St. Charles Kane County Chronicle from St. Charles, Illinois • Page 20

WHAT TO WATCH Pro baseball Oakland at Detroit, ALDS, Game 4, 4 p.m., TBS Boston at Tampa Bay, ALDS, Game 4, 7:30 p.m., TBS Pro hockey Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Pro basketball WNBA Finals, Atlanta at Minnesota, Game 2, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Sandy Bressner sbressnershawmedia.com Prince Lapnet, 23, (left) and Roi Momo, 20, share a laugh outside the Geneva home they share with other members of Bridges FC, a local soccer program. BRIDGES FC SOCCER Local soccer outfit casts wide net PREPS SCHEDULE TODAY Boys cross country: Aurora Central Catholic, Burlington Central at Burlington Central Invite, 4:15 p.m. Girls cross country: Aurora Central Catholic, Burlington Central at Burlington Central Invite, 4:15 p.m. Boys soccer: Aurora Central Catholic at Montini, 4:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Chicago Christian, 7 p.m.; Marian Central at Wheaton Academy, 6:30 p.m.; Marmion at St.

Edward, 4:30 p.m.; Larkin at St. Charles East, 6 p.m.; Batavia at Waubonsie Valley Warrior Invite, TBD; Geneva at Elgin, 6:30 p.m.; Kaneland at Morris, 4:30 p.m. Girls swimming: Benet at Rosary, 5 p.m.; St. Francis at West Chicago, 5 p.m. Girls tennis: IMSA at Rosary, 4:30 p.m.; Glenbard South at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.; Batavia at Larkin, 4:15 p.m.; Geneva at St.

Charles North, 4:15 p.m.; St. Charles East at Streamwood, 4:15 p.m. Girls volleyball: Rockford Christian at Burlington Central, 6 p.m.; Streamwood at Geneva, 5:30 p.m.; St. Charles East at Elgin, 5:30 p.m.; Larkin at St. Charles North, 5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Girls volleyball: Aurora Central Catholic at Immaculate Conception, 6:30 p.m.; Rosary at St. Francis, 6:30 p.m.; Aurora Christian at St. Edward, 6:30 p.m. Boys cross country: Kane-land at Byron Handicap Invite, 4:15 p.m. off the field that they become family, you know," Momo said.

"Not through just going to church, but house time. At Bridges, you learn to care for people as more than just people, but as your neighbor, as your family." Hall, a former St. Charles High assistant and St. Charles Celtics club coach, said Bridges sponsor Brian Oxley of St. Charles allows tenants to stay at the house rent-free.

Oxley is a longtime associate of Hall's friend and consultant, Rob Keith. The house has held as many as 10 men in the past 18 months, usually around the holidays, when training hits its pinnacle as players return from college for winter break. There have been bumps along the way Lapnet, 23, faced a date in traffic court later this month after allegedly recently driving without a license and accidentally backing into the front of a neighbor's house but Hall, ackow-ledging "stress on the neighbors," said Oxley has been looking for bigger space for a while. Bridges has been met with open arms throughout its existence. See SOCCER, page 21 life.

How you treat people." A nonprofit organization that first launched informally in the late 1990s, Bridges FC attracts what Hall and head scoutassistant coach Kieren Keane called "a good mix" of players with traditional soccer backgrounds and those who are underpriveleged. A verse from I Corinthians appears atop the Bridges website, underlying a faith-based approach. Brothers Roi Momo, 20, and Prince Lapnet, 23, come from a Washington, D.C., home in which their mother raised six children. Both live with Hall, Keane and Randle, balancing part-time jobs with intensive training at Palatine's Soccer City or the Campton United indoor facility. In July, when the group took its annual exposure trip to Europe for a series of exhibitions against lower-tier professional Dutch, Swedish, Danish and German teams, Momo served as cook.

As teammates dispersed either to Europe (with newfound contracts), back to school or home, Momo remained in touch, and not just about how to duplicate his spaghetti Bolognese. "You spend so much time with guys By KEVIN DRULEY kdruleyshawmedia.com GENEVA Bridges FC's soccer headquarters stand a long free kick from Geneva High School, a community that welcomed many former members for homecoming this past weekend. As Disney-themed floats and hoopla invaded the nearby streets for the event's annual parade Friday, the youngest tenants of 623 McKinley St. -all from out-of-state fathomed a whole new world, as well. Thanks to president and head coach Bret Hall, his staff and their track record of placement in European leagues, aspiring soccer players find the Bridges FC amateur soccer team to be a tremendous resource.

Although every member does not complete the familiar cycle of train tour Europesign a contract, they don't undersell the importance of self-discovery, either. "At the end of the day, I think what coach and them look for moreso than you reaching a pro contract is how you become a man, you know," said Devin Randle, a 23-year-old defender from Indiana. "How you live the rest of your.