The U16 boys played Sylvan Lake at West Stettler Park on Thursday, May 8 and won with a final score of 3-2.
“I think they’ve been doing great,” said coach Mitch Finkbiner. “From two weeks ago until now they’ve improved quite a bit and they’ve been working hard.”
While not as cold as Wednesday’s U18 game, conditions were still not ideal, though assistant coach Nicole Verhoeven said the boys were unaffected.
“I think for them it wasn’t chilly at all,” she said. “Once they played they were good, and it was way warmer than Tuesday’s game.”
She added that the boys played well in their second game of the season.
“They (Sylvan Lake) played good, too,” she said. “They’re a tough team.”
At one point in the game, the teams were clustered at one side and the ball was bounced from player to player off every body part but their feet.
“There’s a lot of acrobatics today,” one of the onlookers said.
Two of the goals were scored by John Langford and Bailey Webb. The second goal was a penalty kick by Steven McCrea, and Finkbiner said it was a “pretty timely goal.”
Though the boys have been doing well in practice, Verhoeven said that is never an indication for how the team will play in an actual game.
“I think we look pretty good,” Finkbiner said. “As long as we keep getting better every game.”