Scoring GOALS since 1979

Since it began over 30 years ago, Coach Paul Heenehan has seen nearly 13,000 girls come through his GOALS soccer camp. Bringing in girls from kindergarten through twelfth grade, GOALS will be finishing up its 32nd year when camp comes to a close on Friday.

Coach Heenehan started the girls soccer program at Ramapo and currently has the second most wins in nation. Heenehan runs the camp along with fellow camp director Lizanne Coyne, a former player under the coach and member of the Ramapo Hall of Fame. They are also joined by Heenehan's wife, Marian, a pediatric advanced practice nurse who acts as the camp's medical director.

This year the camp was very lucky to have on hand the winner of the first ever Best Camper award in 1979, Kari Johnson. Johnson was a standout goalie for Ramsey High School as well as a member of the Wyckoff Torpedoes. She currently hails from Warwick, N.Y., but that hasn't stopped her from taking her daughter to GOALS each of the past three years.

The camp is not only one of the best in the area, but in all the country. It is attended by the most talented players in the area, and in some cases (like with Johnson's daughter), some of the best players in the tri-state area. It is a great camp that girls will remember even years later, as evident by Johnson still having her original Best Camper award from that memorable summer in 1979.