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n-wflmoom-Wy. Ian-5J3“ A V iking effort Waterloo Collegiate headed back to OPSAA girls soccerafi‘er dominant W(SSAA season Brio-Mum ‘ auoulclew ‘ lie the Waterloo Colle~ ” Wine Vikings were at ~ OFSAA last season, goal- keeper Kayla Wallace was at home . praying for her varsity gins soccer ‘ , teammates , ”b “l was hoping they would do ‘ the best that they could, and l . know they always do that," said the ‘ Grade 12 netminder, who broke her thumb in 2012 before the high . school girls soccer season. But there were few in-depth updates for the Waterloo minor .. soccer product, who got into a few ' \ (W. WCSSAA league games last year \ t “f ’ before the damaged digit ‘ ‘ screamed at her to shut the season "‘ , down. . There were secondhand sto- mi ries, but only after the Vikings. last . year's WCSSAA and CWOSSA '5 quad-A champions who erased a . ) '~\ two-decade drought in both ‘ ‘ ' § departments, failed to make it out ‘ 6 of the opening round in Oakville. . ‘1 mainly heard everything afterward." she said. '1 can't wait to : ._ S - ' see it for myself this time’ ' _ W w. This week. Wallace, who is off to a ~ . . ' ' _ W the University of Waterloo next fall, g. ... gets her chance as the Vikings head , \_ .7 into OFSAA girls quad-A champi- ' onship as the lone CWOSSA entry . ‘7 «' ' and one of the second-tier seeds _ . “ , overall in Niagara Falls. " " ‘ " “'“ “"' ”re“ «we ~~ The Vikings open the tourna- - . .v ment Thursday against St. Paul at M $13.3. fillmflfg’glm f; Waterloo Collegiate goalkeeper Kyla Wallace makes a save in penalty kicks to help preserve a Vlkings 2.1 victory over the Sir John A Macdonaid Highâ€" round game is Friday at 11 a m lenders last Thursday at RIM Park In the CWOSSA varsity girls soccer quad-A championship game. ' . “Wilt" more against St. Brother Andre and if Waterloo Collegiate finishes ‘OP medal for thelate Nick Brown. 10 Viking Sierra Clancy blasted a are heavy with older players. and lace. “She stares right at you and “V0 In {‘5 P001: they advance to the Getting here, for the most part. shot through traffic to give the we’re not losing too many people, does this jumping jack thing. it's charnpronship quarter-finals later was a statistical breeze for the V'lldngs the lead about 60 minutes but we’re losing some important nerve-racking and she throws me that d3! Vikings. who cruised through the into the 70 minutes of regulation players. so that will affect us. ofi. So i guess you could say i'm Celt senior I)?! anlndsor WCSSAA regular season and play» time. "But hopefully we'll still be a glad she's on my team.” The St. Davi Celtics senior off schedule without a loss and a in extra time, Wallace was solid really strong team and compete. But the Vikings have also bene- boys also advanced to the OFSAA whopping 44â€"2 advantage in goals and Saxton booted the winner in Maybe next year we can bring it fitted from a deep bench and a triple-A championship tourna- scored vs goals against. penalty kicks to cap off a 2-1 win home." host ofyoung energetic players like merit starting Thursday in Wind- Then CWOSSA happened. The over the Highlanders. Even then. For now. it's theVikings time to Clancy, Kaylee Anagnostopoulos sor. The District 8 champs are in a Vikings opened the tournament Ricken-Hall said the Highlanders. shine as the top high school girls and Danielle Sauve. who have pool with No. 3 St. lgnatius, No. 5 with a 1-0 victoryover the Sir John who lost to Grand River in the soccer squad in Waterloo Region given head coach Rhonda Notarv Sacred Heart, Corpus Christi and A. Macdonald Highlanders and WCSSAA semifinals but bested the and Central Western Ontario. franco the opportunity to mix and Silverthom Collegiate after beating needed an extra-time goal from Renegades in the CWOSSA play~ They've done it with the veteran match her lineup Brantford North Park 2-1 in their Kendra Saxton to advance past the offs, awomplished everything they determination of top scorer Aysun That's been the key all year â€" CWOSSA final last Thursday. Resurrection Phoenix in the semi set out to do this season. Osmansoy, sturdy fellow captain everyone, no matter their age. has Cam Brown, whose brother finals "We worked really hard and i All Salvador and the intimidating been willing to put in the work. Nick passed away before the sea- In the final, the Highlanders think we’ve improved a lot since Wallace, who relishes the chance Clancysaid. son, scored the winner with about were a tough out once again as the start of the season.” said the tostaredown opponents on penal- “We do all we can to win. to 30 seconds left in regulation. lor- Delaney Ricken-Hall convened a Grade 1 l centre midfielder and ty kicks. score. to do the best we can.‘ she dan Alvaliotis also scored for the penalty kick late in the second half forward. “Next year, I know there '1 have to face her in practice. 1 said. “And it‘s a great feeling know- Celtics, who reserved the first gold to force extra time. this after Grade are going to be some teams that don’t like it.’ Clancy said of Wal- ingwe‘re going to OFSAA now."