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Congratulations to juniors, Sarah Son and Abby Stivers who will compete in the KHSAA Girls State Golf Tournament at the Bowling Green Country Club next week.  Click Here to view tee times.  Good luck Sarah and Abby!

Earlier this season Teddy Bridgewater passed Stefan LeFors (5,853 yards) to move into 5th place in career yardage at UofL. The speedster from Louisiana led the Cards to 20 wins from 2003 to 2004. In 2004, UofL went 11-1, capped off by a 44-40 win over Boise State in the Liberty Bowl. LeFors played in both the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. He is currently in his third season as the head football coach at Christian Academy of Louisville. His Centurions are off to a 5-0 start, the best in school history.

KENT TAYLOR: What is the mood around school, and how excited is the Christian Academy community with your team off to a 5-0 start?

STEFAN LeFors: A lot of excitement, a lot of people excited about when our next game is, and a lot of congratulations. The mood is very, very good on campus. The guys are excited and they look forward to each and every practice and game.

TAYLOR: Before the year, did you think that this could be a special season?

LeFors: I knew it could be a good year. Our guys have worked hard all offseason, and we tell the guys all the time, if they work hard, good things will happen. We had some good players, but you never know how the ball bounces, it bounces some funny way sometimes. So far for us, it’s been bouncing our way. I don’t know if I could have told you three months ago that we’d be sitting here undefeated, midway through the year, but I felt good about our team and I still do.

TAYLOR: Did you always know that you would go into coaching?

LeFORS: I love the game and knew I couldn’t play forever. It’s a funny business when you’re a player. When I got done, I didn’t know what I was going to do. Sports has been a part of my whole life. I knew that I wanted to be around the game in some way. What better way than to be a high school coach and work with young people and teach them the game that I was blessed to play for a long time. I learned from a lot of great people. I felt that it was my calling to pass that down to young men.

TAYLOR: Was there a moment that you knew that your playing career was over?

LEFORS: It got to a point where the game itself was still fun, it was the stuff off the field that became a hassle. Playing up in Canada was great, you know I met a lot of great people, but starting a young family, with two young kids at the time, and going back and forth from Canada to the States became hard. The things off the field became more and more of a business, with the contract. So I felt it was my time. I didn’t know I was going to get into coaching right off the bat. I wanted to stay close to the game in some way and luckily this opportunity opened up and I couldn’t be happier.

TAYLOR: Who would you say you model your coaching after, is there a coaching mentor you have?

LEFORS: I’ve grabbed bits and pieces from a lot of the coaches that I played for. I don’t really know if there’s one guy. You see how certain people take command of the room, and how some coaches treat their team and their players. I’ve had a lot of great coaches from high school all the way through the professional level. Just treat people well, the way I’d like to be treated, and just have fun with our guys.

TAYLOR: When you sent a tape to the University of Louisville, how many schools did you send a tape to?

LeFors: Probably 20 or 25.

TAYLOR: Do you ever look back at the way it all has worked out for you and say wow, that’s pretty phenomenal the way it came together for me?

LEFORS: Absolutely. We know we all have a purpose and a plan and God has a plan for all of us. Looking back, I could have easily ended up at SMU or Rice, I don’t want to knock those programs, but those are the types of schools that I sent film to. I didn’t know what the heck was going to happen. I’m very fortunate, looking back, very, very lucky to have an opportunity to go to Louisville. At the time I didn’t know a whole lot about Louisville. I knew their offense was fun to watch and that it would be a pretty cool system to be a part of. It’s been a great ride, I had a lot of success there at Louisville, the fans have been great. Everything about it, and that’s why we’re still here in Louisville, raising a family.

TAYLOR: That Miami game in 2004, even though it was a loss, to me it was one of the most important games in the building of this program. How often do you think about that and what could have been?

LEFORS: That game was tough. It was a fun atmosphere, guys were ready to play and we came out firing. We couldn’t have started any better, I don’t think. The things that I think back about the game are Devin Hester and a couple of bounces that didn’t go our way towards the end, that we could have sealed the game, but we didn’t. Plus the fact that I couldn’t finish that game, but knowing that I gave it all that I had up until that point. It definitely put us on the big landscape of college football, for sure.

TAYLOR: That 2004 team finished 11-1, that was your only loss, does that team not get as much credit as it deserves, when it comes to talking about the better teams in school history?

LEFORS: We were loaded. We don’t get in the big time discussion, you know greatest of all-time at Louisville because we were in Conference-USA. We couldn’t help who we were playing. We went out there and handled our business. Week in and week out, we were putting big numbers up on the board. When we had an opportunity to play Boise State in that Liberty Bowl, two top 10 teams, it was a fun game and we pulled that one out. I don’t know if we don’t get enough attention. I know we were loaded and we had a lot of fun moving the ball up and down the field and playing fast. It was a great team to be a part of and very fun.

TAYLOR: What are your impressions of Teddy Bridgewater?

LEFORS: He’s throwing the ball all over the field. What I love about him is he’s very poised. All the things that you hear about the good quarterbacks, he’s got all of it. He’s never too high, he’s never too low, and I know him a little bit. He’s a great quarterback, but he’s even a better person. You can’t help but root for someone like Teddy. He’s doing his thing, he’s getting a lot of guys involved, and he’s got command of the offense for that team and it’s fun to watch.

article posted 9/26/13  http://www.voice-tribune.com/sports/taylors-10/a-winning-play-for-stefan-lefors/

The CAL girls’ varsity soccer team won the Male Bulldog Cup this past week with resounding victories over Mercy, Central Hardin and Male! Kenzie Dannelly, Erin Scheiter and Molly Andres were named to the all-tournament team.

