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Kelowna United Teams are heading to Provincials after qualifying this past weekend in Kamloops.
Kelly McCombie about the head the ball (Photo Credit: Contributed)
The U13 girls, Under 14, 15, and 16 girls, as well as the Under 13 boys, Under 16 and Under 18 boys will all represent the Thompson Okanagan as they battle for the Provincial B Cup Title. The Under 12 girls took one win and a deuce against Kamloops in weekend action. Dynamite won 4-0 against Kamloops White in their first game, and remained scoreless in their second match up against Kamloops Orange.
Chaos with their gold medals (Back row left to right: Tom Crawford (coach), Emily Metz, Olivia Graham, Payton Hinks, Taylor Hughes, Kennedy Crawford, Sammi Krupka, Kelly McCombie, Sam Watson, Chelsea Cristofoli, and Gracie Matheson
Front row left to right: Zayin Brown, Jessica Skerlec, Katrina Schrod, Teagan Milligan, Hailey Wright, Faith Tazelaar and Dominique Spooner.)
The Under 14 girls also took a win on the weekend with a 2-1 overtime win against Penticton. Penticton got off to an early start to lead 1-0, but Hailey Wright scored the equalizer for Kelowna with a beautiful run down the right side of the field and a shot that was too powerful for the goalie to handle. Katrina Schrod scored the overtime winner for the Chaos. Kelowna U14 girls won the gold medal, in addition to being crowned league champions.
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The Under 11 girls blanket Shuswap 5-0 on Sunday as goalkeepers Hannah Lommer and Kayla Gareau gave the Falcons a shut out win. In the team’s second game, this one against Kamloops Orange, the Falcons tied 1-1.
On the boys side the Under 12 Spartans took down Vernon 8-1 in their first game, and lost to Penticton 3-2 in the second game of the day. The Under 12 boys Strikers team blanked Kamloops 4-0 in their first game, and absolutely stomped Vernon in their second game 10-3. Goal scorers were Grayson Medwedew, Jadin Sjoquist(x2), Jasper Walker (x3), and Caleb Schlachter (x2). Jarvis Jurome also managed to score his first goal of the season on the forward line and goaltender Zach Shields, who played forward for the second half, scored a goal on a penalty kick.
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