Three of six local girls high school soccer teams participating in the Fraser Valley Senior AAA tournament are still in contention for a berth at the B.C. championships later this month in North Vancouver.
The Panorama Ridge Thunder are the closest to qualifying for the provincial championships, needing just one more victory to secure on of five berth from the Fraser Valley.
The Thunder, seeded eighth in the 16-team Fraser Valley tournament, advanced to the semifinal round with a 2-1 overtime win over the top-seed Fleetwood Park Dragons Thursday.
Panorama Ridge will host the 12-seed South Delta Sun Devils tomorrow (Monday) in a semifinal game. The winner will advance to the provincial tournament, and will play for the Fraser Valley zone championship Thursday. Even with a loss yesterday, the Thunder will play Wednesday and Thursday, needing one win to qualify for the provincials.
Fleetwood Park and the Clayton Heights Nightriders are the other two local schools chasing a berth at the provincials. After they were upset by Panorama Ridge, the Dragons eliminated the Enver Creek Cougars 4-0 on Friday afternoon.
Seeded ninth, Clayton Heights won for the second time in three starts Friday, traveling to Chilliwack to edged the third-ranked Chilliwack Storm 1-0. The Nightriders will host to the Heritage Woods Kodiaks tomorrow, needing a win to stay alive.
The Queen Elizabeth Royals were also eliminated Friday, falling 5-0 to the Elgin Park Orcas. On Thursday, the Royals got goals from Jasmine Johal and Pam Dhillon and a shutout from Danielle Dobson in a 2-0 win over the Delta Pacers.
The North Surrey Spartans bowed out of the competition Thursday, losing 3-1 to the Cougars at Enver Creek Secondary.
