Steinmühlen Women’s Soccer Team Wins Bronze at the Hesse Regional Finals of “Youth Trains for the Olympics”

A huge success for Steinmühle: After winning the district and regional competitions, the Steinmühle girls in Competition Class IV (born in 2010 and 2011) took third place—a surprise but well-deserved result—at the state competition in Grünberg.

Lothar Potthoff, the athletic director of MSG Marburg/Weimar, accompanied the girls to all their competitions and prepared them exceptionally well for this tournament. He was assisted by Carlotta Weber from 6th grade. “This is a huge success! Of course, the girls wanted to go to Berlin for the national finals. But after some initial disappointment, the joy of finishing in third place now prevails,” the coach summed up. His team was ultimately on the verge of reaching the final when, in the semifinals, they were unfortunately defeated in a penalty shootout by the eventual champions from Gymnasium Oberursel.

In the group stage, they recorded two wins (4–0 against Gerhard-Hauptmann-Schule Wiesbaden and 1–0 against Rabanus-Maurus-Schule Fulda) as well as a decisive loss to the favored team from Carl-von-Weinberg-Schule Frankfurt (0–7). After missing out on a spot in the final in a penalty shootout against Oberursel, the team was able to muster all its strength once again in the third-place match: The Steinmühlen girls defeated the Eltville High School 3–2, securing the bronze medal in the Hesse championship. Huge congratulations on this extraordinary achievement! “Next year, we’ll compete in Competition Class III with this team and see what we can accomplish,” says Lothar Potthoff, already looking forward to the upcoming competitions.

Playing for Steinmühle were Juli Grosse, Hannah Harbrecht, Sophia Lo Lacono, Ceysu Sevinc, Ella Steiner, Antonia Tapia Gehring, Mira Vienken, Marlene Wagner, and Samri Wulf.