Highlands Ranch High School

Mountain Vista Field Hockey was formed in 2004 for students who attend a high school in Douglas County school district to play field hockey.  As with any program, if field hockey is not offered in a district or at a given private school, students from adjacent school districts or private schools that do not have field hockey may also choose to play at Mountain Vista. In 2010, Mountain Vista field hockey earned a State Championship. Though the team has not realized that success since, Mountain Vista has had some strong seasons and returned to the playoffs in 2016, losing a 1-0 battle against the five-time defending state champions from Colorado Academy. Part of the formula that makes Mountain Vista field hockey so successful is that many of the players are multi-sport athletes playing soccer, lacrosse, swimming, and ice hockey to name a few. Since 2010 nearly a dozen athletes have gone on to play college field hockey, and a significant number of athletes have been named all-state and have been invited to play in the selective Senior Game at the end of the season. In the past 5 years, the Mountain Vista field hockey program has had students from 12 area high schools on the roster. Players have come from Mountain Vista, Rock Canyon, ThunderRidge, Highlands Ranch, Douglas County, STEM, Valor, Ponderosa, Chaparral, Mullen, Heritage and Arapahoe (Since the addition of Field Hockey at Arapahoe High School in 2016, students from Littleton School District now play on Arapahoe’s team and not Mountain Vista).

EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Full-length shin guards, goggles, mouth guard, and a stick.   Cleats or turf shoes are also recommended.

Field Hockey Basics Information
(click for basic rules and play)

Game Locations

Aurora Field Hockey Club

https://www.aurorafieldhockey.org

Club Lewy
http://www.clublewyfieldhockey.com/

EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Full-length shin guards, mouth guard, and a stick.   Cleats or turf shoes are also recommended. 

VARSITY AND THE MAX PREPS WEBSITE

Did you know that the scores and status for each Varsity game is available on the Max Preps website? In addition, some of the games have a professional photographer. The photographer uploads the photos to this site and you have the option of purchasing them. 

Before you access the site you will need to create a free account. 

To get to the Golden Eagles field hockey page on the Max Preps site, go to this link. 

KING SOOPERS CARDS

Use a King Soopers card for all your purchases (including gas)! A portion of your purchases will be donated to the Field Hockey program.  This program now works with the Rewards card that you are already own.  

To Use the King Soopers or City Market Community Rewards Program: 
Simply visit the appropriate link below.. 

• For King Soopers Stores – go to http://www.kingsoopers.com
• For City Market Stores – go to http://www.citymarket.com 

Then log into your King Soopers or City Market account. If you don’t have an account you will need to create one. 

Once logged in go to community rewards from the menu on the left side of your computer. 
Search for and select 

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Mountain Vista High School Field Hockey

REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your organization until after participants register their loyalty card.   Participants must swipe their registered King Soopers or City Market loyalty card or use the phone number that is related to their registered King Soopers or City Market loyalty card when shopping for each purchase to count.

Varsity:

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Varsity

Cindy Staab is excited to be the Head Coach of the Varsity program.   She began her career in field hockey in high school where she spent four years as the Varsity Goalie and also played on the Junior Olympic team. She continued playing at University of California at Berkeley and graduated with a degree in Exercise Physiology.   After college, she moved back east and worked in physical therapy for several years before her two daughters were born and then coached at the middle school level.   She is looking forward to dedicating her time to growing the field hockey program and developing strong student athletes.

Abbeigh Blake grew up playing field hockey in Litchfield County, Connecticut. After a successful high school career, Abbeigh continued to play in college, including time at the DI level. Following her playing days, Abbeigh couldn’t stay away and transitioned into coaching where she can share her passion for the sport with the next generation of players. Abbeigh spent three years as a high school varsity coach in Connecticut before moving to Colorado and now enters her second season with the Golden Eagles. Abbeigh lives in Highland Ranch with her husband and their four children. 

Junior Varsity

Claire Joseph – Originally from Maryland, Coach Claire has played field hockey for 15 years, playing club all four years at Towson University, abroad at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, and now for the past four years since moving to Colorado with CO Bears. Claire has been coaching with Mountain Vista since 2020 and is beyond excited for this next season!

Outside of coaching, Claire works for the University of Denver in Graduate Enrollment, where she is also earning her master’s in Learning and Development, she enjoys running half marathons, loves seeing musicals on Broadway, and travels as often as she can! 24 countries and counting.