4A Girls High School Soccer Provincial
In the girls side, Peacock, Vanier and Central all competed in the Regional Soccer tournament in Regina for a chance to make it to provincials. Peacock played a strong quarter final game that ended scoreless against Yorkton Sacred Heart. The game was settled with penalty kicks with Yorkton moving on to the semi final against Central who were silver medalists at last year’s provincials. The Cyclone girls won 1-0 over Yorkton Sacred Heart. Vanier girls won their regional quarter final game against Regina Luther in a tight 4-3 contest and then won a semi final against Notre Dame 3-0. Vanier and Central then played the regional final in a well fought struggle that had to be settled with penalties.
Vanier won 5-4 on penalty kicks and will have now appeared in 4A Girls Provincials held in Yorkton this past weekend. Vanier girls coached by Daniel Atkins, will have made their third straight appearance at provincials. The semi-final against Martensville was held at 2 p.m. in Yorkton on October 25th. The winner will have gone on to the gold medal game at 2 p.m. Saturday Oct 26th against the winner of Se Se Wa Hum and host Yorkton Sacred Heart.
On the boys side, the Peacock team coached by Jordan Jeffery lost their quarter final game against Yorkton Regional 5-3 in the boys 5A regional tournament played in Yorkton on October 18th.
Central boys, last year’s provincial silver medal winners, coached by Jason Brown and Ray Rawlyk played in the 4A boys regional competition, but lost to Regina Luther 3-2 in their regional semi final. Central, however, advances to the 4A boys provincials in Moose Jaw as host. Central played a provincial semi final at the outdoor field beside the Yara Centre against Se Se Wa Hum boys. The winner was to face the winner of Luther or Humboldt this past Saturday at 2 p.m. in the final.