The U12 Carbon Crushers made it all the way to provincials before being defeated. They placed fourth in the province. They are (back; l-r) head coach Dan Clow, assistant coach Heather Clow, Connor Duguay, Dekin Benson, Hudson Gregory, Sawyer Still, Jayden Lawrence and Ethan Thiessen, Adam Hodges with (middle; l-r) Matthew Clow, Draiton Goodhope, Gavin Hodges and (front) Trayton Harpell and Brayden Nienaber.
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The Carbon Crushers U12 soccer team had a storybook season that saw them finish fourth in the province.
The boys team, coached by Dan Clow, was tough from the get go, and went undefeated in their regular season. The team was dealt a blow by losing two of their key players to vacation as the team headed into the post season.
Undeterred the team went to districts on June 20 in Irricana. They brought up two U10 players to fill out their roster, and managed to keep their undefeated streak alive, winning gold.
This also won them a berth into provincials in Vermillion from July 10 -12.
The Crushers were undefeated in their first two games, but in their third, a bald bounce put them down 1-0 and dealt them the first defeat of the season.
“If we had won that game we would have gone to the final,” said coach Clow.
This put them into the bronze medal match. The boys left it all on the field but came up short, placing fourth overall.
“Not bad for the smallest team (not just in numbers but also in size) from the smallest town,” said coach Clow. “We are very proud of our team.”
