Rapids 12U champs in Kalispell
The Flathead Rapids U12 girls soccer team. Back row, left to right: Olivia Genovese, Rya Hirsch, Finley McCarthy, coach Patty Hughes, Isabel Powers, Kay Weaver and Jayce McDonald. Middle row: Karina lazorishak, Meave Ingelfinger, Madelyn Alexander, Brook Roberts, Charlotte Perkins, Gracie Hickman and Isabelle Cooke. Front: Tess Lewison.
The Flathead Rapids 12U girls soccer team earned another championship win last weekend.
The team won the Three Blind Refs Tournament in Kalispell.
This came after a recent championship win at a tournament in Helena.
The Rapids opened the Kalispell tournament Saturday with a 5-0 win over the Helena Arsenal team. Olivia Genovese, Finely McCarthy and Isabelle Cooke scored goals for the team during that first game.
The Rapids suffered its only loss of the tournament facing off against the Sandpoint Strikers on Saturday. The final score was 2-3. McCarthy and Genovese scored goals for the Rapids.
On Sunday, the Rapids made a great comeback in the tournament beating Helena 5-1. McCarthy led the team scoring two points with the first coming 34 seconds into play. Genovese, Brook Roberts, and Cooke also scored.
In a rematch against the Sandpoint Strikers, the Rapids came out on top with a final score of 5-2.
Genovese lead the team in scoring with three and McCarthy had two.
Goalie Tess Lewison also had a great performance during the tournament.