Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
FINAL CLASH 鈥� Yukon Pump鈥檚 Taliya Lindley prepares to put a shot on net while Alpine Aviation鈥檚 Orrin White closes the gap on defence during the U13 final of the 2016 Northwestel Yukon Indoor Soccer Championships, Sunday. Alpine Aviation won 4-3 to claim gold.
Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
HANGING TOUGH 鈥� Despite being run over, Yukon Pump goalie Sullivan Bond makes a save in the U13 indoor soccer final Sunday at the Canada Games Centre.
Forty per cent of last weekend鈥檚 available gold was scooped up by Klondike soccer players last weekend.
Forty per cent of last weekend鈥檚 available gold was scooped up by Klondike soccer players last weekend.
Dawson City-based teams took victory in two of five divisions at the 2016 Northwestel Yukon Indoor Soccer Championships, held at the Canada Games Centre.
Whitehorse teams earned the remaining three titles.
鈥淒awson has always had a very good program,鈥� said Whitehorse Minor Soccer president Grant Zazula.
鈥淭he people that organize it 鈥� Johnny Nunan and Irwin Gaw 鈥� they鈥檙e longtime soccer people in the territory and they put on a really good program.
鈥淭hey do pretty well every year at the Yukon championship events. Obviously, they鈥檙e doing something right in Dawson.鈥�
Zazula noted that one of the territory鈥檚 top young players 鈥� Callum Wood Ryan, is a Dawson product.
Wood Ryan was selected to join Real Salt Lake鈥檚 academy squad in Arizona, where he has spent the last two seasons.
Zazula said Yukon championship competition is very meaningful for players from the communities.
鈥淭hey get to come and play against the big city,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey get really ramped up for it and take it pretty seriously. And it鈥檚 great when they can go home with medals and build on that.鈥�
In U16 action, the Dawson City-Haines Junction Football Club beat Sellars Realty in the final, with All-Terrane Mineral Exploration Services taking third.
In U13, Alpine Aviation earned gold by beating the Yukon Pump Sharp Shooters, with the Haines Junction Eagles taking third.
In the U11 final, Robert Service Campground downed Tim Hortons in the final, with Creative Works Psychological Services earning third.
The U9 final saw The Deli win gold over The Collective Good, with Riverstone Dental Clinic winning third.
The Klondike鈥檚 second gold was won in the U7 division, with the Dawson鈥圕ity Lions besting Riverstone Dental Clinic. Marble Slab Creamery took third.
The outdoor season begins in May.
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