Duluth East Girls Soccer

2025 Tryout Dates and Times

• Physicals-  In 2025 Sophomores MUST have a current physical on file dated after June 1st. Grades 7th-9th must have current physical on file in the Activities Office

• No Physical = No Play (including tryouts)

• All participants must reside in the Duluth East attendance district

• All exchange or transfer students must be cleared by the MSHSL and the East Activities office prior to any participation! Stop in the Activities office for more information!

• Fee must be paid in full prior to first contest – no fee = no participation!

Bring: Ball, water bottle, shin guards, running shoes, Arrive 30 minutes early for warm-up

August 11th & 12th
Monday: 7:30am-9:00am – Grades: 7-9th @ Jean Duluth
Monday: 9:15am-10:45am – Grades: 10th-12th @ Jean Duluth
Monday: 12:45pm-2:15pm – Grades: 7th-9th @ Jean Duluth
Monday: 2:30pm-4:00pm – Grades: 10th-12th @ Jean Duluth
Tuesday: 7:30am-9:00am – Grades: 7th-9th @ Jean Duluth
Tuesday: 9:15am-10:45am – Grades: 10th-12th @ Jean Duluth
Tuesday: 12:45pm-2:15pm – Grades: 7th-9th @ Jean Duluth
Tuesday: 2:30pm-4:00pm – Grades: 10th-12th @ Jean Duluth

Pre-Tryout Information 2025-

Tryout/team information videos, please watch the following videos to help explain the high school season. If you have any questions after watching the videos please contact Steve Polkowski at houndssoccercoach@gmail.com. 

Changes for the 2025 Season: Click Here

Introduction Video Coming Soon in July of 2025
Coaching Staff
Tryouts and Team Placement
Schedules
Movement, Forms and Paperwork
Final Thoughts

Please fill out the pre-tryout registration by August 8th so that we can have your information for tryouts: Registration

Unsure if you have registered? Click the link to see the up to date list of registrations: Players Registered

ISD 709 Registration- Due by August 14th- 709 Registration Link

We will also be updating our Facebook page starting in 2022 with up to date information, follow us at “Duluth East Girls Soccer”

2025 Schedules-

Varsity and JV Game Schedules– These dates should not change but times and locations are movable based on the availability of fields and officials.

Full Varsity and JV Schedule- Includes practices and games.

B/C Team Schedules– Please note that games may change based on other schools ability to field teams. Local games will be added once we know the other schools schedules/number of teams.

Jamboree Player Schedule

Jamboree Game Schedule

A note about Schedules

Please note that this is the projected schedule, times and locations may change due to weather, school events, or field availability. Club team schedules are projected, we have found in the past some schools don’t have the numbers they had hoped and thus drop a team or two. We also will be adding more local games once they establish their numbers and teams.

Team Meetings

7th-8th Grade Pre-Tryout Team Meetings are Thursday, August 7th at 5pm in the Baseball Stadium at Duluth East
9th-12 Grade Pre-Tryout Meetings are Thursday, August 7th immediately after Greyhound Nation meeting in the Baseball Stadium at Duluth East

Team meetings after tryouts will be August 14th, time and date to be determined.

Cancellations

Please note this is when we have reserved time, coaches may cancel some practices due to conflicts or to give the kids a day off. Communication on this will come from the team coach.

Interested in Volunteering?

For volunteer availability and information please inquire with the main contact what is available.

Summer Soccer Information-

Duluth East Girls Soccer does not affiliate itself with any summer club, program or camp. If you are interested in playing summer soccer please use the link below for available programs in the Duluth area. If your club, program or camp is not listed and you would like it listed please click the “contact high school coaches” tab and we will have the information added.

Thanks and GO GREYHOUNDS

2026 Girls Teams Captains:

Congratulations to:

Lilly Kuettel
Anna Stellmaker
Kayleigh Wilmot

Girls Soccer – Roster Information

For the 2025 Team Rosters Click Here

• Every player that has been assigned to a team MUST REGISTER by Thursday, August 14th at: Click Here

Post Tryout Team Meetings on Thursday, August 14th

• Top 40- 6:15

• B/C Teams- 5:30

2025 Girls Information:

For those who did not make a team and would like a written evaluation one may be provided, please email Steve Polkowski at: houndssoccercoach@gmail.com, please note that no phone calls will be accepted to discuss team placement. Written evaluations will be responded to in the order they are received and will be responded to starting the week of August 25th.

Girls that made the team should look at the schedule page to get the schedule for the next two weeks.