CAL 1 Mercy 0
Senior co-captain Annie Beanblossom, back in the lineup following an injury week off, led the CAL girls to another great team defensive effort along with Sophie Schulz, Corinne Warlick, Laura English and goalie Molly Andres to record their third shutout this season in Tuesday’s 1-0 victory over rival Mercy. Nifty and nimble Megan Mintman and Erin Scheiter deftly handled the ball through the middle to initiate numerous scoring opportunities and Megan capped her performance by stuffing in a rebound off Faith Shepherd’s shot at 29:10 in the second half for the game’s only goal. CAL dominated ball control for most of the game and outshot Mercy by a wide margin with great shots by Haleigh Fortuna, Kenzie Dannelly, Megan, Erin Scheiter and several other CAL players. The girls played very hard all night and their work rate and effort was fantastic.

CAL 2 Central Hardin 1
Senior co-captain Kenzie Dannelly sparked CAL to their second victory of the week in the Male Bulldog Cup, a 2-1 win over Central Hardin, and a berth in Saturday’s Cup Championship game. The first half was mostly back and forth with neither side gaining advantage until Dana Joss hit a hard strike off the left post at 9:30. Kenzie hit the same post at 2:30, but the half ended 0-0. CAL came out strong in the second half with numerous excellent shots on goal in the first five minutes, including a free kick by Annie Beanblossom, a chance by Haleigh Fortuna and a sharp strike by Kenzie. Finally, at 30:18 left in the game Kenzie collected a long pass, dribbled around a defender and then smoked a shot screaming past the CH goalie into the net for a 1-0 CAL lead. Central Hardin responded swiftly, knotting the score at 1-1 just one minute later off a corner. At 26:08, Kenzie lofted a long, beautiful diagonal ball to a streaking Dana Joss on the right side who broke free of the goalie, spun back and chipped the ball into goal. CAL 2-1!!! The next 26 minutes displayed an intense defensive struggle in which CAL’s back line turned away every CH attempt. On to Saturday’s championship game!

CAL 3 Male 1 ; A Tale of Two Half’s
Our CAL girls’ team started the first half on a high following the previous night’s homecoming football game victory. But, Male slipped through for a surprising goal at 25:15 to take a 1-0 lead. The team slumped a bit after falling behind, and the first half ended at Male 1 CAL 0.
Whatever Coach Zutt told them at half-time worked well! CAL came out with tremendous zip and energy to start the second 40 minutes. Just four minutes in, at 36:08, Haleigh Fortuna cruised down the right side and hammered a shot home to level the score at 1-1! Erin Scheiter dominated the middle with power and force and kept advancing ball after ball with strong kicks. Megan Mintman played tough in the middle and even a few minutes at forward. Then, at 17:40 Kenzie Dannelly broke free on the left side, dribbling more than half the field before unleashing a screaming shot past the goalie for a CAL 2-1 lead that was never relinquished. Everyone got in the act during this game. Abby Benge played solid in the back line in relief of Corinne Warlick who played her normal tough and error-free game. Seniors Annie Beanblossom and Sophie Schulz and Sophomore Laura English stood firm in the face of Male second-half counterattacks, turning away all runs. Outside midfielders Faith Shepherd, Dana Joss along with Olivia Ashby and Nicole Athanasakes maintained forward pressure on Male’s defense all day, while ably falling back to help defend with the back line. Cassidy Bennett and Sara Quinton provided plenty of quality plays to cheer in the second half. To top off the victory Liana Forwith flicked a perfect header forward to Haleigh who broke free with her second goal of the day to make it 3-1 CAL! 

Coach Zutt commented that he encouraged the girls at the half to keep playing hard, because there were “still 40 minutes to go” and that “things will break our way”. Boy, was he right. “I’m very proud of what the girls accomplished as a team this week” said Coach Zutt. With the win, CAL improved their record to 7-3-1 on the year.
There is little time to celebrate the Bulldog Cup victory. Monday night, CAL plays last year’s Regional Champion, Assumption, at CAL. Game time is 7:30 pm. It will be a fantastic game and evening of soccer so come out and cheer on the girls!!

The Centurions joined the caravan of UL and UK football fans on Friday night and Saturday morning to play in the Thoroughbred Smash Tournament in Lexington. Over two days, it was a clean sweep with CAL winning five matches in two sets each. Wins included Rowan County, Johnson Central, West Jessamine, and Hardin Central (coming from 7 behind in set 2). Finally, CAL was raring to go in the championship match against Lexington Catholic, winning set one, 25-8! CAL went on to win set two and the championship trophy, 25-21. A great end to a 7 and 0 match week!

We need fan support for Thursday night’s game against Eastern. This will be one of the most important and toughest matches of the season. Come Out & Support CAL Volleyball!!!

The CAL boys golf team  hosted the Battle of the Bluegrass golf tournament on Saturday and had an exceptional day for golf. The tournament was a major success with over 95 young men battling it out for the win. 

The tournament was held at Cardinal Club in Shelbyville, KY and the course was in spectacular condition and yielded some very good scores.  Brendon Doyle from St. Xavier was the overall individual medalist of the tournament shooting a (-3) 69.  Second place went to Spencer Reed from Ballard with a score of (-2) 70.  The St. Xavier Tigers won the overall event with a team score of  (-1) 287.  Our Christian Academy team came in a respectable eighth place.

Thank you to all of our sponsors for their support a great event!