GALLERY: SunRidge Middle sweeps girls, boys soccer championships

WINTER GARDEN  SunRidge Middle School completed a clean sweep of the Orange County Public Schools Middle School Soccer Championships on Oct. 27, with both the boys and girls teams tasting victory on the turf field at West Orange High.

The Eagles girls team completed a perfect 10-0 season with a 4-1 victory over Avalon Middle School and the boys shutout South Creek Middle School, 4-0 — completing an undefeated regular season in the process, also.

"This is amazing for both teams, for the school and for the community," boys coach Alex Miranda said afterward.

After losing in the semifinals a season ago, the SunRidge girls team was led by tenacious eighth graders who refused to lose again and who fed off of playing in the high school stadium in front of a large crowd. The Eagles girls team jumped out to a 3-0 lead by halftime and never looked back.

"We are so excited — the eighth graders, this year, lost in (the championship) in sixth grade," girls coach Katherine Kelley said. "They totally stepped up to the occasion. ... We just challenged them to play hard from the first whistle."

Where this year saw the girls team finally get over the hump, the boys team was putting on an encore performance after winning last year's championship, also.

"I was told by a coach before the season started that we had a target on our chest  — and I gave the kids that challenge and I said 'everyone's coming after you,'" Miranda said. "They took that challenge to heart."

Team captain Noah Lewis scored the boys team's first two goals of the night and Zachary Everidge came off the bench to score the final two goals.

"Noah played amazing — Noah played lights out," Miranda said. "(Everidge) had been sitting during the playoffs and I told him 'keep focused — your time is going to come.' And, sure enough, it came."

2015 SunRidge Middle School Girls Soccer

Gabrielle Urton, Maddie Brockman, Valentina Miranda, Ava Baldauf, Helena Syljebeck, Zeta Chevalier, Felicia DeQuiros, Caroline McCarthy, Maria Tregnasin, Mikayla Brown, Christina Cummings, Natasha Gage, Grace Garrison, Sofia Aguilar, Faith Stephen, Nia Everidge, Christina Marijanich, Giana Costanza, Cristina Roque, Kiara Hudson

Head coach: Katherine Kelley

Coach: Sylvia Rios

2015 SunRidge Middle School Boys Soccer

Adrian Mendoza, Alejandro Lopez, Amin Ferreira, Chandler Sutherin, Chase Harry, Diego Lopez, Dylan Stokesberry, GianCarlo Santos, Gustavo Garcia, Jake Baldauf, Jean Gomez, Jonathan Weaver, Juan Serrano, Kasey Doreste, Lucas Cawthorn, Luke Robinson, Matthew McDoom, Nathan Rank, Noah Lewis, Noah Schwartz, Patrick de Beer, Reeves Oakman, Zacharia Alaoui, Zachary Everidge

Head coach: Alex Miranda

SunRidge Middle Athletic Director: Tony Williams

SunRidge Middle Principal: Patricia Bowen-Painter