The Athabasca U18 Anarchy boys soccer team kept their dominant season going with a gold medal win at the Camrose Night Classic on the weekend.
The club played four games over the weekend and won them all. In the first game they edged Jasper 2-1 and in the second game they trumped Three Hills 1-0.
Coach Perry LeMessurier said both games could have gone either way as the teams were well matched, but both times the local boys found a way to win.
Their third game was a little less of a challenge, a 4-0 win over Carstairs. But the challenge returned in the final, another matchup with Three Hills.
This time the game was even closer as it went to a shootout with the teams tied 2-2.
The tense game went all the way to the last Athabasca shooter before the Anarchy clinched a 3-2 win and the gold medal.
“We went in thinking that we might have a shot (at winning), but it’s a tough tournament. You never know who’s going to be there,” said the coach. “They played pretty well.”
The tournament is an annual stop for a number of teams and the Anarchy boys had been there a number of times before. Everyone enjoys the uniqueness of the event and playing games in the middle of the night under the lights.
The weather wasn’t the greatest over the weekend, but LeMessurier said his team got pretty lucky and managed to play most of their games without rain.
Though the team can no longer call itself unbeaten after losing a 3-2 match to Fort Saskatchewan last week, they are still having remarkable success.
“It’s been a pretty successful year,” said the coach.
With just five games remaining in the season, the team will look to carry that dominance forward right to the end.
