Gillette Edge Hosted Winter Blast

The Gillette Edge Soccer Club hosted the it's annual Winter Blast Indoor Tournament this past weekend with a very good showing from their teams.

The Gillette Edge U-13 Girls were in action this past weekend playing in the boys division, they started by narrowly defeating the Gillette U-14 boys 3-2 on Saturday, followed by a hotly contested loss to the Casper U-13 boys 6-3. The girls rebounded Sunday morning with a dominating 4-0 win over the Casper U-14 boys, earning them a rematch with the Casper U-13 squad in the finals. After jumping out to an early 1-0 lead, the girls were unable to stave off the powerful Casper attack, ultimately losing 7-1. Emily Jones, Delaney Hallcroft, Kiley Hatzenbihler, Kennedy Schomer, and Megan Phillips each had two goals while Traelyn Knez added one. Other team members include Sarah Hernandez, goalie Christina Lacek, and coach Mike Jones. The girls’ next tournament is this coming weekend in Rapid City.

The U12 girls purple team also had a great weekend. They too played in a Coed division starting off against the Razor City Renegades Boys beating them 8-0, and then taking on the Casper Blades U11/U12 Boys winning 9-0 which put them against the Razor City Renegades RCR Red in the Semi Finals where they won 6-1. The Championship was very exciting as it went into overtime against the Gillette Edge Boys U12 team. The girls pulled out the win 6-5! The top scorers for the weekend were Kennedy Ayers with 10 goals, Grace Roswadovski with 8, Emma Jarvis with 7, and Alba Roop with 1 along with Alyssa Stumbaugh. Other team members include Mercedes Cunningham, Mya Lockwood, Chloe Williams and coaches Justin and Kristina Roswadovski.

The U10 girls purple team followed the older girls as they played in a Coed division as well. They fell short two goals in their first game against the Casper Blades boys 3-5 and tied their second game against the Gillette Edge boys U10 purple 1-1. Sunday morning they came out strong against the Razor City Renegades boys winning 6-3 putting them in the Championship facing the Casper Blades boys again losing 4-1. Top scorers for the weekend were Brady Deimling with 3 goals, Shaelea Milliron with 3 goals and 2 assist, Peyton Roswadovski with 2 goals and 1 assist, Macy Schomer with a goal and Skylar Wyllie with 1 goal and 1 assist. Other team members are Hannah Durgin, Karissa Tranas and coaches Justin and Kristina Roswadovski.

The U10 boys white team started off strong Saturday winning their first game against the Razor City Renegades 2-1 and later that day winning 5-0 against the Casper Blades White. Sunday they took on Heart Mountain losing 3-4. They took home a second place win against the Heart Mountain team in the Championship. Team members include Maddox Jarvis, Jamen Kolata, Eduardo Lopez, Angel Ontiveros, Riley Ringer, Kale Roswadovski, Logan Ulrich and Peyton Wasson. Coached by Jeremy Guernsey.