Morning Star Staff
Vernon Tolko United battled Penticton Pinnacles to a 1-1 draw in Thompson Okanagan Under 14 Boys Rep Soccer League play Sunday afternoon at Marshall Field.
Vernon opened the scoring on a nice individual play from Aidan Buckley as he deked a couple of defenders before firing the ball home.
Keeper Jared Ross made several great saves to keep Penticton off the sheet until the final minutes when they took advantage of a trip and moved in for the equalizer.
Luc Jones and Tage Kineshanko turned in powerful showings for Vernon.
The U14s are coached by Calvin Reich, Bobbi Catt and James Cotter.
Vernon bowed 3-0 to Kelowna in U15 Boys Rep play.
Keeper Jared Jameson faced multiple Kelowna shots and made several huge stops, including two eye-popping saves in the first seconds of the second half which fired up his teammates and supporters.
Strong defensive efforts were turned in by Oliver Meyer and Shaun Boucher, who made it tough on the Kelowna forwards.
Offensive standouts were Jaidyn Gordon- Mason, with his agility and speed, and Will Denny with his determination and two shots on net.
A beautiful crossover by Ian Oliphant to Michael Lapp did not go unnoticed.
United U11 Boys took to the field in Kelowna on Sunday to match up against two strong Kamloops teams.
The boys made their moms proud on Mother’s Day as they fought hard in a couple of tough losses, 5-1 and 7-5.
United fell behind 4-0 in Game 1 before responding with a beautiful lob shot from Henry Routley, assisted by Josh Donison.
Game 2 was fast paced full of great action. Kamloops pulled ahead with two quick strikes before Mitchell Bond answered with a speedyhat trick.
Bond first netted one from the outside, off a pass from Routley. Bond supplied a carbon-copy a minute later, from Donison, and his third was a header off a corner by Donison.
Braxton MacDonald took on keeper duties for the first time this season and shut down a penalty shot from up close and then fed the ball long, to Mac Sorochuk, who slipped it past the Kamloops keeper. Donison, assisted by Sorochuk, supplied United’s fifth snipe.
