The Yorkton United Under 18/16 Girls soccer team claimed Gold at the 2013 Saskatchewan Indoor Soccer Provincial Championships in Regina.
The first game on Friday night was against rival Regina Unidad. This was a hard, fast paced game that saw Yorkton come back after falling behind early to claim a 2-1 victory. Rita Fetsch scored both goals for Yorkton
The second game of the round robin was against a strong Saskatoon United soccer club. This game also featured the goal tending debut of Breanne Malinowski who had never played the position before. This was a back and forth effort that saw Rita Fetsch open the scoring on a nice give and go passing play from Kendra Varjassy. Saskatoon was able to tie the game up a few minutes later then Kaylee Ford was able to bend the twine off a corner kick to give Yorkton the lead. The final ended up 2-2.
The third game of the round robin against Humboldt would go towards determining the finalists for the Championship. Yorkton dominated this game from start to finish with Rita Fetsch scoring three times on some nice passing plays from Kendra Varjassy with Yorkton winning 3-1. This gave the girls first place after the round robin and they would once again face Saskatoon United in the final for gold. In the final Yorkton once again dominated play and opened the scoring on a pretty three-way passing play from Rita Fetsch to Cal-eigh Grunert to Kendra Varjassy who put the squad up 1-0. Rita Fetsch added two more insurance markers and Kaylee Ford earned the shutout to make the final 3-0.
This was a strong showing by a team who only had three U18 players with the rest of the squad comprised of U16 aged players competing in the Under 18 category. This was the third straight Provincial Championship for the core of this team and the dedication and spirit of the girls is demonstrated in their level of play with Kaylee Ford and Breanne Malinowski taking over goal tending duties for the weekend.
The team also received the Fair Play Award. This award is decided upon by the game officials throughout the weekend and is a very prestigious award to win. To the club and the players winning this award ranks just as high as winning the tournament. Congratulations also goes to Rita Fetsch who was named the tournament MVP.
