Team Parkland has named its final Male and Female teams which will compete in this summer’s Power Smart Manitoba Games in Steinbach.
The process began over a year ago with the initial tryouts. Practices continued throughout the summer of 2015, with time being split between Swan River and Dauphin. The teams competed last summer in a soccer festival in Carman, then continued to work through the winter with indoor practices and fitness testing. In April the teams participated in a Regional Indoor Festival at the Subway Soccer Complex at the University of Manitoba.
Training resumed in May and the final tryout occurred during a Regional Festival in Selkirk. Both teams played well with the Girls defeating Kenora 1-0 in their final game of the weekend. The Boys final game of the festival ended in a 1-1 tie, also against a team from Kenora.
Following the Selkirk festival both teams made their final cuts down to the 16 player roster for the Manitoba Games.
Both teams had between twenty and twenty-five players trying out at various points over the year. Some dropped out themselves while others stayed on to the end, giving the coaches some tough choices to make. With the U13 category being predominantly for players born 2003 & 2004, the older players had some advantage in the final selection. However, a few 2005 players will be part of the team representing the region this summer.
The team will continue to train over the next seven weeks and will take part in one final Regional Festival on July 23 & 24 in Portage la Prairie.
GIRLS
On the 15-woman roster: 7 girls are from Dauphin, 4 are from Swan River, and 1 from each of Ste. Rose, Benito, McCreary, and Grandview.
Tyra-Jane Delaurier, Keeper - Dauphin
Macy Berg, Defender - Ste. Rose
Anya Jackson, Midfield - Dauphin
Breanna Sakal, Defender - Swan River
Olivia Wood, Midfield - Dauphin
Callie Immerkar, Defender - Swan River
Olive Jonasson, Forward - Dauphin
Jayselyn Nybo, - Dauphin
Mackenzie Lukey, Midfield - Swan River
Kristy Taylor, Defender - Benito
Remy Buchanan, Forward - McCreary
Jelly Fiola-Johnson, Midfield - Dauphin
Morgan Taffinder, Midfield - Dauphin
Allee Hrechka, Midfield - Dauphin
Chloe Formo, Midfield - Swan River
Paytyn Murray, Defender - Grandview
Head Coach: Ryan Parsons - Swan River
Assitant Coach: Taniesha Hubscher - Swan River
Managers: Monica Parsons - Swan River, Karen Hrechka - Dauphin
BOYS
The 16-man roster consists of 10 from Swan River, 5 from Dauphin, and one from Benito
Jayde Strilaeff, Keeper - Swan River
Chris Hambley, Defender - Swan River
Aidan Maksymchuk, Defender - Swan River
Arrin Pederson, Defender - Dauphin
Blaine Halushka, Defender - Swan River
Jayden Meadows, Midfield - Swan River
Austin Terry, Forward - Swan River
Aiden Walker, Midfield - Swan River
Landon Brown, Forward - Dauphin
Ethan Trevellyan, Mid/Def - Swan River
Hunter Pierce, Midfield - Benito
Austyn Roos, Mid/Keep - Dauphin
Seth Sakal, Forward - Swan River
Isaac Smart, Midfield - Dauphin
Malcolm Eddie, Midfield - Dauphin
Kai Pierrepont, Mid/Def - Swan River
Head Coach: Owen Parsons - Swan River
Assistant Coach: Paul Terry - Swan River
Manager: Monica Parsons - Swan River