Girls Soccer Clothing Apparel- All Apparel Purchasing is Optional

Player Apparel- Click Here

*Scroll for B/C Teams  on store page*

Fan Apparel- Click Here

Volunteer Link- Click Here

2025 East Girls Soccer Coaching Staff

Varsity Head Coach- Steve Polkowski- Steve has been coaching for Duluth East since 2010. Steve has his coaching minor through the University of Minnesota-Duluth, his USSF D license, his NSCAA National Diploma, High School Coaching Diploma and Director of Coaching Certificate. Away from the field Steve is a high school history teacher at Cloquet High School.

Varsity Assistant Coach- Cass Welhouse- A native of Appleton Wisconsin, Cass had a long career as a defender at both the high school and club level. She was the president of the UMD women’s club soccer team and spent this past summer as the director of coaching with East Select Soccer. She is currently a teacher at Duluth East High School.

Junior Varsity Coach- Roni Rudolph- Roni joined the Greyhound staff in 2019 after graduating college with a degree in elementary education. Roni played four years of soccer at the College of St. Scholastica and played in the NCAA tournament twice. Prior to her college career she was a captain of the Greyhounds and the starting keeper for two seasons. She is also a teacher at Laura MacArthur in Duluth.

B & C Team Coaches- 

Team Handbook

For team explanations, individual grade level expectations, team rules and the tryout/team selection process please refer to the 2023 Team Handbook

Summer Soccer Information-

Duluth East Girls Soccer does not affiliate itself with any summer club, program or camp. If you are interested in playing summer soccer please use the link below for available programs in the Duluth area. If your club, program or camp is not listed and you would like it listed please click the “contact high school coaches” tab and we will have the information added.

Thanks and GO GREYHOUNDS

Camp Flyers:

7th Grade to Senior Camp Info: Click Here

3rd Grade to 6th Grade Youth Camp: Click Here

7th Grade-Senior: 

2025 East Girls Soccer Pre-Season Camp

Designed for all players grade 7th-12th attending Duluth East for the 2025 fall season.

ALL SESSIONS ARE AT DULUTH EAST HIGH SCHOOL

Dates:
Thursdays: June 12, June 19, June 26
5-6:30 for 7th-9th Graders
6:30-8 for 10th-12th Graders

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 12-1:30 at Duluth East:
July 8-10, July 15-17, July 22-25
12-1:30 for 10th-12th
1:30-3:00 for 7th-9th

**Please note, in order to balance group sizes some freshmen may be asked to move to the older group.**

Scrimmages with Hermantown & Proctor July 29th at  Hermantown Times TBD
Backup Date July 30th

Cost- $225
Registration: Click Here

3rd-6th Grade: 2025 Youth Camp Information

Designed for players entering grades 3rd-6th in 2025 from any school district.

Dates:

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 11-12 at Duluth East:
July 21-24

Cost: $75
Registration: Click Here

Team Records

This page is dedicated to all the players who have played here and the memories we have built. This is our tribute to all of you.
-Coach Roed & Polkowski

Duluth East Girls Soccer History

The girl’s soccer program at Duluth East High School started in 1991. Since then, the program has developed a reputation for excellence. State tournaments in 1996, 2000 (3rd place), 2001(4th place), and 2002 (3rd place), 2006 and 2010. In addition to Section 7AA runner-ups in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004. In 2000, 2001, 2002 the hounds were ranked in the top five in the State peaking at #2. Also in 2002, the Hounds qualified for their 3rd consecutive “dome” appearance, finishing third and were ranked in the top 25 in the United States by the NSCAA.

Congratulations to all of the players who have made this program great, your hard work and dedication will forever be part of Duluth East History

All Time Scoring List

All Time Records and Results

All Time Captains

Coaching History

Records vs Schools

Hounds in College Soccer

Over 75 “Hounds” have gone on to play college soccer, including 13 at the Division I level(Casey Cox – Western Illinois, Danielle Beaudette – Creighton, Jake Cressman – Minnesota, Melissa Nelson – Drake, Lisa Berg – Minnesota, Lisa Trachsel – Minnesota, Ali Zobel – Valparasio, Sarah FitzGerald – Minnesota, Liisa Harkins – Colorado College, Cassy Nelson – Western Michigan, Alex Freeman- Drake, Andrea Hyduke- North Dakota and Michelle Stingle- North Dakota). The Greyhounds have also had two players go on to lead their teams to NCAA National Championships, Laura Neumann at Macalester, and Tara Wegehaupt at Nebraska-Omaha.

Mia Hamm, “Go for the Goal”

“I believe that to fit into a team, no individual can put her needs above those of the team as a whole. She must play her role, the position the coach assigns her…Remember that in soccer, no role is set in stone. A coach may ask you to play a different position or come off the bench for only one-minute, one game, or one tournament. Roles can change every game, either in very small ways or dramatically.”