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Rain doesn’t damper boys soccer at BC Summer Games

The Vancouver-Squamish (Zone 5) boys’ soccer team took an early lead and beat the team from Cariboo-North East (Zone 8), 4-0.

Under wet conditions, the Vancouver-Squamish (Zone 5) boys’ soccer team took an early lead and beat the team from Cariboo-North East (Zone 8), 4-0. Despite the pouring rain, the boys from both teams gave it their best efforts. By the end of the first half, Vancouver-Squamish had a lead of 3-0 and scored once more to claim their first victory at the BC Summer Games.

“We could’ve started stronger”, explained 12-year-old Colburn Pearce, a player with Cariboo-North East.

"Supervising mom" Julie Kerr, whose son plays as the goalie for Cariboo-North East, says the boys have been training throughout the summer in Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake, and 100 Mile House.

“It’s a big trip for them”, she said.

The players, who started their trip to Surrey from their hometown on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m., reached Chilliwack at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday and then they travelled to Cloverdale.

Although the Cariboo-North East players seemed slightly gloomy after their first game, their coach encouraged them to wipe off their “funeral faces.”