Soccer Quest, KYSA clubs win provincial championships

onion bag in support of goalkeeper Jayce Dauk.

The Boys B Provincial Cup soccer tournament was held this past weekend in Langley.

Five Kamloops teams — four from the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association and one from Soccer Quest — were in action, with two clubs winning provincial titles.

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With a nucleus of longtime teammates, under-13 Soccer Quest was among pre-tournament favourites heading into the provincials.

After a wake-up call in the final round-robin game, the Kamloops club steamrolled its competition to claim gold on Sunday, besting host Langley United 5-1 to secure the B.C. banner.

Jakob Fleishauer (2), Bryson Frudd, Nick Schneider and Hudson Steeves bulged the old

Kaashi Puni of Soccer Quest was named man of the match.

“They were four-yearolds in our program at the facility,” head coach and Soccer Quest technical director Jamie Spendlove told KTW. “It’s the first time we’ve had a group that’s come right the way through. There’s six or seven of them that were there from the start.

“They’ve known each other for years, they’ve played together for years and they’ve been coached professionally for years.”

Soccer Quest blanked Nelson 4-0 and Coquitlam Metro Ford Benfica 4-1 in round-robin action before dropping its final pool-play tilt, falling 3-1 to South Delta.

“It was my fault maybe,” Spendlove said. “We were overconfident, for sure. We also spent the day before, the whole afternoon, at the Aldergrove water park.

You’ve got to have some fun with them too, right? They were a little tired, but it was a blessing in disguise in the end. When we got to the final, they weren’t going to have it again.”

THE ROSTER

Jakob Fleishauer, Bryson Frudd, Koen Jorgensen, Antonio Nunez, Ignacio Matute, Michael Asante, Lucas Humphrey, Nico Velasco, Kaashi Puni, Hudson Steeves, Grayson Boak, Miguel Crawford, Cole Chung, Peter Kanyangu, Nick Schneider, Beckett Isaak, Jayce Dauk and Braeden Osmond are on the squad.

Head coach Spendlove has help from assistant coach Kennedy Asante.

Top Of The Heap

Pasco Cuzzetto’s voice told the story.

“Sorry, I have no voice, from yelling,” Cuzzetto said with hoarse chuckle.