To culminate a winning season, the Lightning Bolts are celebrating as the champions in the Girls U10 division area soccer play-off games held in Culver City last week. The girls are local residents of Santa Monica, Venice and West LA. Coaches Angel Vasquez and Peter Meyer headed the winning team. The team was feeling the pressure with one goalie out of the game suffering from a recent broken arm, but they fought their hardest. They now advance to the section tournament games in March.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 28, 2004. Read the original PDF.