The AAA Girls High School Provincial Soccer Championships returns to the North Shore for the first time in a number of years. The hosts Argyle Secondary, will be hoping to build on their outstanding record in the tournament having finished in the top eight on seventeen occasions and taking the Provincial title on a record nine times.
The Pipers girls soccer alumni includes Ros Hicks, the current Assistant Coach at West Vancouver Soccer Club, a three time tournament MVP (1995'1997'1998'). Janine Kerr a former Canadian National Youth team player picked up MVP honours in both 2002 and 2003. Kristi Weeks, Rhianne Sleiman and Lisa Furutani all went on to represent Canada at youth level.
Jessie DeBoer the "Golden Boot" winner from the 2010-11 Championship winning team is currently playing her soccer at Queens University where she has won "Rookie of the Year" honours in the Ontario conference.
Former Vancouver Whitecaps residency player Lucielle Kozlov, a stand out player on the 2011-12 roster, is now playing her soccer at Dartmouth College in the United States. Argyles current roster includes a mixture of youth and experience. Grade Twelve students Jessie Blanchard, Gemma Fox and goalkeeper Austin Struder will be making their fourth trip to the championships. This trio have been through the heartbreak of a penalty shoot-out final loss to Claremont in 2009-10 which was quickly turned round the following year as Argyle gained revenge on their Vancouver Island rivals with a championship winning performance in the 2010-11 final in Kamloops. The Handsworth Royals will also be representing North Vancouver at the tournament and will be looking to build on last year's bronze medal performance. Handsworth's only championship title came in 2008-9 when the team was led by tournament MVP and "Golden Boot" winner Rachael Sawer.
Sawer has gone on to have an impressive career at the University of British Columbia where she has won CIS Canada West all-star recognition.
