Account Login/Registration

Access KelownaNow using your Facebook account, or by entering your information below.


Facebook


OR


Register

Privacy Policy

Kelowna men's and women's Div. 1 soccer titles settled with shutout wins

<who>Photo Credit/Cover Design: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>

A 3-0 win over Modern Furniture Pikeys has earned Mission Cleaners their fifth Kelowna Men’s Soccer League playoff championship in the past eight years.

Photo Gallery (41 photos) on KelownaNowSports Facebook page

And the KMSL champs will have the opportunity to make it two consecutive titles in September when they take on Vernon Turn Key FC in the Royal Cup final on Sunday beginning a 1 p.m. at Mission Sportsfields (#14).

<who>Photo Credit: Contributed </who>Mission Cleaners shut out Modern Furniture Pikeys 3-0 on Sunday to capture the 2017 Kelowna Men's Soccer League Div. 1 champoionship. Members of the team are, from left, front: Matt Arruda, Dave Crawford, Scott Mazurkewich, Tom Simpkins, James Byra, Micheal De Melo, Etienne Myette-Cote, Jordan Hesketh and Sean Murphy. Back: Tyler Cross, Jack Orchard, Kirby Carter, Tyler Ferreira, Nich Johansen, Morgan Marrs, Brandon McCallum, Spencer Brown, Jaedon Swaby, Alex Thompson, Austin Ross, John Ross and Kyle Bilinski.Mission Cleaners scored what would stand up as the winning goal 30 minutes into Sunday's contest at Mission Sportsfields when Sean Murphy found the net from eight yards out off a beautiful pass across the face of the goal by Alex Thompson.

While Pikeys took over the momentum for a short period after the Mission goal, they couldn’t create any clear-cut chances to draw even.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Alain Oenema of Modern Furniture Pikeys attempts to shake Mission Cleaners' Austin Ross in the first half of their KMSL final.Pikeys continued with vigor in the second half and had a couple of point-blank chances, however Mission goalkeeper Spencer Brown was up to the challenge with two huge saves.

With Pikeys’ frustration starting to show after not scoring or creating many other chances, Mission Cleaners began to take over the game from their shorthanded opponents.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Pikeys' Adam Rojas takes a tumble while penetrating the Mission Cleaners' zone. Also in on the play are Cleaners' James Byra and Sean Murphy.The persistence paid off after a good cross was swung into the box and Scott Mazurkewich was able to break free of his defender and place a header between the Pikeys keeper’s arms to make it 2-0 with 25 minutes remaining.

From there, Pikeys’ tired legs started to show and Mission Cleaners began to pour on the pressure. One sequence saw the eventual champs hit two posts and one crossbar before Pikeys were able to frantically kick the ball out of danger.

With about 15 minutes remaining, the game was sealed after a nice layoff was played by Jordan Hesketh to Murphy who finished it with his second goal of the game.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Michael De Melo, left, of Mission Cleaners and Brian Stephenson of Modern Furniture Pikeys dive for loose ball.

Late offensive leads to Peacock Sheridan title in KWSL

Pushing former university forwards Lana Finley and Alanna Bekkering into attacking roles in the second half led to a Peacock Sheridan Group 4-0 victory over Royal Star and a Kelowna Women’s Soccer League championship on Sunday.

Bekkering, a Thompson Rivers University WolfPack grad, scored twice and assisted on a goal, while Finley, a UBC Okanagan Heat alumnus, added a marker as PSG won its first KWSL Division 1 title since 2011.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Jillian Schochter, right, of the Peacock Sheridan Group goes on the offence against Royal Star's Vanessa Zilkie.After a scoreless first half, Peacock Sheridan went on the offence, with midfielder Cheyenne Dedla — chosen player-of-the-game — opening the scoring by directing an end-line pass from Bekkering from 12 yards out.

Bekkering made it 2-0 with a hard shot from just inside the 18-yard box while Finley scored with a rocket from 20 yards with 10 minutes remaining. Bekkering closed out the scoring with a solo effort in the final minute of the match.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Alanna Bekkering scored twice and assisted on a goal in PSG's 4-0 championship win. Bekkering led the league in scoring with 30 goals in 14 games this season.Second-place finishers in the regular season, one point behind Royal Star, PSG received an outstanding performance defensively from captain Beccs Wipfli, while Jenn Knourek was the shutout goalkeeper.

Peacock Sheridan reached the final by defeating Diablos on penalty kicks in semifinal play while Royal Star advanced with a forfeit win over Clydsdale.

<who>Photo Credit: Contributed </who>The Peacock Sheridan Group downed Royals Star 4-0 to claim the 2017 Kelowna Women's Soccer League playoff championship on the weekend. Members of the team are, from left, front: Caito MacNeil, Natasha Yarrow, Taylor Stranaghan, Jenn Knourek, Brenlee Reid, Meggie Shields and Cheyenne Dedla. Back: Ash Buechler, Caitlin Schmid, Beccs Wipfli, Jillian Schochter, Rich Woodhouse, Britt Davison, Jessi Bacon, Alanna Bekkering, Lana Finley, Kylie Wray and Jon Wray. Missing: Lindsey Briggs, Jenna Cole, Bry Palmer, Mel Shannon, Dyllan Walraven, Steph Taylor, Cassie Bratton, Ally Ferronato, Shay LeBourdais, Bronwyn Denton and Emily Jones

Photo Gallery (41 photos) on KelownaNowSports Facebook page



If you get value from KelownaNow and believe local independent media is important to our community we ask that you please consider subscribing to our daily newsletter.

If you appreciate what we do, we ask that you consider supporting our local independent news platform.


Send your comments, news tips, typos, letter to the editor, photos and videos to news@kelownanow.com.



Weather
webcam icon

weather-icon
Thu
12℃

weather-icon
Fri
12℃

weather-icon
Sat
12℃

weather-icon
Sun
15℃

weather-icon
Mon
17℃

weather-icon
Tue
16℃

current feed webcam icon

Recent Livestream




Top Stories

Follow Us

Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Linkedin Follow us on Youtube Listen on Soundcloud Follow Our TikTok Feed Follow Our RSS Follow Our pinterest Feed
Follow Our Newsletter
Privacy Policy