The AFC Lightning

84 Gold boys team and the Lightning 84 White girs team recently captured

state titles. The boys won the 2002 Boy's U18 Georgia Snickers State Cup

and the girls won the U18 Georgia Soccer Championship.

The boys went

5-0 during the cup run defeating United Quest 6-0, Concorde 9-0 and GSA

Phoenix 3-2. In the semifinal against Columbus, Lightning was down by

three goals with 21 minutes to play. The team scored four times to make

it to the final. Lightning faced Stone Mountain Storm in the final and

won 3-2 in penalty kicks.

After a scoreless

first half, Stone Mountain took a 1-0 lead 10 minutes into the second

half. Lightning equalized 10 minutes later when Ben Link scored off of

a Warren Ukah and Omar Jarun assist. Link was involved in another goal

10 minutes later assisting a goal by Kevin Erickson. Stone Mountain tied

the game with a minute remaining. Te shootout went 19 rounds before the

Lightning stopped Stone Mountain, capturing their second state title in

three years.

The AFC Lightning

84 White team outscored their ooponents 22-0 in the first weekend of round

robin play. They defeated United Quest 83 Red 11-0, 84 Peachtree City

Lazers 8-0 and Metro North Metros 4-0. The final game pitted them against

the Tophat 02 Gold Team. The team did all of this with two players missing.

Allison graham was training with the U19 US national Team and Amy Steadman

was out due to injury.

Kristin Stewart

scored twice in the first half. April Siuda assited on the first goal

and Dana Van Winkle assisted on the second. Tophat scored towrads the

end of the first half and again in the second to tie the game and force

overtime. In overtime, Tabitha Lowey scored off of a cross from Stewart

and melanie Schneider scored off of a Van Winkle assist.

The Lightning

will play in the Region III tournament in North Little Rock, Arkansas

this summer, facing champions from 10 other southern states. Region champions

play in the nationals in Bethesda, Maryland in July.

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