SOCCER QUEST NABS U16 TITLE

THE ROSTER

The U13 Blaze roster includes Simpson, Kennedy, Ziesman, Brooke Crundwell, Duguid, Marino, Fisher, Audrey Hanlon, Malloree Hansen, Layla Mallais, Peyton Morrissey, Rya Myllymaki, Alexis Palmer, Phia Reinburg, Milla Russo, Layla Yeo, Lyla Vedd and Kate Covaceuszach.

Fisher has help from assistant coaches Miranda Cuthbertson and Mike Marino.

Dayana Rescigno and Sue Lissel are the team managers.

U14 BLAZE WIN BIG

Gracie Blair and Isla Dickie tallied for the Kamloops Blaze in a 2-1 victory over the Richmond FC Strikers in the U14 Girls B Provincial Cup gold medal game on Sunday on McArthur Island.

Sara Francis backstopped the Blaze in the B.C.-banner clinching contest, which was cut short by about 20 minutes due to thunder and lightning in the area.

Emilia Lukinchuk of the Blaze was the top scorer in the division, bagging four goals in four games.

THE ROSTER

The provincial-champion U14 Blaze roster includes Francis, Blair, Dickie, Lukinchuk, Natalie Wiebe, Macy Bacon, Maya Swan, Georgia Bourgeois, Scotia Kennedy, Maya Vedd, Kaia Fletcher,

Camryn Exelby, Claire Duguid, Eve Dimopoulos, Amber Brinkworth, Ariya Diablo, Allison Plowe, Alyssa Bilodeau-Wheler, Camryn Boice and Rylie Nessman.

Quest For Gold

Soccer Quest, perhaps an underdog due to the makeup of its team, prevailed in the U16 goldmedal game.

The team from Kamloops features 2007-,

Grant, Denaya McKelvey, Eboni Samaha, Emma Wetterstrand, Isobel Filyk, Julia Sanderson, Juliana Bell, Lauren Schaak, Leona Laveck, Paige Fiddes, Payton Froom, Payton Lumley, Sarah Steed, Sophie Jordanov and Summer Marshall.

On The Podium

Three gold-medallist teams had company on the podium on the weekend.

2008- and 2009-born girls, many of whom were playing against older competition in the U16 division.

Soccer Quest blanked Tzeatchan FC of Chilliwack 1-0 in the title tilt.

Emma Telford bulged the old onion bag for Soccer Quest, whose goalkeeper, Rhys Long, recorded a clean sheet.

The Roster

The provincial-champion U16 Soccer Quest roster includes Telford, Long, Annekie Currie, Courtney

In a game cut short by thunder and lightning in the area, Coastal FC of South Surrey toppled KYSA 3-1 in the U17 girls’ championship game. The Blaze snared silver. Penalty-kick shootout heroics lifted the KYSA girls to a 3-2 victory over the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club Titans in the U15 division bronzemedal game and the Blaze prevailed 3-2 over Prince George in a shootout to win bronze in the U18 division.

Soccer Quest reached the top of the podium in the under-16 division at the Girls B Provincial Cup on the weekend on McArthur Island.