Sports posted Apr 6, 2017 @ 09:00pm by By Lorne White

Owls prevail over Bears in Okanagan Valley soccer season opener

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In a rematch of last year’s semifinal game, the Kelowna Owls opened the 2017 Okanagan Valley senior AAA girls soccer season with a 1-0 victory over the Mt. Boucherie Bears on Tuesday.

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<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Kelowna Owls' goalkeeper, Faith Tazelaar, stops a shot by Mt. Boucherie's Jenevieve Hyslop. Tazelaar shut out the Bears 1-0. Taisa Chuhaniuk’s goal, assisted by Danica Lee 21 minutes into the match at Kelowna Secondary School, stood up as the winner.

Faith Tazelaar earned the shutout for the Owls, who fell 2-1 to the Bears in the 2016 semi. Boucherie went on to lose to South Kamloops in last year’s Valley championship.

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<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Keira Baldwin, right, of the KSS Owls gains a step on Boucherie's Elle Good deep inside Bears territory. This season, SouthKam will play in the AA division, while KSS and Boucherie will be joined by the Rutland Voodoos, Penticton Lakers and the Salmon Arm Jewels in the AAA league.

Next up for the Owls is a game against Salmon Arm on Monday at KSS while Boucherie will play in Penticton against the Lakers. The Voodoos will play host to Salmon Arm on Wednesday at Rutland Sportsfields. All games begin at 4 p.m.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>The Kelowna Owls' Ashley Kimler and Mt. Boucherie's Hayley Cornett meet for a 50/50 ball in the first half of their Okanagan Valley senior AAA soccer season opener at Kelowna Secondary school.

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