A two goal deficit did little to deter the Heritage Woods Jr. Kodiaks during the Fraser Valley high school soccer championship last week.
The Port Moody club battled back against Surrey’s L.A. Matheson secondary, with goals from Gavin McMahon and Farzad Rajab Ali tying the game and setting the stage for a shootout.
That’s when Patryck Ruszczyk scored the game winner for the Kodiaks, while keeper Adam Bergen made some impressive saves to keep the ball out of Heritage Woods’ net.
With the win, the Kodiaks cap a strong season and avenge last year’s loss in the finals, which came at the hands of Coquitlam’s Dr. Charles Best secondary.
CARNEY
A round-robin loss in the B.C. AA high school provincial soccer championships cost Port Coquitlam’s Archbishop Carney a shot at the B.C. title this week.
The team came out strong with a 3-1 win in the first game against Sutherland secondary on Monday but came up on the wrong side of a 1-0 decision against St. Michael’s University later in the day.
On Tuesday, the team bounced back with a 3-0 shutout victory over John Oliver secondary and carried the momentum into the afternoon match, where they defeated Brentwood College 3-2.
However, the tournament ended on a sour note for Archbishop Carney, who lost the final game of the tournament — a bout for fifth place — to Duchess Park secondary 2-0 on Wednesday.
