Stars shine at soccer provincials
Port Coquitlam’s Archbishop Carney Stars will take home a second-place banner after coming up short in the final game of the B.C. AA high school soccer championship on Wednesday.
The game came down to a shootout, after being knotted at one goal a side for most of regulation, when the Okanagan-Mission Huskies scored the game winner at the Burnaby Lake West Sports Complex.
Both teams were undefeated going into the final match of the season and the tightly played, back-and-forth game saw excellent goaltending on both sides of the pitch.
Carney dominated the tournament in round-robin play. The club started the week with with a 5-0 win over D.P. Todd secondary and a 2-0 win over Gulf Islands secondary.
In the playoffs the Stars continued to rack up wins, taking down Summerland 1-0 in the quarterfinals and Cariboo Hill in the semifinals. The semifinal match came down to one goal with time running out Tuesday afternoon, the only goal that Cariboo keeper Juggi Dosangh allowed in five games.
Carney’s Michael North was one of seven players to receive the tournament’s Golden Boot award, the one Star to receive individual player recognition.
Tournament MVP went to Okanagan-Mission’s MacKenzie Rigg, while top goalkeeper went to Dosanjh.
sports@tricitynews.com
COMMENTS
Let's keep comments:
We ask that all participants own their words by logging in with their Facebook account. It's a simple process that will take seconds and helps keep our comments free of trolls, cranks, and “drive-by” commenters.
We reserve the right to remove comments from anyone using screen names, pseudonyms or false identities. Please see our FAQ if you have questions or concerns about using Facebook to comment.