The Mid-Peninsula Strikers, a girls under-14 club soccer team made up of players from Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Portola Valley, won the 20th annual Hawaii Cup, held on the island of Maui from July 12 through July 15.
In the final game, the team defeated a club from Long Beach, 1-0. It finished with three wins and two ties.
It was managed by Ron Espeseth and coached by Chris Bobb.
Team members are: Erika Athens, Melanie Bloom, Tess Cain, Cat Carragee, Gillian Collom, Lauren Espeseth, Victoria Fernandez, Ann Heslin, Whitney Hooper, Julia Keller, Katrina Kleck, Keighley Lane, Grace Marshall, Allison May, Elitah Petty, Taylor Jones, and Corinn Small.
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