Spurs medal twice
Aryssah Stankevitsch
Times Reporter
The Strathmore Spurs sent three teams to the Calgary Minor Soccer Indoor Family Day Tournament from Feb. 14-17. The Strathmore U10 boys failed to medal; however, the U16 girls earned silver, and the U12 boys went undefeated – including the gold medal game.
“We’re pretty good. They’re about 50/50 in the league, the U12’s are halfway up their division right now,” coach Mark Shorhen said, who also coaches the U10 team. “My theory is they’ll probably end up taking the gold medal just because the teams they beat for the gold in the tournament are at the top of the league right now. They’re not going to be too happy when we take the league away from them too.”
The indoor season is winding up for Shorhen and the Spurs; his U12 team also has four girls, and three underage players.
“The U12 team, we dominated,” he said. “The U10’s played really well. They’re very young so they’re all learning. I think they learned a lot because they played older teams and bigger teams.”
The U12 Spurs defeated the CNEU Raiders 8-4, the PSA Rovers 5-4, and the Deerfoot Eagles 7-4 in the tournament. In the final, they defeated the Raiders once more, by a score of 5-1. They finished the weekend with 25 goals for, and only 13 against.
The U10 boys lost their first two games (2-1 against the EMFC Assault, and 1-0 against the Deerfoot Eagles), but tied their last game with the Chestermere Inceptors, 2-2.
The girls U16 squad started strong with a 4-3 win over CWSC Valencia, and a 3-1 victory over the EMFC Breakers. From there, they tied the MSB Predators 1-1, and lost in the final to the Breakers 2-1.