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Falcons show determination at soccer zones

Resilience.
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Photo submitted The Lake City Falcons girls soccer team showed heart and determination during the weekend in Dawson Creek at the ‘AAA’ soccer provincials.

Resilience. That’s the one word coach Caitlin Sabatino said sums up the Lake City Secondary School girls soccer team’s trip to Dawson Creek to compete in the AAA girls soccer zones on the weekend.

The trip saw the girls travel 1,300 kilometres, brave an extreme weather warning with 100 millimetres of rain and play almost eight hours of soccer combined, all with no subs.

Game one saw the Falcons take on Correlieu of Quesnel. Despite the slick conditions the girls adapted their play and ended the game tied 1-1 after regulation time with Taylor Brink scoring for LCSS.

Unfortunately this put rookie goalie Kyla Wallin up for her first of many shootouts for the weekend, which unfortunately went in Quesnel’s favour.

Game two put LCSS up against Prince George Secondary School, always a favourite grudge match, which saw Faith Myers excelling as striker netting two for a 2-1 win over the PG squad, even with the girls playing a player.

“The girls played exceptionally well against PGSS. Not only that they recognized their opponents strengths and singled out a PGSS player for player of the game. The girls literally made this young lady’s weekend by recognizing her game play,” said Sabatino.

Saturday morning brought more rain and a game against the eventual tournament champion Fort St. John. The girls dug deep, keeping the game close with a score of 3-1.

Final round robin play saw LCSS take on the host team Dawson Creek.

Again a tight match resulted in a tie at the end of regulation with the girls taking another loss in the shootout.

With a record of one win, one loss and two shootout losses the Falcons placed third in round robin play.

Sunday morning the rain subsided and the girls geared up to play Quesnel in the semifinals.

A timing error saw the girls play a 35- minute half where Taylor Brink scored for LCSS, followed by a 40-minute second half and an additional five minute mini half.

Tied after regulation it went to a shootout, where again Quesnel was more successful in finding the back of the night.

Quesnel’s celebration was cut short when Faith Outhouse noticed in the rules that the game was supposed to go to overtime first, before a shootout.

The two teams took the field again after a short recess, but LCSS was unable to find the back of the net and Quesnel remained the winner.

The bronze medal match saw a fatigued LCSS team take on PGSS.

Playing two players short for the majority of the game, the girls just couldn’t find the back of the net and fell 1-0 to finish fourth in the tournament.

“Proud doesn’t even begin to explain how I feel about these ladies,” Sabatino said.

“To play almost eight hours of soccer without subs and in these conditions is incredible. These ladies won these games on the fields; they jelled so well as a team-anticipating each other’s movements, making crisp passes and always staying positive. I had several coaches approach me and say how well these ladies played, and how strong of a team we were, and that if we had a few subs, the outcome could have easily swung in our favour.”



Greg Sabatino

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Greg Sabatino graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 2008.
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