Nine local soccer teams rounded out the fall soccer season at the Gem State Challenge in Boise, Nov. 1-2.
Playing at Simplot Complex, Sawtooth United F.C. sent two squads to championship matches: the U-13 girls and U-11 boys.
Coached by Richard Whitelaw ands Tim Graves, the Sawtooth U-11 boys played the Idaho Rush to a 1-1 tie in the championship match, but fell on penalty kicks 4-1. The team went 2-2 overall with a 4-1 victory over Idaho Rush Grey and a 6-0 shutout of Vallivue.
In the U-13 girls' championship, SUFC's girls fell 1-0 to Moscow on a last-minute goal. En route to the final, Sawtooth knocked off the Wolfpack 2-0, and Boise National Soccer Club 2-1, and tied the Idaho Rush 1-1.
Sawtooth's U-10 boys' team, coached by Tim Graves, went 0-3 but scored a goal in every match. Also competing in Sawtooth's blue and yellow were a pair of U-11 girls' teams.
Wood River Soccer Club sent three teams to the tilt. The most successful squad was Trey Knox's U-14 boys who made it to the championship match against the Boise National Soccer Club. BNCS won 4-1, but it was a much better showing for a Wood River side that lost to the same team 6-0 during the season.
Wood River knocked off McCall 3-1, tied the Idaho Rush 1-1 and lost to Les Bois 4-3.
Also competing for Wood River were the U-12 girls and boys and U-14 girls.