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Nighttime cart parade for the holidays and Murieta boys take soccer title

Published Tuesday, November 28, 2006

All aboard! The parade of holiday-decorated and lighted golf carts will be bigger than ever this year when it tours the North and South on Dec. 17. Also, the Eagles take flight to win the soccer championship in the closest game ever.

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Getting ready for the Holiday Golf Cart Parade

Kiwanis committee member Al Dolata along with his wife, Judy, and Jack the poodle have already started decorating their cart for the Dec. 17 golf cart parade.

By Al Dolata

This year the Kiwanis Club is sponsoring the Holiday Lighted Golf Cart Parade in cooperation with Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters Walt White and Tim Mabee.  White and Mabee, who are RM residents, are arranging to have an antique fire truck lead the parade.  Also expected to ride are Santa Claus himself and a group of Christmas carolers led by Lee Holm.

Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the best lighted and decorated carts, and the Kiwanis Club is offering technical advice on how to power the lights. Call Kiwanis members Clint Souza at 354-8619 or Pat Orman at 354-0889 for help.  

The parade is planned for Sunday, Dec. 17.  Golf carts are invited to rally at the parking lot adjacent to the Country Club tennis courts at 5:15 p.m., where the judging will take place. (See the Kiwanis' parade route map here.)

“Wheels up” takes place at 5:45, when the carts proceed south across the Yellow Bridge to rendezvous with the fire engine at the corner of Seguridad and Reynosa drives.  The parade will continue on Reynosa, with stops along the way for caroling, including one at Riverview Park.  After touring on Reynosa and Celebrar drives, the parade will head back to the Yellow Bridge by way of the Parkway to begin the North run.

On the North, the parade will make the Guadalupe loop, taking the Trinidad cut-off.
After stopping here and there for the carolers, it will return to the Country Club parking lot, where trophies and prizes will be awarded.

Kiwanis Event Chair John Padgett (354-1520) emphasized that the success of the parade depends on golf cart participation, so “come one, and come all!”  Padgett also expressed the Kiwanis Club’s sincere thanks to Asa Jennings, who started the parade in 2002, and who this year lent expert advice, and to the Rancho Murieta Country Club for its gracious consent for the use of the Yellow Bridge.

Murieta team wins soccer championship

The U-12B Eagles took home the medals.

By Vicky Fagan

The U-12B Eagles of the Rancho Murieta Soccer Club emerged as the 2006 soccer champions Nov. 11 after defeating the Monterrey Trails in an extraordinary contest between two well-matched teams of 10- to 12-year-old boys.

Although the Eagles came into the championship game in a strong position with three wins in the preliminary matches, the strong Monterrey Trails team had beaten them in two of their last three contests.

The time, game ended in a no-score tie. That made for an exciting tie-breaking penalty kick conclusion in which Tyler Weathersbee’s skills as the Eagles’ goalie played a crucial role.

The tie continued in the first round of penalty kicks. The Eagles finally broke the tie in the second round by making five shots to the Monterrey Trails team's four to secure the championship.

The Eagles teammates have been together   for seven years under the coaching staff of Ron Schaub,   Curt Ragsdale, Mo Schieber and Brad Werner. This is the   boys’ first championship. The team consists of players Colton Book, Brett Elgin, Jacob Fagan, Brady Guertin, Steven Johnson, Ryan Moe, Austin Ragsdale, Cody Rayfield, Morris Scheiber, Carson Schaub, Logan Schroeder, Scotty Votino, Tyler Weathersbee, Jacob Werner and Trevor Widler.