field hockey family!”

Sasha is now in the second part of her program, which is in Italy: “Italy is absolutely amazing. So much more exciting than NYC, which I thought was impossible. The food is amazing, I’m meeting a lot of Italian students and speaking broken Italian and English. The school is beautiful and I have a great apartment! Things are going well!”

Sasha starts her internship next week at a restaurant called Da Caino in Tuscany. Good luck Sasha, keep in touch!