The Northern Lights Conference soccer championships put a high premium on winning on the first day of the three-day tournament; an opening round loss and a team is eliminated from an opportunity to advance to the state tournament and eliminated from the tournament.
No problem for five of the six peninsula teams at the 2017 Northern Lights Conference Soccer Tournament; five victories recorded on Thursday at the NLC tournament being held at Colony and Palmer High Schools. Only one lower-seeded team recorded a victory; that team was the Kenai boys.
NLC First Round Results
Girls Bracket
SoHi Girls 2 – Houston 0: The Soldotna girls shutout Houston 2-0 on the strength of goals by Abi Tuttle and Meijan Leaf.
Kenai Girls 1 – Grace 0: The Kardinal girls hold Grace scoreless in a 1-0 Kenai victory. The Kards lone goal scored by Lara Creighton; goalie Kailey Hamilton records the shut out victory in net.
Wasilla Girls 4 – Homer 1
Colony 8 – Kodiak 0
NLC First Round Results
Boys Bracket
SoHi 4 – Grace 1: Eli Sheridan scored a pair of goals; Brayden VanMeter and Luke Trammell added single goals in SoHi’s 4-1 win.
Kenai Boys 6 – Palmer 1: The Kardinal offense erupted for half a dozen goals lead by a three-goal hat trick by Zack Tuttle. Chase Gillies, Max Dye and Damien Redder added single goals.
Homer Boys 1 – Wasilla 0: The Mariners advance with a 1-0 shut out of Wasilla. The lone goal, a penalty kick goal by Simon Dye.
Colony Boys 8 – Kodiak 0
Friday’s Tournament Game Schedule: All Games At Colony High
11:00 a.m. SoHi Girls vs Wasilla Girls
1:00 p.m. Colony Boys vs Homer Boys
3:00 p.m. Kenai Girls vs Colony Girls
5:00 p.m. SoHi Boys vs Kenai Boys
Saturday’s Tournament Game Schedule: All Games At Colony High
1o:00 a.m. Girls 3rd Place Game (Loser’s of Friday semi-finals)
Noon Boys 3rd Place Game (Loser’s of Friday semi-finals)
2:00 p.m. Girls Championship Game
4:00 p.m. Boys Championship Game
