With a top-four placing at last weekB次元官网网址檚 UBC Soccer Kickoff tournament the Oak Bay Breakers senior girls soccer team leads the high school into the spring sports season.
The Breakers are in action this week, Thursday and Friday, as the defending champions of the annual Nike Spring Classic at the University of Victoria. Game 1 is Thursday AM at 10 a.m. versus Sa-Hali out of Kamloops.
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As Oak Bay is also competing in the districtB次元官网网址檚 new Ultimate Frisbee high school league launching this spring, Oak Bay has soccer, tennis, rugby and track and field, all sports Oak Bay HighB次元官网网址檚 made a tradition out of being successful in.
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SurreyB次元官网网址檚 Fleetwood Dragons, who will host this yearB次元官网网址檚 AAA senior girls provincials, won the UBC Kickoff, a showcase tournament with many of the top AAA teams.
Both the UBC Kickoff and the Nike Classic are important as they offer non-pressure, non-league opportunities to play soccer at a high level, said Breakers coach Kate Baker, a former UVic Vike.
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The Breakers are led by UVic Vikes bound Presley Rangel, their captain. Rangel wants nothing more than to reach the provincials again, a feat the senior girls Breakers havenB次元官网网址檛 managed since she played for the senior team as a Grade 9 (this yearB次元官网网址檚 senior team features three girls from Grade 9).
On Tuesday the Breakers blanked perennial rivals Claremont Spartans 3-0 to continue their strong season.
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This yearB次元官网网址檚 Senior Breakers feature three Grade 9 players who are strong enough to jump up. ItB次元官网网址檚 rare, Baker agreed, but itB次元官网网址檚 only made possible because with such a strong group of the junior Breakers are a highly capable squad. Which means Oak Bay is once again in the middle of what should be a long run of strong Breakers soccer teams.
B次元官网网址淲e do have a lot of Grade 12s graduating this year so itB次元官网网址檚 hard to [project] what will happen with the juniors, with how many Grade 10s we might pull up next year, but thereB次元官网网址檚 a lot of talent,B次元官网网址� Baker said.
