The quest for a berth in the B.C. AAA high school girls' soccer provincials began this week as six Tri-City teams jockey for position.
Both the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils and the Heritage Woods Kodiaks started their regular seasons with commanding wins.
The Blue Devils defeated Riverside secondary 3-0 on home turf, while the Kodiaks took down the Gleneagle secondary Talons by the same score, also at home. Neither of the winning teams allowed a goal against and were virtually tied after day one.
The Terry Fox secondary Ravens also posted a win on Monday.
The Port Coquitlam club took on the Centennial secondary Centaurs at Cunnings Field, defeating the Coquitlam team 5-3 in the highest scoring Tri-City game of the week.
Centennial trailed 2-0 at the half, however a goal from Kara Plican one minute into the second half kept things close. However, the Centaurs gave up a goal, to go down 3-1.
Centennial's Alexa Mafatow restored the one-goal difference, after kicking in a rebound off a Rachel Bralic free kick, which bounced off the crossbar.
Madison Weir netted the third goal for Centennial, but the Ravens kept up the pressure, scoring two more to take the game 5-3.
More games were expected to take place Thursday night, after The Tri-City News' deadline.
The teams will get back on the field Monday, when Heritage Woods will take on Centennial on Heritage Woods turf and Charles Best competes against Terry Fox in Coquitlam. Gleneagle will also play Riverside at Cunnings Field.
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