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Varsity – New Coach!! Welcome…Elizabeth Thomas
I am excited and extremely honored to be named as the Varsity Field Hockey Coach! I am grateful for the opportunity to continue building relationships within this community and cannot wait to get started with our athletes and families. Looking forward to the successful future of Mountain Vista Field Hockey – Go Golden Eagles!
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.
Courtenay Mencini is junior varsity coach for Mountain Vista. She has played field hockey for over 20 years, including in high school, college, and abroad in Australia. Courtenay has continued to play in several adult leagues, and previously coached in North Carolina as well. She loves teaching the sport to new and experienced athletes and helping others fall in love with the game!
2026 – INFO TO COME!!!!
Old Info – Summer 2025
Summer Drop Ins: Starting Tuesday, June 17th through July 24th
– Location: Stone Mountain Elementary School, Highlands Ranch
– Days/Times: Tuesdays 9:00b- 10:30am
Thursdays 4:30 – 6:00pm
Golden Eagles Summer Camp
– Open to ALL players in Colorado
– Location: Half Time Help Stadium
– Days/Times: Saturday and Sunday, August 2nd & 3rd
9:00am – 12:00pm
– Registration Link coming soon.
Fall 2025
Tryouts: Monday, August 11th (or Tuesday August 12th) – Friday, August 15th
– 4:00 – 6:00pm at Half Time Help Stadium
Save the Date: Saturday, August 16 – Varsity and JV Scrimmage day
– Varsity will play at Kent Denver and JV will play at St. Mary’s Academy.
Fall Field Hockey Schedule: Click here Fall Schedule
FALL 2025 PRACTICE TIMES/LOCATIONS
Varsity and JV Teams will practice at Stone Mountain Elementary School, 3:30 – 5:15. Please be dressed and ready to go at the start time.
Club information:
Aurora Field Hockey Club
Club Lewy
http://www.clublewyfieldhockey.com/
http://www.clublewyfieldhockey.com/
Colorado Bears
https://www.coloradobears.com/
Rocky Mountain Field Hockey Club
https://rockymountainfhc.sportngin.com/home
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
BP767
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.
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)