The Sacred Heart girls soccer team attended a 16 team girls soccer tournament in Moose Jaw over the weekend. Some of the best teams from Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert attended. Prince Albert St. Mary were the eventual tournament champs, winning 3-0 in the Final against Prince Albert Carleton.
The Sacred Heart team finished a best ever 4th place at this annual tournament, losing in the semi Final in a shoot out to P.A. St Mary, a result that was already an improvement over their semifinal loss in regular time the week before at the SHHS home tournament.
The Saints advanced to the A Pool Saturday based on Pool play Friday which saw them take their group with a hot start to begin the weekend, winning all three games they played. Sacred started the tournament with a victory over Moose Jaw Vanier. They 11 -1. Goal scorers for the Saints were Rita Fetsch with seven, Bryce Sherring with three, and Allison Berge with the single.
The Saints next opponent were Balgonie Greenall whom they handled 10 - 1 . Fetsch would again lead the scoring again with five goals, Sherring added a brace with two goals, Kendra Varjassy, J.J. Chogata, and Allison Berge all added singles.
Their toughest opponent in Pool play were Saskatoon Evan Hardy but the Saints were victorious in this game 4-1. Justine Zarowny and Rita Fetsch each had two goals as the Saints had the Souls number to emerge from group play unscathed.
In the Semi Final game up against PA St. Mary, the Saints took a 2 - 0 lead on goals by Fetsch and Chogata to shock St. Mary's who had beaten the Saints just a week before. They maintained this lead until the last 12 minutes of the game where the wheels began to fall off.
Sacred couldn't hold the lead and PA came on strong to net two goals in the last 12 minutes. This sent the game into PK's where PA scored all five and the Saints missed one. The loss meant the Saints would play for bronze against a strong Swift Current team. Although they played a great game, but came out on the losing end of a 2 - 1 score. Rita Fetsch scored the goal for the Saints.
It was a great tournament for the Saints who played five solid games. They were the top 2A school at the tournament and held their own against some of the top 3A schools.
One of the main reasons they only allowed six goals in the five games was the strong defensive play of Morgan Shymanski and Darrian Desjarlais. Offensively, Rita Fetsch and Bryce Sherring continue to find the net but had a lot of help from a number of beautiful through balls and sets ups from Kendra Varjassy.
Saints next action will be this weekend in Prince Albert where PA Carlton host their annual tournament. The Saints boys XI will be hosting their home tournament this weekend also.
