The Yorkton United Under 16-18 girls soccer team won gold at the 2013 Saskatchewan Indoor Soccer Provincials Championships in Regina on March 1-3.
The first game on Friday night was against rival Regina Unidad. This was a tough, 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 goaltending 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, but 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, finishing in a 3-1 win.
This victory gave the girls first place after the round robin, setting up a rematch against 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 Caleigh Grunert to Kendra Varjassy. 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 comprising of U16 aged players.
This was the third straight Provincial Championship for the core of this team.
The team received the Fair Play Award, which is decided upon by the game officials throughout the weekend. The award demonstrates that great results can be achieved by playing very competitively within the rules. In addition, Rita Fetsch was named the tournament MVP.
