VOERG SISTERS SELECTED ALL-STATE

The Cape Central girls soccer team emerged as a state force to be reckoned with in the 1999 season and its accomplishment didn't go unnoticed.

Sophomore twins Amber and Ashley Voerg were named to the Class 4A All-State team, while sophomore goaltender Heather Hey received honorable mention.

Also in the area, junior Julie Wunderlich of Jackson High School received honorable mention.

The team was selected by high school coaches from around the state.

With the Voerg twins and Hey playing key roles, Cape Central (26-3-2) spent the season blazing new frontiers.

The team reached the Class 4A Final Four for the first time in school history and broke the school record with 26 wins along the way. In those wins, Hey recorded a school-record 19 shutouts.

Ashley Voerg, who was honorable mention last year along with Amber, also had a big hand in those shutouts. Playing sweeper, she was Hey's last line of defense.

"Her job was if somebody made a mistake, she made up for it," said Central coach Tom Doyle.

Amber provided the offense -- in quantity. After scoring a school-record 26 goals as a freshmen, she matched the mark in her sophomore campaign.

"She's good with the ball and knows how to play the game," said Doyle. "She can score from in close and scored a few from 20 to 25 yards out."

But she was more than a goal scorer as she added a school-record 18 assists.

"She's not selfish and is willing to give the ball away," said Doyle.

Doyle referred to the Voergs as not only skilled, but aggressive and hard workers. The sisters were also all-state in softball their freshman and sophomore seasons.

Hey had big shoes to fill in graduated senior Amy Harris, who had set the school record for shutouts in 1998.

"(Hey) is a good team leader from the back," said Doyle.

Wunderlich netted 29 goals from her forward position for Jackson, which reached the district championship game and finished with a 15-8-2 record.